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The Union Minister of State for Chemical and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya today assured that the government is monitoring supply of each Covid-19 Essential Drug. All drugs used in the management of Covid-19 are now available in India by ramping up production and increasing the imports.

According to Mandaviya, the availability of these drugs is being monitored by implementing three-pronged strategy of Supply Chain Management, Demand Side Management and Affordability.

Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) and The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), he added, are coordinating with manufacturers to enhance production and getting data about current stock, current capacities, projected production for the May, 2021.

Here are the details that the minister shared for the Covid-19 drugs available in India:

1. Remdesivir:

  • Number of plants producing Remdesivir increased from 20 to 60 resulting in three times more availability in just 25 days.
  • Production ramped up 10 times, from 10 lakhs vials/month in April 2021 to ~1 crore a month in May 2021.

2. Toscilizumab injection:

  • It is made available in the country by importing 20 times more than what was being done in normal times.

3. Dexamethasone 0.5 mg tablets:

  • Production enhanced from six to eight times within a month

4. Dexamethasone Injection production ramped up almost two times.

5. Enoxaparin Injection production increased four times in mere one month.

6. Methyl Prednisolone Injection: Production increased almost three times in a months time.

7. Ivermectin 12 mg tab production enhanced in the country by ~5 times within a month from 150 lakhs in April to 770 lakhs in May 2021

8. Favirpiravir:

  • A non-protocol drug but it is used to lower the virus load.
  • The production increased four times within a month.
  • From 326.5 lakh in April 2021 to 1644 lakh in May 2021.

9. Amphoterecin B Injection:

  • Production ramped up ~ 3 times in a month.
  • 3.80 lakh vials are in production and
  • 3 lakh vials are being imported
  • Total 6.80 lakh vials will be available in the country.

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