Saline production, imports to be boosted
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A large amount of medical saline is being imported to meet increased demand due to floodrelated health problems, the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) said yesterday.
Apart from 1,897,600 bottles of saline due to arrive in Thailand on November 21 and 27 and December 22, three local saline producers have been encouraged to increase their output.
The FDA and the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation have met to discuss inventories of medicines and will soon announce details on the stockpiles. The agencies agreed to activate a fasttrack process to allow imports of 32 types of medicines.
