LINA pioneers in export of respiratory care products

LINA Manufacturing (Pvt) Ltd exported the first-ever consignment of Respiratory Care Dry Powder for Inhalation (in capsule form) from Sri Lanka.

Asthma is one of the most prevalent respiratory diseases in Sri Lanka. It has been found that inhalant products are the most effective in the treatment of the disease. Since these drugs have not been locally produced before, Sri Lanka had no alternative but to import them at enormous cost to the country in terms of foreign exchange.

Responding to this need Dr. Anil Goonatillaka undertook research in the manufacture of Dry Powder Capsules for Inhalation. After more than 10 years of scrupulous research, in which he enlisted the participation of professionals such as pharmacologists and production and quality assurance specialists, he established an organisation for the manufacture of Respiratory Care Dry Powder for Inhalation (capsules) in Sri Lanka known as LINA. It is the only company to manufacture the drug in Sri Lanka.