State Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Corporation To Manufacture 19 New Varieties Of Drugs From This Year

The State Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Corporation  (SPMC) is planning  to manufacture 19 new varieties of western medicinal drugs from this year according to SPMC Sources.At the moment the Corporation is manufacturing  48 Varieties of Drugs especially for government hospitals the sources have revealed.

The State Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Corporation which earned a good profit last year is planning to increase it's production capacity of drugs to 4 billion  according to SPMC Chairman Dr.Sayuru Samarasundera.

In view of increasing the production capacity ,SPMC is planning to open another two SPMC branches  in Kandy and Wattala and Japanese International Corporation Agency(JICA) is assisting the SPMC in this regard it has been reported.