Drug production in the region Constraints and Prospects

Public health: Ensuring access to quality medicines Readily regulated to attain and maintain high quality standards –Partner of MRA
Patronage of locally manufactured medicines reduces influx of sub-standard medicines economic development: Importance in poverty reduction Direct effect on healthcare: Health = Wealth
Innovation driven industry – improving standing on the competitiveness index Demands & creates sophisticated labor – Highest levels of education Better working conditions than most industries