What do you know about the medicines produced in Mogadishu that are used by most major hospitals?

What do you know about the medicines produced in Mogadishu that are used by most major hospitals?

Somalia has only one factory when it comes to those producing medicines, and it is the first to manufacture types of medicines, especially tablets since 1991.

An investment group consisting of Somalis and Turks has invested in this factory, and it shares with other factories located in Turkey, Iraq, and Poland.

This factory, which was opened in December 2022 and named YeniSom, produces various types of medicines used by humans, whether they are oral medications, pain relievers, and dehydrators that come in different grams. It also produces medicines intended for people with diabetes or type 2 and vitamins.

The manager of the YeniSom Factory, Dr. Cabdi Xaashi Aakhiro, who spoke to the BBC, stated that the machines currently available only produce types of tablet medicines, but in the future, they hope to introduce new machines for the production of medicines that include syrups, injections, and infusions.

"Here we can produce and are ready to produce any type of medicine that humans can use and capsules, the machines we currently have can produce those two parts, now we are concluding and expanding to open another section which includes infusions, injections, and syrups as well," said Dr. Aakhiro.

This factory, which has been operational for four years, can produce one million tablets a day, having manufactured thousands of tons of medicine since its opening.

The capacity of the pharmaceutical experts and the machines they use combined can produce hundreds of thousands of tons of medicine, according to the factory management.

However, if they intend to produce syrups, vials, and needles, they will need additional experts and two more factories.

There are syrups, needles, and vials that come under the name of the factory but are processed in Turkey.

The medicines produced by this factory that have been on the market for the past few years, available at pharmacies and hospitals, have been reported to be of high quality.

The raw materials used in these medicines are sourced from Turkey, following the process of preserving the raw materials intended for export, and are processed into medicines.