Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, a leading indigenous pharmaceutical manufacturer founded and led by Nigerian businesswoman Stella Okoli, is pressing ahead with a 23-million Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient API facility in Sagamu, Ogun State, that aims to cut Nigerias reliance on imported drugs and secure a more resilient supply chain.
The plant, billed as the first dedicated API facility in sub-Saharan Africa, will initially produce antimalarial inputs before expanding into HIV/AIDS antiretrovirals and other essential medicines.
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