The economics behind Kenya’s pharmaceutical industry are shaping which medicines reach patients.
By
Linet Owoko
Correspondent
Nation Media Group
Walk into almost any pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Nairobi’s Industrial Area and you are likely to find the same activity: blister-packing machines producing paracetamol tablets.
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