Uganda Moves to Manufacture TB Drugs

Monitor: <a href="https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/tb-drugs-to-be-made-locally-5125648" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpel-link="external">TB drugs to be made locally
Uganda Observer: <a href="https://observer.ug/news/uganda-moves-to-manufacture-tb-drugs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wpel-link="external">Uganda moves to manufacture TB drugs

4 August 2025

Kampala-based Quality Chemical Industries Ltd announced a new investment to expand its manufacturing capacity, adding TB drugs and other previously imported medicines to its production line. The new manufacturing plant will produce key first-line TB drugs, including rifampicin, isoniazid and ethambutol, as well as medications for multidrug-resistant TB such as pretomanid and bedaquiline, which are currently not manufactured anywhere on the African continent.

Uganda Moves to Manufacture TB Drugs

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