Federation of Industry Chambers: Acting Pharmaceutical Factories Able to Meet Market Needs

DAMASCUS, (ST) – Chairman of the Federation of Industry Chambers Fares al-Shehabi has urged owners of pharmaceutical factories to put their warehouses at the disposal of the Health Ministry so as to meet the market needs for pharmaceutical products.  

In a statement to SANA, al-Shihabi said: “the current crisis in Syria necessitates from all to shoulder their social responsibilities urging owners of pharmaceutical firms to cover production costs without seeking revenues in order to contribute to manufacturing good medicine with suitable price that takes the living standards of citizens into consideration and to alleviate the economic repercussions of terrorist acts.”

Al-Shihabi pointed out that the pharmaceutical factories, still acting, can meet the market’s needs if the government is able to provide necessary protection to drugs convoys at international highways, as several convoys have earlier been robbed by terrorist groups, a matter that caused shortage in certain kinds of medicine in a number of provinces.

 H. Mustafa