Bring Remdesivir under drug price control: Maha Barrister
Fri, Apr 16 2021 8:21 IST |
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Mumbai, April 16 : A prominent Maharashtra legal luminary has petitioned the Centre to declare the Remdesivir medicine - currently in huge demand owing to the Covid-19 pandemic - as a life-saving medicine with controlled pricing to prevent blackmarketing and corruption.
Remdesivir is manufactured by a handful of companies under brand names like Cipremi (Cipla), Covifar (Hetero), Desrem (Mylon), Remdac (Zydus), Redyx (Dr. Reddy s).
In a plea to the Central Government which controls the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), a statutory authority under the Drugs Price Control Order (DPCO), Mumbai Barrister Vinod Tiwari on Thursday demanded a high-level investigation into the artificial scarcity, hoarding, blackmarketing and misuse of the drug which could run into a racket of over Rs 25,000-crore under the nose of the NPPA, in the past ten months since the drug
NEW DELHI: The government is taking all steps to accelerate the production of antiviral drug remdesivir, used in treatment of Covid-19, and ensure its availability in the country, chemicals and fertilisers minister D V Sadananda Gowda said on Friday.
The minister also mentioned that a total of 6.69 lakh vials of the drug have been made available to different states and union territories during the last five days. Government is taking every necessary step to accelerate the production facilities of #Remdesivir, it s capacity enhancement & availability , Gowda said in a tweet.
Government is taking every necessary step to accelerate the production facilities of #Remdesivir, it s capacity enhancement & availability. Sadananda Gowda (@DVSadanandGowda) 1618572347000
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Amid reports of shortage of Remdesivir in various parts of the country as Covid-19 situation deteriorates, the government has given approval for stepping up the manufacturing capacity of the drug. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Remdesivir production wil
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