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Hikma Outlines Strategy For Coping With COVID-19 Demand

US Propofol Launch Addresses Shortage Amid Higher Injectables Demand Overall

 
• By Dave Wallace

As Hikma launches propofol vials in three presentations in the US to address a local shortage, CEO Siggi Olafsson explains how the company is more broadly keeping on top of the higher demand generated by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Launching propofol in the US will help to address COVID-19 demand • Source: Shutterstock

Hikma’s launch of propofol 20ml, 50ml and 100ml vials in the US to help address COVID-19 shortages forms part of the firm’s wider strategy to react quickly to demand spikes related to the coronavirus pandemic, as set out by CEO Siggi Olafsson in an exclusive interview with Generics Bulletin.

Announcing this week the launch of the three presentations of propofol injectable emulsion – following US Food and Drug Administration approval of the firm’s supplemental abbreviated new drug application – Hikma noted that the product was currently on the FDA’s shortages list “following a surge in

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