Stakeholders Raise Alarm As Local Drug Manufacturers Nears Collapse
Pharmacists and industrialists under the aegis of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group of the Manufacturers Association of Malawi, said that local drug manufacturers may soon close since almost all finished pharmaceuticals products are to be imported into Malawi, even those that fall under import prohibition list. Local pharmaceuticals companies blamed the situation on inconsistent government policies, which deter potential investors and kills local drug manufacturing.
They cited a publication by the Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST), which seen advertising tenders inviting international bidders to compete with local manufactures on the prohibited list package of drugs that is to be locally manufactured in the country according the LPO, CMST/G/MMS/022/000602. This publication h...