The Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) and Philippine Pharma Procurement Inc. (PPPI) have forged a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a pharmaceutical logistics and distribution center inside the aviation complex.
CIAC said the project is expected to strengthen the transformation of Clark into the country’s premier logistics hub.
CIAC President Jojit Alcazar said CIAC and PPPI will explore investment plans, joint ventures, or Public-Private Partnership (PPP) options.
“There’s a mutual appreciation of Clark’s distinctly viable location to build a pharmaceutical logistics hub with air cargo handling capabilities, main reasons which moved us swiftly to formalize this understanding,” Alcazar said.
Alcazar and PPPI President Maria Blanca Kim Lokin signed the MOU at the PPPI headquarters in Makati City.
The event was witnessed by CIAC directors Glenn Albano, Victor Manuel, and Rommel Ma. Santiago; CIAC Senior Executive Assistant Marie Elizabeth Lotilla and Chief Strategic Urban Planner Melissa Feliciano; other PPPI representatives and CIAC personnel.
"We look forward to this great opportunity as Clark’s strategic location provides a sprawling and uncongested complex in close proximity to Clark International Airport, major seaports, and national road networks in a disaster-resilient environment,” Lokin said.
“This opportunity provides unparalleled advantage for PPPI’s logistics operations and medical supply distribution, and ideal for us to build an integrated modern warehousing with cold chain solutions,” she added.
Alcazar said Clark hosts global cargo leaders FedEX, UPS, and DHL.
He added this collaboration with the only government-run pharmaceutical company in the country "positions CIAC to be the premier global civil aviation logistics hub of the Philippines.
The Clark Aviation Capital is located inside the Clark Freeport and is home of the Clark International Airport.
“With the logistics hub and the Clark airport’s international and domestic routes, healthcare services and affordable medicines for far-flung communities nationwide is ensured, consistent with the eight-point socioeconomic agenda of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on affordable and accessible healthcare for all Filipinos,” Alcazar said.
PPPI is an attached agency of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) tasked to manage investments in pharmaceuticals and related commercial ventures to provide low-priced quality medicine and medical supplies to government and private hospitals.