Myanma Pharmaceutical Industrial Enterprise (MPIE; my, မြန်မာ့ဆေးဝါးလုပ်ငန်း) is a
state-owned enterprise
A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a Government, government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn Profit (econom ...
(SOE) under the
Ministry of Industry that conducts
R&D, manufacturing and distribution for over 200 essential
pharmaceuticals
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.
MPIE has a domestic market share ranging between 3% and 10%.
MPIE also exports
antivenom drugs to neighboring
Cambodia and
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
.
In 2016, MPIE produced over 800 million tablets and capsules, and has launched new product lines including vaccinations and antibiotics, in recent years.
MPIE also supplies drugs to other government agencies, including the
Ministry of Defence
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, and the
Ministry of Health and Sports.
History
During the socialist era, Burma had a single registered drug producer, the Burma Pharmaceutical Industry (BPI), whose brand had a solid reputation among domestic consumers. It was renamed the Myanmar Pharmaceutical Factory (MPF) in 1988. MPIE continues to use the BPI trademark, because the brand name remains reputable and highly recognized domestically.
Operations
MPIE operates 3 state-owned pharmaceutical factories throughout Myanmar:
*
Insein,
Yangon Region
* Inyaung,
Kyaukse Township,
Mandalay Region
*Ywathagyi,
Hlegu Township,
Yangon Region
See also
*
Healthcare in Myanmar
The current population of Myanmar is 54.05 million. It was 27.27 million in 1970. The general state of healthcare in Myanmar (also known as Burma) is poor. The military government of 1962-2011 spent anywhere from 0.5% to 3% of the country's GDP ...
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Food and Drug Administration (Myanmar)
The Department of Food and Drug Administration ( my, အစားအသောက်နှင့် ဆေးဝါးကွပ်ကဲရေး ဦးစီးဌာန; abbreviated FDA) is Burma's food safety regulatory body, which oversees the ...
References
External links
BPI official website
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Government-owned companies of Myanmar
Healthcare in Myanmar
1957 establishments in Burma