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Starwin launches new products

Local pharmaceutical drugs manufacturer, Starwin Products Limited has added three new drugs to its product line.

The drugs are Starprovite, an appetizer and a nutritional supplement; Starcid which is used in stopping heart burns, stomach ulcer, anti flatulent and other stomach disturbances; and the last being Starcold tablets used in relieving fever, headache, cold, influenza nasal congestion and other allergic rhinitis.

Launching the products, the Board Chairman of Starwin, Pastor Mensa Otabil said the new addition to the already existing products would help bring quality health service to the general public.

He said the new products were of the same quality standards as other products by the company.

According to him, for the past 50 years since its establishment, Starwin has been known to produce and introduce unto the Ghanaian market, high quality products and, therefore, the three new ones were no exceptions.

Pastor Mensah Otabil added that the launch of the products formed part of the company’s quest of transforming itself into a major player in the pharmaceutical industry in Ghana.

The Managing Director of Starwin, Mr Kwasi Yirenkyi who said currently, there were 25 active local drug manufacturing companies and about 15 international companies with local representatives in the country, said the growth in demand for pharmaceutical products was estimated at 10 per cent per annum.

This demand he said had arisen as a result of an increase in knowledge and growth in population, gross domestic products and disposable income.

He therefore said brand expansion and portfolio diversification were the two main pillars of the company’s medium and long term strategy.

Mr Yirenkyi said the three new products had been carefully formulated to follow the Starwin tradition of quality, adding that their efficacies could be fully guaranteed by the company.

He was hopeful that the introduction of the three new products would help drive growth, sustain profitability and stregthen the company’s financial stability.

Starwin are producers of Rapinol, Asmadrin, Milk of Magnesia, Starwin Liver Salt and Paraking syrup among other drugs and it exports some of its products to neigbouring countries.

Story by Rebecca Quaicoe-Duho

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