KATHMANDU, July 19 -- Production of anti-cancer drugs has been started for the first time in Nepal. Teaching Pharma Private Limited has started production of anti-cancer medicine for the first time. Nepal used to import the drugs from India and other third countries.

Shailesh Vaidya, Executive Director of Teaching Pharma, said that the production of anti-cancer drugs has been started in Nepal itself. He informed that the process of drug production has been started with the approval of the Department of Drug Administration and some drugs will reach the market commercially within a month.

The company has started production of anti-cancer drugs in Nepal by signing a technology transfer agreement with an anti-cancer drug manufacturing compa...