Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association PMA Status of National Production Capacity of Generic Medicines – Private Sector Perspective Emmanuel Mujuru, PMA Chairperson
Dec 26, 2015
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association PMA
Status of National Production Capacity of Generic Medicines – Private Sector
Perspective
Emmanuel Mujuru, PMA Chairperson
PMA Membership
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Companies• Advocacy – Enabling Economic, Regulatory & Policy
Environment• Nine Companies Namely1. CAPS
2. Datlabs
3. Graniteside
4. Gulf Drug Company
5. Ecomed
6. Pharmanova
7. Plus Five Pharmaceuticals
8. Varichem
9. Zimpharm
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PMA OBJECTIVES
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Create a vibrant, globally competitive and self-sustaining pharmaceutical manufacturing industry in Zimbabwe
Self-sufficiency and reliability in the local production of affordable efficacious and quality essential generic medicines
Promote access to safe, quality, efficacious medicines in Zimbabwe and region
Contribute positively to the economic and scientific development of the country
COMMON ASPIRATIONS
Access to medicines•Quality •Safety•Efficacy•Affordability•Availability
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The eye sees not itself but by reflection – William Shakespeare
State of The Industry
• Serious viability problems • Low capacity utilisation < 40%• ≤45% of Essential Drugs EDLIZ down from
>75% • <15% Specialist Drugs SEDLIZ• Lack of investment in the past 10yrs• Old facilities in need of urgent upgrade • Product Development• Deindustrialisation • Competitiveness
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Challenges Facing The Industry• Duties and VAT on raw materials and packaging• Collapse of public sector market ≤22% essential drug
availability of which > 90% donations• Policy incoherencies/Disharmony• Procurement policies• Funding• Donations• Non-Tariff Barriers e.g. exports to South Africa• Corruption• Regulatory and registration policies• Counterfeits• Cheaper Imports - India
Balancing Interests of Public Health Policy & Industrial Development Policy
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CASE STUDIES
• GHANA MODEL - $300Mln Market ; 32 Manufacturers; 44 restricted list; raw materials exempted from duty and VAT
• Tunisia – Importation banned as soon as product is locally produced >80% local
• SA – 75% of public sector requirements should be sourced locally
• India & China – benefit from a number of policy measures : protection from tariff regimes and procurement preferences as well as direct support : interest subsidies, export credits; cheap utilities; working capital credits and tax holidays
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RALLYING POINTS
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• Levelling of playing field – remove VAT and duty on pharma-raw materials
• Import restriction of commonly produced drugs – 40 products
• Capacitation of NATPHARM• Local preference on public tenders e.g.
Natpharm, NAC etc.• Establishment of local BE Centre• Fast track preferential registration – MCAZ• R&D collaborative drug development with
Universities, Traditional Healers etc.• Domestication of TRIPS flexibilities• Funding • Export competitiveness - $20bln African
Market growing >10% annually
Our Shared Vision
• Production of affordable, safe, efficacious and quality essential medicines
• Universal access to essential medicines• Positive public health outcomes• Employment, Economic and Scientific development