The UAE currently has 6,176 generic drugs, the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has announced. Generic drugs cost about 60 per cent lesser than branded medicines, thus helping patients receive affordable treatment.

The country has 16 factories in the medical and pharmaceutical industry, and three others for intravenous fluids, laboratories, and medical supplies.

Dr Amin Hussein Al Amiri, Assistant Undersecretary of the ministry’s Public Health Policy and Licences, stressed the ministry’s keenness to expand UAE-manufactured generic drugs.

“This paves the way for local plants to focus on manufacturing new and innovative medicines in various fields ... This is in line with the attention paid by the UAE to drug safety as a strategic priority, especially in times of crises and pandemics.”

Al Amiri said the UAE’s health policies encourage the manufacturing of innovative medicines and pharmaceutical raw materials and vaccines in order to achieve self-sufficiency.

 

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