The Mombasa Road facility was the first such indigenous pharmaceutical
manufacturing plant to be GMP certified. The facility is subject to
regular inspection validation for GMP compliance, by the Ministry
of Health (MoH) as well as external agencies who either procure our
products directly or through procurement agencies, "to audit
the quality of our products against international standards. "
confirms Manesh Patel.
"We believe that investment in technology and facilities allows
us to deliver superior products to our customers and is the key to
our trustworthiness."
The Mombasa Road plant is fully equipped with facilities and trained/skilled
personnel required for raw material and ingredient testing, production
validation, packaging and efficient product delivery.
L&A
is committed to offering international quality pharmaceutical products
to the regional markets and beyond. To achieve this lofty aim, our
focus remains the exhibition of manufacturing excellence as a model
to the pharmaceutical industry and business in this region.
We intend to increase our presence and equity holding in the regional
pharmaceutical market through:
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Increased
marketing and distribution of our products through agency and
collaborative partnerships. |
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Contract
manufacturing for international companies. |
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"Licensing-in"
products of transnational corporations. |
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We
have achieved to a greater or lesser extent some of the strategic
growth plans above. However with the on-going global trends towards
generic prescribing, cost-containment and rational drug-usage, we
predict an accelerated pace towards the realization of our growth
plans. To which end L&A has invested in cost-saving measures
e.g.
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The
installation of dedicated power-generation plant to facilitate
continuous production and limit costly down-times due to frequent
power outages. |
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Commissioning
and operation of own bore-hole, independent of the often vagrant
local authority water supply, and the unique reverse osmotic-exchange
system for the provision of ultra-clean water for pharmaceutical
manufacture. This is the only such facility installed anywhere
within the East African region for pharmaceuticals manufacture.
Thus L&A has provided for its water requirements well into
the 21-century. |
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Availability
of adequate space for any envisaged future expansion. |
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