The Ministry of Health and Food Hygiene and Nepal Drugs Limited are preparing to produce 36 types of essential medicines within next two years to boost domestic production.
The Ministry of Health and Food Hygiene is moving forward with a plan to produce 36 types of essential medicines through Nepal Drugs Limited within the next two years. This step is being taken with the aim of strengthening local medicine production in the country.
According to the ministry, the process for a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ministry and Nepal Drugs Limited has already been started. Right now, Nepal Drugs Limited is only producing 11 types of essential medicines.
Production of Chronic Disease Medicines
In the next phase, there is a plan to produce medicines for chronic diseases like high blood pressure and diabetes from Nepal Drugs Limited. To make this happen, the ministry said that necessary research and development, quality testing, production permission, and technical preparations will be speeded up.
Budget Management and Support
The ministry is preparing to manage the necessary budget for effective implementation of this program. They will also adopt a policy to prioritize domestic products when supplying essential medicines to government health institutions.
Once this agreement is implemented, buying medicines for government health offices will become easy, regular, and institutional. This will make government buying process more effective. It is also expected to help in market expansion and ensure the use of medicines made by Nepal Drugs Limited.
Ensuring Quality Standards
The ministry also shared that quality of all medicines produced by Nepal Drugs Limited will be guaranteed according to national and international standards.
Government believes this new step will promote local medicine industries, increase self-reliance, and reduce the dependency on imports. It will also help in achieving government long-term goal of making sure that citizens get quality and affordable essential medicines regularly.
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