First business granted WHO's GMP certificate in pharmaceutical materials

Hanoi (VNA) - The Health Ministry on Oct. 18 presented the Good
Manufacture Practice (GMP) of the World Health Organisation to the Sao Kim
Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company.

The Sao Kim Company becomes the first Vietnamese business meeting the
standards of GMP/WHO in pharmaceutical materials, thus making a breakthrough
in the country's pharmaceutical sector.

The company has received all certificates of GMP for both materials and
products as well as Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and Good Safety Practice
(GSP) of the WHO.

Sao Kim company is specialised in the production of materials for malaria
medicines. Its products made from the local plant "Thanh hao hoa vang"
(Artemesia) have met the domestic demand for malaria drug production and
have been exported to many countries.-Enditem