Sri Lanka, April 21 -- The Sri Lanka Chamber of the Pharmaceutical Industry (SLCPI) has called for urgent action to prevent a looming medicine shortage crisis in Sri Lanka, warning that growing pressure on the pharmaceutical supply chain could affect the country's ability to ensure uninterrupted access to essential and life-saving medicines.

Issuing a statement, the Chamber cautioned that unless immediate and practical steps are taken, Sri Lanka could face increasing shortages across both private and public healthcare channels, placing patients, hospitals, pharmacies and the wider healthcare system under serious strain.

It stressed that this is no longer simply a challenge for the pharmaceutical sector but a national issue with direct i...