To uplift the health sector of a nation, producing of quality drugs plays an important role among health awareness of the people, health staff, provided by the state the ability of health staff, health infrastructures and providing of modern equipments. To fulfill the requirement of quality drugs in Myanmar, Myanma Pharmaceutical Factory was established in 1954 and started producing medicines in 1955. There are 3 main Divisions, which produce medicines. The Division -1, comprises Tablet Department, Galenicals Department, Sterile Products Unit and Packaging Department. Any operation including filling and labeling in which a bulk product has to undergo in order to be ready for release as a finished product, is being carried out in Packaging Department.
Anti-venom is produced at Division (2). People living in rural areas mainly depend on anti-snake-venom produced by that Division. To produce these anti-snakes venom poisonous snakes like viper and cobras are bought from various places of Myanmar and are kept there. The Anti snakes venom are produced form various kinds of snakes from all over Myanmar can effectively cure snake bites, no matter where the snakes comes from. The poisons of snakes differ according to habitat. It varies according to climate and size. First, venoms are taken from poisonous snakes. Obtained, venoms are dried for 24 hours in a desiccator. These dried venoms are turned into powder, and then it is measured to so that it can be injected into a horse. Horses are essential in producing anti-snake-venom.
The horses used in testing the venom must be free of infectious diseases. Only a small amount of poison is infected initially. The dosage of infection increases in an interval of 15 days. Injection of venom into horses are for product antibodies. The serum taken from the horse contains antibodies. Undergoing several processes, anti-snake-venom is obtained. Two kinds of anti-snake-venom are produced. One is liquid form and the other a freeze-dried.

The liquid lasts (3) years if it is kept refrigerated where the freeze-dried lasts (5) years. Division (3) produce dextrose Infusion, Quality Control and Research Department carries out Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for medicines produced by Myanma Pharmaceutical Factory. There are 3 important steps, which measure the quality of medicine. No.1 is safety, No.2 is efficacy, and No.3 is stability. The main duty of Quality Control Department is to control the effectiveness and non-effectiveness in raw material. If one uses these uncontrolled raw materials, it can affect the users.

Chemicals contained in raw materials, its side effect, its effectiveness and safeness can be examined in the lab using lab apparatus and modern techniques. GMS has also emerged as an act. The Government had laid down National Drug Act and we therefore, abide by these rules. We also practice GMP even going to the manufacturing paints. We check both at the lab and by making field trips. The equipments you're seeing are used by modern labs. We use Infra-Red Rays to check the raw material to see if they meet the required standards. Ultra violet Rays are used to check if the constituents in the raw material have right amount of chemicals necessary. The Ultra Violet Machines on my left can precisely measure if the right amounts of chemical are included in the manufactured medicines. We use these machines to check for example, if there are 500mg in paracetamol tablets. It can also examine the quality of the medicine that have been produced. MPF has been producing medicines for over 50 years. People can use medicine produced by MPF with confidence, because of its quality. Although the same kind of medicines from foreign markets are sold, people are satisfied with using medicines produced by MPF and this shows that MPF products are fully appreciated and trusted by the consumers.