NATCO Pharmaceuticals, Hyderabad; Alembic Pharmaceuticals, Vadodara; Gufic Biosciences Ltd., Gujarat; Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Pune; and Lyka, Gujarat are new manufacturers
Financial support is being provided as a grant from the Government of India
The Department of Pharma has allocated this drug amongst the states/UTs based on expected supply that will be available from May 10 to May 31, 2021
The additional allocation of Tocilizumab will ensure sufficient availability for COVID-19 patients and augment the government’s efforts to fight the pandemic
State governments and UTs have been asked to monitor proper distribution within the state/UT covering government and private hospitals
Seven manufacturers of Remdesivir have increased production capacity to 1.03 crore vials per month up from 38 lakh vials per month a month ago
The Government of India has started importing the vital drug Remdesivir from other countries to ease out the shortage of Remdesivir in the country
Apart from the above, it was also decided that Basic Customs Duty on import of COVID-19 vaccines be also exempted with immediate effect for a period of 3 months
The Department of Pharmaceuticals launched the PLI scheme for promoting domestic manufacturing of bulk drugs, with a financial outlay of Rs. 6,940 crore across 53 APIs over 6 years
Essential medicines were made available to more than 150 countries around the world during the pandemic
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