Vietnam Official Urges Drug Industry To Plan For Local Market Control
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Vietnam's deputy prime minister has appealed to the nation's drug and chemical industries to develop a program that would lead to domestic control over the local pharmaceutical market by 2020. Hoang Trung Hai appealed to Vietnam Pharmaceutical Corp. and Vietnam National Chemical Corp. to work out a project that would allow government agencies to develop the policies necessary for that goal. He also called for an increase in research and stepped-up development of industry infrastructure, particularly their technology and equipment, 60 percent of which is imported. (Click here for more
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