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Akums, a Delhi-basedcontract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), and The Government of The Republic of Zambia (GRZ), have announced a partnership to set up a manufacturing facility in Zambia to provide high quality and affordable generic medicines for patients in Zambia.

The partnership will involve setting up a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Zambia to manufacture and supply medicines in Zambia. The joint venture (JV) also, in the future, will export to neighboring African countries like Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Malawi, Tanzania, Mozambique etc.

The manufacturing facility will be housed in a newly formed Joint venture company, which will be headquartered in Zam...