Brazil incentivises national production
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
State-owned pharmaceutical companies in Brazil are being asked to favour locally produced ingredients in a bid to stimulate domestic industry, says the health ministry. Health minister José Gomes Tempoão signed a decree to this effect at a recent event commemorating 90 years of the state-owned lab Farmanguinhos's medicine provision service. The move should stimulate innovation and the development of technology, said the minister.