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India Bars Exports Of Hydroxychloroquine With Some Exceptions

Huge Uptake Of Domestic Stocks

 
• By Anju Ghangurde

India has prohibited exports of hydroxychloroquine, though with concessions in specific instances, days after a national task force recommended the drug for the prophylaxis of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Home market supplies of the drug also appear strained for now.

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India Takes Steps To Safeguard Home Drug Supplies • Source: Shutterstock

Hydroxychloroquine, one of the antimalarials currently being evaluated as a potential treatment for coronavirus, continues to be in the spotlight with India now taking steps to safeguard home market requirements.

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