Pharmaceutical manufacturing zone in the southern coast of Hambantota

On 11 November 2020, the Sri Lankan government decided to establish a pharmaceutical manufacturing zone of 400 acres in the southern coast of Hambantota and to invite global pharmaceutical companies to set up companies within the zone. All infrastructure facilities will be supplied by the Sri Lanka Board of Investment.

• Type:

  • Promotion and facilitation (Special economic zones)

• Industry:

  • Manufacturing (Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations)

• Sources:

  • The Health Master, Sri Lanka to Establish Pharma Mfg Zone, https://thehealthmaster.com/2020/11/15/sri-lanka-to-establish-pharma-mfg-zone/, 15 Nov 2020
  • Medical Dialogues, Sri Lanka Govt To Establish Pharma Manufacturing Zone https://medicaldialogues.in/news/industry/pharma/sri-lanka-govt-to-establish-pharma-manufacturing-zone-71377, https://medicaldialogues.in/news/industry/pharma/sri-lanka-govt-to-establish-pharma-manufacturing-zone-71377, 14 Nov 2020
  • Xinhua, Sri Lanka to open pharmaceutical manufacturing zone to attract global companies, http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-11/11/c_139509112.htm, 11 Nov 2020