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Submitted to: Dr. Archana Pillai Submitted By: Harshal Gandhi Nishant Rao
At the end of the 80ies, the pharmaceutical industry in Syria was very poor, covering only 6% of the national needs. In less than 20 years, with the government support in terms of legal frame and strategic political engagement, the Syrian pharmaceutical industry finally covered almost 92% of the national needs, in terms of drugs, and exported drugs in around 56 markets worldwide, mostly Arab and African nations and some Asian countries, with exports to European Union member states beginning more recently. Beyond covering the local market, the main added values of this huge development consisted in exporting drugs in amount of 150 million dollars per year. The number of pharmaceutical factories in Syria has reached 63, producing 5700 types of products and offering jobs to about 17000 workers, out of which around 85% are women. Syria has the largest number of pharmaceutical companies compared with any other Arab market, even though its domestic market size is smaller than many others. Private capital inflows have increased significantly in the last decade thanks to the involvement of several major industrial and trading groups in the drug industry. The two largest cities in the country, Aleppo and Damascus host the largest industrial firms. The Syrian pharmaceutical industry is producing good quality medicine based on international standards. The provision of safe and effective medicines is based on the essential medicine list. The government goal is monitoring the pharmaceuticals to ensure quality control. The results of quality control have been very good; however, the application of the national medicine policy and the rational use of medicines should be enforced. Factor Condition 63 manufacturing plants Due to the intensive ongoing training and rehabilitation programs, there are a large number of qualified workers with very high level of efficiency in the Pharmaceutical industry in Syria; over 25% of them are university graduates. Also the learning level is in initial level so the government helps people to learn them outside the country. And after getting the proper knowledge, they come back and serve their own country. Also, The Medical City is to be built in the West Mazzeh area of Damascus. The project is estimated to be around $112 million.