Mumbai: Government in discussions with the Pharma industry and medical devices to create “national stock” sacrificial medicines and vital equipment to combat the third covid wave.
It can prevent large shortcomings of important drugs such as remedies, tovilizumab, major antibiotics, and devices such as oxygenators and pulse oximers, as witnessed during a large second wave with a large daily case load.
At present, the government only conducts weekly reviews on the status of the availability of drugs, and tracks the making of black mushrooms, Amphoterisin B.
For medical devices, the task has been formed under the Department of Pharmacy, which will enter important items and seek suggestions from stakeholders Interest, industry experts told TII.
Stockpile will help the company plan and manage inventory to strengthen the supply chain and resolve disruption in making raw materials (active pharmaceutical materials), and formulations (drugs).
“Strategic stock of critical covid drugs, oxygen and other Covid requirements is very important, based on Covid 2.0 learning.
The state and state government work together.
We must be prepared so that we are not caught with this time.
The company is working on the production cycle and inventory management cycles They are so there are changes in critical drugs that are faster in emergencies.
Manufacturing and supply chain agility has been important and will continue to be important in an unexpected environment because of Covid, “India Pharmacy Alliance Secretary General Sudarshan Jain told TII.
In addition to two antiviruses, antibiotics such as azithromycin and doxycycline, and steroids including dexamethasone, there is a need to hoard critical medical aids such as the nasal canula, oxygen and moisturizing regulators, ICU beds and multi-parameter patient monitors.
“It is good that some state governments sustain the inventory of Covid-related medical devices that are important to anticipate the third wave.
We recommend to the center to consider creating stockpiling 25-30% of annual national demand, and the warehouse in four geographical zones.
must be primarily that has limited domestic and international availability, and requires longer lead time.
Most countries like the US created this as part of disaster management, “said Rajiv Nath, an umbrella is intended, an umbrella.
The Association of the Domestic Manufacturer Med Manufacturer.
Experts believe that the third wave can hit the country over the next few months, driven by the emergence of Delta-Plus variants.
The second wave during March – can see an unprecedented increase in a daily case load from only around 10,000 in February to almost 4 lakh in May.