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Table 3 Local manufacturers in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda: number of registered products, number of registered EM products and as proportion (%) of all registered products, and number of individual EMs that products correspond to

From: Bridging the gap? Local production of medicines on the national essential medicine lists of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

Manufacturer name

Registered products n

Registered EM products n (%)

Registered EMs n

KENYA

 GlaxoSmithKline Kenya

12

0

0

 Medisel

2

0

0

 Benmed

23

6 (26)

4

 Regal Pharmaceuticals

94

26 (28)

16

 Dawa Limited

133

37 (28)

28

 Biodeal Limited

95

38 (40)

30

 Universal Corporation Limited

109

42 (38)

30

 Lab and Allied

222

64 (29)

49

 Cosmos Limited

256

97 (39)

66

 Total

946

310 (33)

92

TANZANIA

 Keko Pharmaceuticals

7

5 (71)

5

 Prince Pharmaceuticals

17

6 (35)

6

 Zenufa Laboratories

19

8 (42)

8

 Shelys Limited

54

20 (37)

17

 Total

97

39 (40)

24

UGANDA

 Medipharm Industries

2

0

0

 Kwality-Afro Asia Limited

1

1 (100)

1

 Cipla Quality Chemicals

11

9 (82)

7

 Abacus Parenteral

27

18 (66)

12

 Kampala Pharmaceuticals

62

34 (55)

28

 Rene Industries Limited

76

35 (46)

31

 Total

181

100 (54)

55