(December 29, 2016) With an value added of 621 million, which is 8% of the entire economy of Southern Italy and super exports of 2.2 billion in 2015, that in the first half of this year is already at 9,2%, the pharmaceutical sector is confirming itself as an “excellence and a decisive part of the southern economy and job creation. And quality jobs, moreover”. Says Massimo Scaccabarozzi, president of Farmindustria, underlining the strong pharmaceutical growth in Campania, Sicily, Abruzzo, Puglia, especially for exports: in pharmaceuticals in general Italy is second to Germany for industrial presence, but it’s the first in per-capita productivity. A gap that Italy bridged, and even exceeded, in recent years. “But if we were to look only at the southern pharmaceutical industry, the data we have collected tell us that we would perform even better Germany”, emphasizes Scaccabarozzi.
