Pharma in panic as Corona lockdown hits supply chain |
India`s pharma companies are in a panic mode and fear shortage of drugs, as the national lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has led to disruption in the supply chain of medicines. Police at the local level have restricted the movement of goods and people even of those who are engaged in delivery of essential services. Even though the national lockdown announced on Wednesday night exempts essential services and commodities like medicines, vegetables, milk including their supply chain, there are reports of problems in clearance and detainment by local cops. The ban on public transportation is making it difficult for labourers to reach manufacturing plants. All the ancillary goods required for medicine production are getting detained or are shut. Vehicles of suppliers of packaging materials for medicines are getting detained, trucks carrying coal for powering a manufacturing site of pharma company is not allowed to pass through and the flight shutdown has led to goods being stuck in different parts of the country that needs to be airlifted. Though companies are sitting on raw materials that can produce 10 crore tablets, the lockdowns are making the final production of these essentials difficult to complete.
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