COVID-19 and the Drug Shortage From India
Update: 2020-04-19
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Shoab Malek is a pharmaceutical consultant and a GMP auditor, located in India. He talked to Yan Kugel about the big challenges that India faces because of COVID-19. Being the biggest generic pharmaceutical exporter in the world, it may influence the whole world. The prices in India for many drugs have already doubled or tripled, for many reasons:
- Raw material shortage
- Packaging material shortage
- Shortage of skilled workers
- Not enough storage places for finished goods
- The supply chain to the rest of the world has completely stopped
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