Uganda Makes Blood Pressure Drugs.

Byline: Ronald Kalyango

UGANDA has started manufacturing Amlodipine, the drug which reduces high blood pressure to normal. The drug is being manufactured under the brand name, Cardipac, by Kampala Pharmaceutical Industries (KPI), a drug manufacturing company which is part of the Aga Khan Development Network.

Launching the drug at Pearl Afrique Hotel in Gulu district on Saturday, KPI's business development manager Antony Kuria said the drug helps patients with high blood pressure live long.

Kuria said hypertension is a silent killer because it does not get as much attention as other diseases like malaria and HIV/AIDS.

Kuria said the drug was …