In India, the leading drug manufacturers of anti-tuberculosis drugs are Macleods Pharma and Lupin NEW DELHI: Health secretary Preeti Sudan has sought a ban on export of anti-tuberculosis medicines amid concerns that the lockdown due to Covid-19 will hit production of the crucial drugs.
Sudan requested an empowered group of government officials to direct the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) and commerce ministry to ban export of the drugs. “Dept.
of pharmaceuticals... and dept. of commerce (should be directed) for their intervention in this regard and also issue necessary direction for prohibiting export of anti-TB medicines while considering mandatorily the need of the country as overriding priority to ensure smooth supply of anti-TB