Tag: Community Pharmacists Association

Pharmaceutical Industry Grapples with Regulation, Border Smuggling, and Workforce Underuse, Appeals for Government Support

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa Zimbabwe’s pharmaceutical sector is buckling under the weight of multiple systemic challenges, ranging from excessive regulation and porous borders enabling black market medicine sales, to the underutilisation of qualified professionals in public health facilities. Speaking at the third annual Community Pharmacists Association and Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Association Conference, Mr. Stephen Banda, representing the Ministry of Health and Child Care, said the government was deeply concerned about the diversion of medicines from public facilities to the black market, which is undermining both health outcomes and trust in the system.…

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Zimbabwe’s Pharmaceutical Industry On Chokehold

Michael Gwarisa

High Compliance and regulatory risk, coupled with steep production costs, unending power cuts, and import-related costs for pharmaceutical products and raw materials, have stifled growth in the local pharmaceutical manufacturing and retail sector, Industry players have said. By Michael Gwarisa The high costs of doing business have had a ripple effect on the consumers as the cost of pharmaceutical products locally is beyond the reach of many and in some cases, has led to drug stock-outs as operators struggle to produce and procure pharmaceutical products from source markets. Speaking at…

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