India ready to export fever drugs to China amid COVID surge: Pharmexcil

[walterbibikow]

India, one of the world's biggest drug makers, is ready to step up exports of fever medicines to China as it reels from a spike in COVID-19 cases, the chairperson of an Indian drug export body said on Thursday.

China's sudden easing of strict COVID-19 rules earlier this month triggered a surge in demand for fever medicines and virus test kits on the mainland, leading to shops imposing limits on how much customers can buy and drugmakers ramping up production.

"Marketing queries are coming to drugmakers asking for quotes on ibuprofen and paracetamol," Sahil Munjal, chairperson of the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil), told Reuters.

"Ibuprofen and paracetamol are facing a shortage in China at the moment, they are high in demand."

China's embassy in New Delhi did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

India's foreign ministry said the country, one of the biggest makers of generic medicines in the world, was ready to help China.

"We are keeping an eye on the COVID situation in China," foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said at a regular news briefing. "We have always helped other countries as the pharmacy of the world".

India's pharma exports to China accounted for just 1.4% of its overall exports in 2021/22, according to Pharmexcil's latest annual report. The United States remains India's largest destination for drugs exports.

Shares of Indian pharmaceutical companies have risen over the past few days on worries of a COVID-19 resurgence

India ready to export fever drugs to China amid COVID surge: Pharmexcil

China's sudden easing of strict COVID-19 rules earlier this month triggered a surge in demand for fever medicines and virus test kits on the mainland.

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Kab tak chalega ye hoaxvid ka drama ?

 

[hussain0216]

India lost 5 million people to covid last year

 

[JSCh]

China is socialist country with strong state control, it can do this :-

https://twitter.com/x/status/1606009175259066369

https://twitter.com/x/status/1606486208485687297

 

[walterbibikow]

India lost 5 million people to covid last year

China reports 37 million Covid cases in a day, shattering global record: Bloomberg report

 

[LakeHawk180]

We should offer to help them in whatever way we can. Chinese medicines are notoriously inefficient — we should set aside our differences to prevent yet another human tragedy.

 

[Skull and Bones]

We should offer to help them in whatever way we can. Chinese medicines are notoriously inefficient — we should set aside our differences to prevent yet another human tragedy.

For that they need to give real vaccines to its citizens, not a concoction of nationalist piss.

 

[baajey]

border skirmishes apart, i hope that the ppl of china gets rid of this shitty covid asap. if china is struggling today, we may be next.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Indian drugs do not meet quality requirements for China.

 

[villageidiot]

India lost 5 million people to covid last year

you realize how trade works?

Kab tak chalega ye hoaxvid ka drama ?

bhai aap ka kia jaa rha he?

 

[hussain0216]

China reports 37 million Covid cases in a day, shattering global record: Bloomberg report

Does that change the COVID holocaust India had last year?

 

[walterbibikow]

Does that change the COVID holocaust India had last year?

It seems you're too much obsessed with

 

[kmc_chacko]

It seems you're too much obsessed with

Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes

 

[hussain0216]

It seems you're too much obsessed with

India is our enemy it would be foolish to not target it whenever we can

 

[etylo]

We should offer to help them in whatever way we can. Chinese medicines are notoriously inefficient — we should set aside our differences to prevent yet another human tragedy.

China is not short of medicines, its just many people are stocking up unnecessary supplies at home that make shortage of drugs in some areas. China produces the largest amount of medicines in the world.