Amid the rising number of coronavirus cases, the central government is planning to create a live dashboard of critical drugs. Aimed at monitoring the availability of medicines across India, this move is likely to prevent shortage and black marketing of key Covid-19 drugs in the country. NPPA is now planning to set up a live dashboard on an online portal on at least nine categories of medicines, that are usually prescribed for treating Covid-19. The categories of medicines selected for the live dashboard include antipyretics, anti-allergic, antitussives (to suppress coughing), antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, vitamins and minerals, monoclonal antibodies, and antivirals (such as Molnupiravir). According to an official’s statement, the NPPA will include other Covid-19 drugs too.

Source: dna January 13, 2022 10:12 UTC