In response to a freedom of information request, the Scottish government said that areas of interest for the agency include "respiratory medicines, dementia, cell and gene therapies and pharmacogenomics” WAVEBREAKMEDIA LTD UC74 / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO The Scottish government is scoping plans to roll out a National Pharmaceutical Agency (NPhA), which “may include establishing expanded manufacturing capabilities” , it has said. This comes after the Scottish National Party (SNP) pledged to set up an agency as part of its election manifesto in April 2021 (/article/news/snp-proposes-nhs-agency-to-manufacture-its-own-generic-medicines) . In a statement to The Pharmaceutical Journal on 19 April 2023, Jenni Minto, public health minister for Scotland, said the government committed to developing the agency “to improve links between the life sciences industry and the NHS, and ultimately improve patient care” .
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