Nearly a week Chongqing put more than 3 million boxes of urgently needed drugs

December 26, 2022December 26, 2022

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In order to alleviate the masses “to buy drugs difficult” problem, Chongqing recent initiatives to promote the pharmaceutical production enterprises full production over production, intensify the urgent need for drugs. This reporter learned from Chongqing Municipal Economic and Information Commission, since December 19, Chongqing put a total of more than 3 million boxes of antipyretic and analgesic, cough and phlegm, antiviral and other urgent drugs.

It is reported that the relevant departments in Chongqing selected 29 locally produced chemical species and 48 varieties of Chinese medicine for fever, headache, cough, sore throat and other symptoms for purchase by medical institutions and social pharmacies. In order to ensure the supply of drug market, Chongqing Municipal Economic and Information Commission and other departments vigorously coordinate the raw material supplies from all over the country into Chongqing, coordinate to solve the procurement of raw material drugs for enterprises such as Yuyou Pharmaceutical and Tian Sheng Pharmaceutical, promote the full production of medical supplies enterprises to over-produce, accurately purchase and store drugs and allocate to medical institutions and the local market.

Ltd. said that in response to the current surge in demand for antipyretic and analgesic drugs in the market, the company actively strives for upstream raw materials and deploys production capacity to produce antipyretic and analgesic drugs at full capacity since December 15, and protects drug production by taking overnight shifts and supporting each other between shifts.

Data show that as of December 23, the average opening rate of retail stores of eight large drug retail chains in Chongqing reached 99.75%; the shortage of 11 key drugs such as Chinese patent medicines, antipyretic and analgesic drugs and cough medicines at the end of retail has improved. (End)