Intelligence

As announced in the Budget speech 2021-2022, the Government of Mauritius took the first step in the setting up of the Mauritius Institute of Biotechnology Ltd ("MIBL") with a seed capital of around USD 25 million.

The Katapult Mauritius Accelerator programme was launched at Ferney Agri-Hub, in Ferney on 28 April 2022.

The key pieces of legislation governing the authorisation, marketing, sale and supply of pharmaceutical products in Mauritius are the Pharmacy Act 1983 and the Consumer Protection (Price and Supplies Control) Act of 1998.

The key pieces of legislation governing the authorisation, marketing, sale and supply of pharmaceutical products in Mauritius are the Pharmacy Act 1983 and the Consumer Protection (Price and Supplies Control) Act of 1998.

The development of Life Sciences has been one of Mauritius's long time ambitions. It is an industry which meshes well the island's ambitions in the pharmaceutical industry and bio-technological research.

Mauritius is in the process of setting up a National Plant Varieties and Seeds Office that will regulate the cultivation, production, trade, export and import of seeds.