·       Formulate policies, strategies and directives that assist, facilitation of the development of pharmaceutical industries and upon approval prepare action plans and implement same;

·        Conduct research and development and identify relevant technologies applicable to the development of the pharmaceutical industry; perform production process and product development activities on medicines and medical supplies, herbal and traditional medicines and beauty care and personal hygiene products, and transfer these technologies to the industries and support them to enter the market thereafter; and also encourage the industries to establish research and development units;

·   Conduct study and research works, including market research, that support the development of the pharmaceutical industry; assist industries to promote the products in the domestic as well as international markets; and work together with relevant stakeholders in order to implement effective marketing systems in the sector;

·      Collect data and information necessary for the development of pharmaceutical industry; analyze, organize and transfer to the data center of the sector; and disseminate them to users, as may be appropriate;

· Prepare and disseminate project profiles that may be helpful in expanding investment in the pharmaceutical industry; conduct pilot studies for those investors desiring to engage in the sector; follow up project implementation and provide remedies concerning problems encountered during implementation; and promote investment as well as assist to remove investment bottlenecks of the sector;

·       Advise investors desiring to engage in the pharmaceutical industries sector in the selection of technology, negotiation, construction, erection, and commissioning;

·        Prepare and conduct practical training, by itself or through collaboration with other relevant stakeholders, on technology, technical matters, marketing and management and other tailor- made training, that assists the development and competitiveness of the pharmaceutical industries sector and produce qualified manpower in the sector, and issue certificates to trainees;

·  Provide consultancy services to pharmaceutical industry concerning production process, production planning and quality assurance; and also establish pilot plants and laboratories to support the industries, provide international standard testing services; encourage industries to establish their own laboratories;

·   Provide support to pharmaceutical industries to get national and international good manufacturing practice certification so as to make them internationally competitive;

·        Build the capacity of the institute to international standard through twinning programs so as to support the industry effectively; cooperate with national as well as international public and private institutions which have similar objectives and also encourage similar co-operation among private-sector institutions;

·    Cooperate with universities on product and human resource development, conduct joint research activities, and also work with technical and vocational training centers to build the human resource of the pharmaceutical industry sector at lower and middle levels;

·       Undertake international benchmarking studies, compile best practices and technically assist the industry to implement them so as to build their competitiveness globally;

·      Support the development of input for pharmaceutical manufacturing industries so as to ensure the regular availability of inputs to the industries in terms of variety, volume and quality; extend the necessary support and follow up, based on the respective value chain of the industries, starting from raw material up to global market, to ensure effective linkage among the actors; and also support the linkage of small and medium enterprises with pharmaceutical industries in terms of production, processing technology and training;

·       Promote the development of pharmaceutical industry parks for value addition and better market of the product of the sector; mobilize and support domestic and international investors so as to operate in the parks;

·        Establish entrepreneurship development program and incubation centers to create new and competitive entrepreneurs in the sector;

·        Support the development of packaging industries to make pharmaceutical industries competitive in the market;

·        Provide support in the acquisition of intellectual property rights and patents for research and technology outputs developed by the sector actors;

·    Provide support to pharmaceutical industries to use renewable energy sources so as not to cause negative environmental and societal impact;

·   Strengthen the bio-equivalence center so that it provides the requisite services to pharmaceutical industries so as to make them competitive;

·        Promote post-production technologies, cold chain, ware houses, modern transport and other logistics for the sector to preserve the quality and avoid product contaminations and wastages during storage and distribution;

·        Build the capacity of pharmaceutical industry associations and pharmaceutical and related professional associations so that they play their proper role in the promotion of trade and investment in the sector;