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MINISTRY OF INVESTMENT
PHARMACEUTICAL
INDUSTRY
IN SUDAN
PHARMACEUTICAL
INDUSTRY IN THE SUDAN
October 2003
SUDAN'S COLLECTIVE
RESPOBSIBILITY FOR HEALTH
Health is one of the great favors God has bestowed upon man. It is
the mainstay of human life, for the preservation of which God, the
Exalted has assigned wide-awake guards who have as a duty to maintain
and protect people from diseases.
Believing that health comes from God who said by the tongue of
Abraham: "And when I get ill, it is He who restores my health", and
bearing in mind the words of the Messenger of God, who tells us that He
who has sent down ailments has also sent down remedies, and who
enjoins us to seek cure when we get ill; Sudan's National Strategy
attaches great importance to the pharmaceutical products industry in its
efforts to realize security in reliable health care for the whole population
by the year 2000.
THE PRESENT SITUATION OF HEALTH CARE
Health care in Sudan is well below the levels attained in other Arab
countries. This has been proved by a study of cross-references in the
health care field. Life expectancy in Sudan is 55 years, while it has
exceeded 60 in some Arab countries and 70 in others.
Sudan is one of the countries with to lowest rate of pharmaceutical
usage and is by far inferior to the minimum five dollars per capita set by
the World Health Organization. The index of infant mortality is more
revealing, as it is indicative of the level of health care in any country.
Another factor is the number of hospitals and beds per capita.
REALITY OF THE DRUGS INDUSTRY IN SUDAN
Pharmaceutical production in Sudan started in 1961 with the
establishment of the factory of the Sudanese Industries for Trade. In 1963
followed the factory of Pharmaceutic al Industries. Then comes another
factory, belonging to the American Company, Winthrop. In 1982, the
company of Sigma Tau (Sudan) was established. Now in Sudan there are
about 17 factories for medical needs, drugs, medical cotton, gauze, etc.
Here are some of them:
1. Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Industries.
2. Laboratory for Sudanese Chemical Industries.
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PRODUCTLINE
Tablets
Capsules
Dry suspensions
Fluid Syrups & suspensions
Venous solutions
Ampoules
Creams & pastes
Medical gases
PRODUCTLINE CAPACITY
1500 million tabs
400 million capsules
100 million bottles
9 million bottles
4 million units
30 million ampoules
590 tons
690 tons