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Essay / Relevance to the country - 562
At first glance, from a general perspective, Vietnam's pharmaceutical industry currently has around 170 manufacturing companies (not to mention thousands of trading companies). Is this a positive sign that the pharmaceutical sector is growing? Yes, to a certain extent. However, if we look closely, domestic drug production is rich in numbers (accounting for 80%) but only accounts for 50% of revenue because most of the products are conventional dosage forms with low scientific content. The remaining 50% is attributed to high-priced imported products. Acting as a leading unit in the new dosage form research and technology transfer center, Hanoi University of Pharmacy needs to increase its scientific capacity to cope with the development of the pharmaceutical industry sector. . Several notable researches, which have been transformed into commercial products, are freeze-dried injectable powder, controlled release tablets, ophthalmic nano-emulsion. However, such research is rare. In order to contribute to the improvement of the pharmaceutical industry in general and my insti...