Al-Sudani: We Will Reach A Production Stage Exceeding 80% In Three Years, 20 OCT

 Al-Sudani: We Will Reach A Production Stage Exceeding 80% In Three Years

Local | 03:05 - 10/19/2024  Mawazine News – Baghdad  Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announced today, Saturday, the production of 25% of Iraq's need for antibiotics, stressing that a pharmaceutical production stage exceeding 80% will be reached within three years.

His office stated, in a statement received by "Mawazine News", that "al-Sudani opened, today, two factories for antibiotics (cephalosporins) and immunosuppressive drugs, which are private sector projects, within the program to localize pharmaceutical industries in Iraq, which the government has adopted as a priority in its program."

Al-Sudani was briefed on "the stages of work in the factory, which has adopted the most advanced global technological origins, represented by the Italian company (EMA), which specializes in pharmaceutical industries, and met with the working cadres from various scientific specialties, in addition to reviewing the stages of implementing a new factory for cancer treatment drugs at a cost of (60) million dollars, which is planned to be completed in the coming months."

He pointed out that "this factory was established in light of the government's decisions taken since the beginning of its work," stressing that "the goal of localizing the pharmaceutical industry was among the priorities of the work, and was accompanied by providing facilities to private sector drug producers, in the field of issuing loans and sovereign guarantees to establish pharmaceutical projects.

" Al-Sudani noted that "the products of this factory of antibiotics will cover about (25%) of the country's need, which is important to achieve self-sufficiency," stressing "work to achieve drug security, as it is not permissible to accept that local pharmaceutical products cover 10% of the original drug market, which is worth more than (3) billion dollars."

He explained that "contracts for establishing pharmaceutical projects have increased under the current government by more than 60%, which is a positive indicator for reaching a production stage exceeding 80% during the next three years, especially for life-saving drugs and cancer patients' drugs, which are expensive and difficult to secure on a permanent basis," stressing "work to establish the pharmaceutical industrial city."

Cephalosporins are life-saving antibiotics, and they will be produced in all their pharmaceutical forms up to the fourth generation, which include suspensions with a capacity of (12) million vials annually, capsules with a capacity of (450) million capsules annually, tablets with a capacity of (600) million tablets annually, and intramuscular and intravenous injections (vials) with a capacity of (40) million injections annually.   https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=256064