Square Pharmaceuticals to Build Plant in Athi River
Square Pharmaceuticals capacity: 60 million bottles of liquid medicine plus 2 billion tablets annually
Cost: Ksh. 7.5 billion
Location: Export Processing Zone, Athi River
Category of medicine to be produced: malaria, diabetes, HIV/Aids and cardiovascular diseases
Kenya’s pharmaceutical industry meets just 28% of the demand, the balance is imported from elsewhere.
Source: Business Daily
