
Plea to make Remdesivir available at low cost
The Hindu
‘It is being sold for ₹4,000-5,000 in TS’
Founder-president of the Nizamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry P.R.Somani on Wednesday urged Health Minister Eatala Rajender to take steps to ensure that the life-saving Remdesivir injection for COVID-19 patients was made available at lower price. In a memorandum presented to the Minister during a meeting organised by the Federation of Telangana Chamber of Commerce and Industry here on Wednesday, Mr. Somani informed that the Maharashtra government has recently issued a circular to all medical shops and pharmacies to sell the said injection at a lower price. In Maharashtra, the drug is available for ₹800 to ₹1,200 as against the MRP running into a few thousands. He told the Minister that in Telangana, all corporate hospitals and other medical shops were selling Remdesivir injection for anywhere between ₹4,000 and ₹5,000. The injection was supplied to distributors at a purchase cost of ₹800 and in some cases ₹1,000, but the same was sold across the counters for a few thousands.More Related News

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