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Last Updated: July 12, 2026 TL;DR: South Africa — a nation of more than 60 million people with the most industrialised economy and one of the most developed health systems in Africa, split between a large public sector and a substantial private sector funded by medical schemes — depends on a reliable, compliant supply of sterile injectables and imports a significant share of its finished injectables and the majority of its active pharmaceutical ingredients. Every sterile inje

Last Updated: July 12, 2026 TL;DR: Tanzania — a nation of more than 65 million people with a health system anchored by public hospitals and the Medical Stores Department (MSD), a fast-growing private sector, and a role as the trade gateway for several landlocked East African neighbours — depends on a reliable, compliant supply of sterile injectables and imports the large majority of its finished injectables and almost all of its active pharmaceutical ingredients. Every import

Last Updated: July 12, 2026 TL;DR: Thailand — a nation of more than 72 million people with one of Southeast Asia's most developed health systems and universal health coverage delivered through three schemes — depends on a reliable, compliant supply of sterile injectables for its hospitals, its social-insurance programmes and its public procurement, and it imports a large share of its finished injectables and the overwhelming majority of its active pharmaceutical ingredients.

Last Updated: July 12, 2026 TL;DR: Turkey — a nation of more than 86 million people bridging Europe and Asia, with one of the strongest domestic pharmaceutical industries in the region and an assertive localisation (yerlileştirme) policy — produces most of its medicines locally, yet still imports a significant share of specialised sterile injectables, oncology and biotechnology products and a large proportion of its active pharmaceutical ingredients. Every imported sterile in

Last Updated: July 11, 2026 TL;DR: Iran — a nation of more than 92 million people with one of the most developed domestic pharmaceutical industries in the Middle East — produces most of its medicines locally, yet still relies on imports for a significant share of specialised sterile injectables, oncology and biotech products, and a large proportion of its active pharmaceutical ingredients. Every imported sterile injectable must hold an Iran Registration Code (IRC) issued by t

Last Updated: July 11, 2026 TL;DR: Vietnam — a nation of more than 101 million people and one of the fastest-growing pharmaceutical markets in Southeast Asia — depends on a reliable, compliant supply of sterile injectables for its hospitals, its social-health-insurance programme and its provincial procurement, and it imports a large share of its finished injectables and the overwhelming majority of its active pharmaceutical ingredients. Every imported sterile injectable must