Farai Mabeza, Senior Staff Writer 
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THE government wants to ensure the utilisation of local resources in the pharmaceutical value chain to reduce over-reliance on imports and create employment.
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According to Industry and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza, one of the greatest challenges was that the sector was hugely dependent on imported active ingredients.
“So, going forward we want to ascertain how much of those active ingredients are made in Zimbabwe,” Nzenza told the media at the launch of a new local content rating and certification system last week.
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