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Sri Lanka to import pharmaceutical drugs
22 March 2011: The Government of Sri Lanka has allocated Rs 1.5 crore to import drugs and medicines for government hospitals this year. The government is committed to supply quality drugs to the government hospitals without any shortages. The government will also take measures to cancel the licenses of companies if they found guilty of importing substandard drugs and medicines.
There were severe shortages of drugs in government hospitals in the past as several companies had imported low quality drugs. The Health Ministry in 2009 suspended four Indian drug companies for importing contaminated medicine stocks. The government has also planned to establish a Pharmaceuticals Standards Regulatory Authority and the government is to bring an act in this regard in the parliament next month.
Source: Colombo Page