Mulugetta Bezzabeh, PhD (Cass 2 Director). Mr. Bezzabeh was appointed on April 26, 2007 as CEO and Director and is the founder, President and CEO of Rx Africa (Ethiopia) PLC, which was founded in 2003 as Sunshine Pharmaceuticals, as a manufacturer and distributor of generic pharmaceuticals, as a joint venture with the People's Republic of China. A factory was built and production commenced in generic anti-malarial and other pharmaceuticals. In 2006 the Chinese were bought out by private interests, with the goal of becoming one of the few FDA-GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)-approved pharmaceutical factories in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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