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SL should manufacture medicinal drugs without importing: PM

23 Dec 2020

Sri Lanka should manufacture medicinal drugs that are currently being imported from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said today. “We know that about 70% of our medicinal drugs are imported from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Therefore, we have a responsibility to produce those drugs in the country. We have the people with the right knowledge and intelligence required for this,” Mr. Rajapaksa said. The Prime Minister was speaking at the opening of the new medicinal drugs manufacturing facility of the State Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Corporation in Ratmalana. The State Pharmaceutical Corporation officials at the event presented the newly launched Flucloxacillin 500mg tablets to the Prime Minister. The residents of the Laksada Sevana housing complex in Kolonnawa staged a protest at the Kolonnawa Junction today demanding the authorities to lift the isolation imposed on the housing complex. The residents said their sources of income have been affected due to the isolation. Pix by Eshan Dasanayaka


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