Ahmedabad-based Cadila Pharmaceuticals’ new formulation development laboratory was inaugurated on 19^th June by an Ethiopian government official during a high-level Ethiopian delegation’s visit to the company’s state-of-the-art plant in Dholka.

H E Dr Tizita Mulugeta Yimam, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to India, inaugurated the formulation development laboratory along with Heran Gerba, Director General of the Ethiopian Food and Drug Administration, Dr. HG Koshia, Gujarat’s FDCA commissioner, and other officials.

The ground floor of the formulation development laboratory is focused on solid orals, the first floor on injections, while the second floor houses the analytical lab.

“Cadila has a plant in Ethiopia. We need to work closely to maintain the relationship and to support each other. Ethiopia offers great opportunities for drug companies and for Cadila Pharma to expand its facilities in Ethiopia,” said Ambassador Tizita Mulugeta Yimam.

The delegation also visited Cadila Pharmaceuticals’ corporate campus at Bhat.