On this auspicious day, Azista Bhutan Healthcare Limited (ABHL) delivers two more products: FX24 120 mg -Fexofenadine Hydrochloride and EZEE 500 Azithromycin 500mg, in addition to the RHICET -Levocetirizine Hydrochloride and RHICET M - Montelukast 10 mg +Levocetirizine Hydrochloride 5mg that was delivered last month. In the preceding month, Lanol 500-Paracetamol was released. Today, ABHL has five medicines in the market. Many more products are already being developed and should be available to the customers soon. ABHL's goal is to ensure that Bhutanese citizens have access to high-quality, affordable, and timely medicines.
Azista Bhutan Healthcare Ltd. (ABHL) is FDI pharmaceutical company, a joint venture between Azista Industries Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India and Druk Holding and Investments Ltd. (DHI), Bhutan with 72% and 28% shareholding, respectively. ABHL is located at Motanga Industrial Park, Samdrup Jongkhar, spread across 6.757 acres. ABHL is the first allopathic pharmaceutical manufacturer, packager, and distributor in Bhutan with the production capacity of General block 43.8 million capsules/tablets and Oncology block 16.8 million capsules/tablets per month. The Drug Regulatory Authority, RGoB, has certified ABHL for good manufacturing practice (GMP). Currently, the company has Technical Authorization to manufacture 213 goods (136 general medicines and 77 cancer drugs) across 17 distinct therapies. The oncology block is ready for production as well as packaging, while the general block is only ready for packaging. ABHL is currently working with distributors and retailers across the country, and has already received purchase orders for a few products from distributors. Oncology items will be manufactured in the coming days in response to demand from both domestic and international markets.
ABHL is donating 121,000 paracetamol 500mg (Brand:Lanol) tablets to the Ministry of Health, RGoB, which is the first product packaged at ABHL.
Mr. M Srinivasa Reddy, Director of our Azista Bhutan Healthcare Limited, inaugurated the new plant in Bhutan on Sunday, i.e., 9th of February 2020. The plant constructed at Motanga Industrial Park, Samdrup Jongkhar, in Bhutan. He launched the website www.azistabhutanhealthcare.com of our organization as part of the inaugural event. He also took part in the machine commissioning of our new plant. The inauguration happened amidst other leaders and employees of our Azista Bhutan Healthcare, the company which is a joint venture of Azista Industries Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad and Druk Holding and Investments Ltd., RGoB, Bhutan.