Pharmaceuticals imports in Tanzania: Overview of private sector market size, share, growth and projected trends to 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To assess the extent to which foreign pharmaceutical imports vary from year to year and identifying leading generic and branded formulations, key countries and key importers of pharmaceuticals in private sector supply chain.

Methodology

A systematic analysis of data for pharmaceutical imports from the Ministry of Health.Data from 2013 to 2016 fiscal years and relevant documents were accessed from the Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA). Data cleaning was carried out to remove duplicate entries and to exclude pharmaceutical imports for individual uses, promotion purpose, donations, raw material, medical devices, government institutions and veterinary products.

Results

A total of 397 different suppliers imported pharmaceutical in Tanzania mainland from 2

SUBMITTER: Wande DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6690534 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature