Brazil inaugurates factory to produce diabetes and obesity drugs

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, together with Health Minister Nisia Trindade, inaugurated a new plant designed to produce drugs for diabetes and obesity. 

According to the Ministry of Health, the facility will produce an innovative drug that has already been submitted to the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) for priority registration. This is reported by Toda Palavra, a partner of TV BRICS.

The new plant was an important part of the federal government's initiatives to create an economic industrial complex in the health sector. 

During the inauguration ceremony, Minister Nisia emphasised the benefits for diabetic patients, "This is the first national drug for diabetes and obesity created in an innovative way." 

Nisia emphasised the need for collaborative efforts and believes that the opening of the new unit is about combining the competence and quality of the private sector with the public policies of the Federal Government.