NDA GIVES KAZIRE HERBAL RESEARCH GREEN LIGHT ,SET TO PRODUCE DRUGS FOR TREATMENT OF ULCERS, FLU,SWINE FEVER IN PIGS .

Twesigye Aggrey

MBARARA:

Kazire Health Products in Mbarara City, has been cleared by the National Drugs Authority (NDA) to scale up its herbal drugs research program.

This means that the factory, known for its range of health and nutritional beverages, will soon start manufacturing herbal drugs for human treatment.

“We have finally got a license to manufacture drugs. We now join the club of Rene Industries, Kampala Pharmaceutical Industries, Cipla Quality Chemicals, etc,” Mr. Sedrack Atuhaire, the firm’s Coordinator for Research and Development, explains.

Based in the Mbarara City of western Uganda, Kazire Health Products factory produces an array of health drinks such as Kazire Orange Tea Drink, Kazire Lemon Green Tea Drink, Kazire VIT Fruit Drink, Kazire Aloe Green Tea Drink, and Kazire Mineral Water, among others.

The first one dated August 5, 2022, authorizes the firm to manufacture liquids from herbal products into ‘Finished Pharmaceutical Products.’ It expires on December 31, 2024.

The second one also dated August 5, 2022 and expiring on December 31, 2024, clears the manufacturing space and gazettes the factory is hygienic for the production of pharmaceutical products.

Specifically, it says: “This is to certify that the premises named Kazire Health Products Limited, are considered suitable for carrying on the business of manufacturing of drugs.”

“These are the most complex documents to get. We had to change everything at the factory. If any Ugandan came to visit us today, the set-up is very different,” explains Mr. Atuhaire.