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28 Oct 2010

Germany boosts generics production in Asia and Africa

The German government is giving €1.2m to a UN project that is expanding and upgrading small and medium-sized generic pharmaceutical manufacturers in Asia and Africa.

The German government is giving €1.2m to a UN project that is expanding and upgrading small and medium-sized generic pharmaceutical manufacturers in Asia and Africa.

Run by the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), the project aims to spread medicine manufacture across a continent where production is mainly concentrated in South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya.

‘Millions of people in Africa die each year from HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria. Many deaths could be prevented with timely access to... medicines,’ said UNIDO director-general Kandeh Yumkella.

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