Developing SL pharmaceutical industry: Concentrate on research and producing biomedical scientists

A worthwhile suggestion that has been ignored-December 15, 2014
At the pre-Budget meeting which the Treasury Secretary P.B. Jayasundera had with business leaders, an important proposal to take Sri Lanka to the future was made by Hemas Holdings Chairman Husein Esufally (available at:

http://www.ft.lk/2014/10/15/business-leaders-brainstorm-budget-2015-with-finance-ministry/). He said that local pharmaceutical companies today account for only 10% of the pharmaceutics used in the country. He suggested to the Government that the facilities at the National Science Park in close proximity to the Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology should be used to create an ecosystem conducive for the development of a pharmaceutical industry in the country.

Developing SL Pharmaceutical Industry Concentrate on Research and Producing Biomedical Scientists by Thavam Ratna