Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa Friday declared open the largest pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Sri Lanka and the research and development institute at Pitipana, Homagama.

The new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant and research & development facility was built by Morison PLC, the largest oral solid dosage pharmaceutical manufacturer in Sri Lanka and a subsidiary of Hemas Holdings PLC, with an investment of US $ 18.5 million.

The plant has the capacity to produce 5 billion pills annually and has the capacity to produce 10 million bottles of pills at maximum capacity under a double shift. It is expected to create jobs for more than 250 trained workers.

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