November
9, 2004
Venezuela looks to Argentina
and Brazil for medicine production
(EFE) - "The Venezuelan government
announced that it hopes to have medical
experts from Argentina, Brazil, India
and Bulgaria join their Cuban counterparts
in helping Caracas increase its production
of basic medicines.
'With technology transfer and the training
of specialists, we're going to increase
from the approximately 20 medicines we
now produce to the 128 basic ones,' said
Norman Ruíz, director of the state-run
Independent Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Service (…)
The Service currently produces around
20 medicines, mostly for the treatment
of tuberculosis, mental problems and malaria.
'These are the ones that private laboratories
find less than attractive in terms of
profits' said Ruíz (…)
Argentina and Bulgaria are expected to
help out in the production of anti-cancer
medicines, while India is looked to for
anti-malaria remedies and Brazil for anti-retroviral
drugs to use in treating the virus that
causes AIDS".
