TURKEY HAS AMBITIONS TO CREATE STRONG INNOVATIVE PHARMA SECTOR – BUT REGULATORY PROBLEMS STUNT ITS DEVELOPMENT

THE TURKISH pharmaceutical industry is aiming to undergo a fundamental shift over the coming years as it attempts to move from being a producer largely of generics to become an important global centre for the production of original medicines. Its government has said that it wants Turkey to become one of the world’s top 10 economies in health services by 2023 – the centenary of the establishment of the Turkish Republic – and to become the Eurasian production base for medium- and high-level technology products.Ankara’s aims were outlined in a report titled ...


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