VND 500 billion to develop pharmaceutical industry

By 2020, Vietnam will actively produce medicines in the country. The Government has just agreed to invest VND 500 billion for the first phase of the "Program on development of pharmaco-chemical industry by 2020".

According to the "National key science and technology research program to develop pharmaco-chemical industry till 2020" , in the first 5 years, the total state budget investment capital for the program is estimated at VND 500 billion, in VND 300 billion to carry out the following tasks: basic research, applied research, research and development (RD), supporting product trial production at pilot scale (project P), human resource training .

The rest is invested in depth to renovate, upgrade, modernize and build new specialized pharmaco-chemical laboratories.

Vietnam will actively produce drugs in the country
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However, the capital to implement projects to build a pharmaceutical chemical factory to serve the drug manufacturing industry is responsible by the enterprise.

This program sets specific goals for each stage.

From now to 2010, it will study and create advanced technologies suitable to domestic production conditions, deploy the pilot production of pharmaco-chemical products in pilot scale, boost the transfer and application of public New technology into production.

The period 2011-2015 is a key phase of the program. In particular, promoting the trial production of products, transferring, receiving and mastering new technologies, new products and strong application in production to create high quality pharmaceutical raw materials for production. Export of essential medicines in the country.

By 2020, proceed to actively produce medicines in the country.

Notably, the program will train and retrain the contingent of scientific and technological staff, managers at domestic and foreign universities, to meet the quality of human resources for demand. development of pharmaceutical industry in our country.

Specifically, by 2010, 50 - 60 doctors will be trained, 200-300 masters, 300-500 technicians and re-trained 50 science and technology officers with bachelor's degree or higher.

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