Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2022-01-24

Purchase of locally produced Sterile Liquid Small Volume Parenterals - SLSVP - Injectables for the State sector

- Government spends approximately Rs. 3,000 million (around US$ 15 million) annually for the purchase of Sterile Liquid Small Volume Parenterals - SLSVP - Injectables. Approval has been granted by the Government for M/s Kelun Lifesciences (Pvt) Ltd to establish an industry in Pallekale area with the capacity of producing 50 million of the said Sterile Liquid annually. The so called company, the only company possessing the capacity of producing Sterile Liquid Small Volume Parenterals within the Country with the relevant standards is ready to supply its productions from February 2022. Accordingly, the proposal made by the Minister of Health to enter into an Agreement between the aforesaid Company and the State Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Corporation of Sri Lanka (SPMC) to secure the said productions for the necessities of the Government, was approved by the Cabinet.