Square Pharmaceuticals to Build Plant in Athi River

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