Pakistan is ready to make anti-drug 19 drug remediation
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan announced on Friday that it would begin
production and export of a stockpile of antiviral drugs for the treatment of
Covid 19 "within weeks" of a respiratory illness caused by the
"corona virus".
The epidemic killed more than 306,000 people and injured
more than 4.5 million worldwide since the first outbreak in China in late 2019,
according to Johns Hopkins University figures, according to EDT on Friday
afternoon. Were affected.
Pakistani Health Minister Zafar Mirza told reporters in
Islamabad that a local pharmaceutical company, Ferozone Laboratories Limited,
would develop the drug in partnership with Glade USA, which developed memory.
He said that Pakistan would be one of only three countries
producing and exporting drugs.
"Preparation of injectable medicine will start in six
to eight weeks and it will be available not only for corona virus patients in
Pakistan but also in 127 countries," Mirza said.
Regulators in the United States have authorized the use of
emergency remediators, which have helped some corona virus patients recover
faster in clinical trials.
Four firms in India
The US pharmaceutical company has also signed agreements
with four drug manufacturers in neighboring India to help them manufacture and
supply drugs.
Gilead said that under "unlicensed" agreements
with South Asian partners, all companies would have the right to receive a
solid transfer of the Glade manufacturing process so that they could quickly
scale their production.
Usman Khalid Waheed, chief executive of a Pakistani
pharmaceutical company, told Mirza that the drug would be exported to both
developed and low-income countries once production began.
"Together with Gilead, we are committed to developing
the drug at the lowest possible cost and making it accessible to the developing
world," Waheed said.
Pakistan, with a total population of 220 million, has
confirmed that more than 37,000 people have contracted the corona virus since
the outbreak was detected in the country about three months ago, and 800 of
them. More people have died.
Easy lockdown
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday vowed to soften partial
lockdowns across the country, citing a relatively low number of infections and
deaths, contrary to earlier government estimates. Was committed
Defending his decision, Khan said that while the
virus-related situation was under control, "about 150 million people"
across Pakistan, including daily laborers and laborers, would soon go bankrupt
due to the economic shutdown. Can be victims.
As long as no vaccine is available, the corona virus will
persist regardless of the lockdown. So, we have to learn to live with it until
then.
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