Insulin: Inauguration of Saidal's production unit

Constantine - An insulin production unit, designed to produce three types of injectable insulin up to 5 million injectable units a year, has been inaugurated Sunday by President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika, on a working and inspection visit to the eastern province of Constantine. Entirely financed by pharmaceutical group Saidal for a total value of 1.3bn DA, a part of which in currencies estimated at �10mn, this insulin production unit, the first of the kind in Algeria, is located in the industrial park "Le Palma" (west of Constantine) within Saidal's factory over a 13,000 m2 surface. APS