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<p>The Government has no plans to create facilities in the United Kingdom to manufacture
further active pharmaceutical ingredients. There are 16,000 medicines on the market
in the UK. Whilst some of these are manufactured in the UK, most are manufactured
abroad. Where medicines are manufactured here, the active ingredients and excipients
for those medicines may be manufactured abroad. It is not realistic to manufacture
all 16,000 medicines and the active ingredients and excipients needed for these medicines
in the UK.</p><p>The production of medicines is complex and highly regulated, and
materials and processes must meet rigorous safety and quality standards. Supply problems
can affect a wide range of medicines and can arise for various reasons, such as manufacturing
issues, problems with the raw ingredients and batch failures. These problems arise
regardless of where in the world the manufacture takes place.</p>
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