Coronavirus | Delhi High Court asks Centre to hold meeting with Roche to ensure immediate supply of Tocilizumab
The Hindu
A direction was also issued to Roche to file an affidavit confirming that it would be importing in India 50,000 and 25,000 vials of the medicine in mid-May and mid-June, respectively.
In view of the “acute shortage” of Tocilizumab which is prescribed to a large number of COVID-19 patients, the Delhi High Court has directed the Union Health Ministry and Department of Pharmaceuticals to hold a meeting with Roche India, which sells the drug here, to esnure immediate supplies of the medicine. Justice Prathiba M Singh said the officials of the Ministry and the department shall hold a meeting with representatives of Roche India and its distributors here “to communicate and assess the demand for this drug in India”. “They shall also discuss the modalities for import and supply of the drug as per the expected demand and further logistics for placing orders for the same,” the court said in its May 6 order.
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