By NATION REPORTERLOCAL entrepreneurs must avoid attempts of reinventing the wheel but be willing to collaborate and partner with well-established foreign pharmaceutical companies in order build capacity and experience, President Hakainde Hichilema has said.Speaking during the European Union Pharmaceutical Forum at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre whose theme was “Strengthening Healthcare through Local Pharmaceutical Manufacturing” President Hichilema said government would deploy a deliberate policy of ‘positive discrimination’ by promoting local entrepreneurship in order to bring economic growth and capacity.He said government was pleased with the enthusiasm shown by the local pharmaceutical companies to migrate from the disposition and dependency of imported products, to the great initiative of partnering with the European Union, in manufacturing of pharmaceuticals locally in order to leverage on value addition and creation of jobs among many benefits.“The theme, “Strengthening Healthcare through Local Pharmaceutical Manufacturing” is in tune with our collective effort to finding a resolution in the challenges facing the pharmaceutical […]
HH challenges local pharmaceutical companies
