India Bars Exports Of Hydroxychloroquine With Some Exceptions

Huge Uptake Of Domestic Stocks

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.

On 25 March, the country’s ministry of commerce and industry prohibited the export of hydroxychloroquine and its formulations “with immediate...

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