Locally Produced Biopharmaceutical Product: Cost and Quality Considerations for Developing Countries
Author Affiliations
Bangkhae, Bangkok, Thailand
1 Joseph Ayobabalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji, Nigeria
2 Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Šumatova?ka, Serbia
3 Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China
Corresponding Author
Professor Viroj Wiwanitkit, Dr. DY Patil University Wiwanitkit House, Bangkok, Thailand
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Editorial
The biopharmaceutical technology becomes an important technology in the present
day. Several new biopharmaceutical products are produced in several countries around
the world. The locally produced biopharmaceutical product is produced in many clinical
setting. Regarding the developing countries, due to the limitation of resource, knowledge,
and expert, the technology is usually adopted or donated by the developed countries. For
example, in Thailand, the case of fibrin glue which is presently produced by Thai National
Blood Bank is the biopharmaceutical product that was first produced with the help by
the Western medical professors [1]. At present, the fibrin glue is locally produced and
many local medical scientists forget the starting history of the fibrin glue production and
misunderstand that it is a local wisdom of local Thai medical scientist. The adoption of
technology is proven useful and can help decrease the cost of clinical management. The
donation of the developed countries to several developing countries is an actual kind
activity for one world one health concept. While saving of cost is an important use of locally
produced biopharmaceutical product, there are also several other important considerations
in developing countries. First, the quality control of the local production to maintain the
standards is necessary. The quality of the locally produced biopharmaceutical product is
usually questionable in poor developing countries [2]. The main consideration perceived
by the general practitioner is “cheaper drugs lead to lower product quality [3].” Cheap
genetic locally produced pharmaceutical products are usually the focused considerations
in strategies planning of several drug companies in the present day [4]. The promotion
of “higher value R&D activities and niche manufacturing of sophisticated products” is the
important good concept to follow [4]. In the present day, the survey of the locally available
pharmaceutical products in several countries usually give the comparable efficacy to the
standard product but the important problem is usually on the control of the standards
and illegally supply without control [5]. In addition, the standards of the bioequivalent
research in developing countries are usually questionable for its standardization [6].
Since technology is usually a donated technology, the skill of the local medical scientists
in developing countries is usually low and there might be a lack of attempt to develop the
local wisdom.
Conflict of Interest
None
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