Perego, 170th anniversary of the military pharmaceutical plant in Florence

A structure at the service of the country.

In the morning, Undersecretary of State for Defense Matteo Perego di Cremnago spoke at the Ceremony for the XNUMXth Anniversary of the Military Pharmaceutical Plant in Florence.

In the presence of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella and many civil and military authorities, Undersecretary Perego recalled the birth of the plant on June 26, 1853 and its fundamental characteristics "An area of ​​55000 square meters of which 26000 covered are the current Military Pharmaceutical Chemical Plant (SCFM) name it received in 1976, a joint reality, which since 2001 has been employed by the Defense Industries Agency (AID), an entity under the supervision of the Mr. Minister of Defence".

"The Plant is a tangible example of complementarity" Perego also stated in his speech "expressible by our Armed Forces which, with their health system in synergy with the national one, provide a service to the country"

"From the production and procurement of essential medicines to that of essential materials for health and safety passing through the production of cannabis mother plants for medical use" concluded the Undersecretary "without forgetting, not even for a second, the enormous effort made by the SCFM during the pandemic with the storage and distribution of about 2 million doses of vaccines and the incredible production of sanitizer and hydroxychloroquine, 170 years is very few.

A healthy and effective reality like this, as it is now, saves lives, supports national health and allows all our men and women, with stars and not, to face everyday life with greater guarantees. "

Perego, 170th anniversary of the military pharmaceutical plant in Florence