The Indian government is expected to announce new strategies to bolster its bulk drug manufacturing capacity as part of an effort to reduce the country's dependency on Chinese API imports.
India currently imports between 70% and 80% of its bulk drugs from China, a government official told The Economic Times.
"There was a time when India was producing bulk drugs in a big way and now nothing," Pharmaceuticals Secretary V.K. Subburaj said. "We will shortly come out with strategies to improve our bulk drug capacity in India."
Strategies developed by a government-appointed committee are currently under review by the Department of Pharmaceuticals, which is expected to release its recommendations soon, Subburaj said. Those recommendations are expected to become part of a proposed bulk drug pharma policy.
Also under consideration is the revival of the Hindustan Antibiotics facility in Pune, which is known as the first plant in the country to commercially produce antibiotics.
"In 10 years' time, our bulk drug dependence on China should reduce significantly," Subburaj said.
- see The Economic Times story
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