Europe has sought up to 800 tonnes of paracetamol APIs every month, said Dinesh Dua, chairman of the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil). "We have been under immense pressure from the European Union for the last 10 days," Dua said. The European Union delegation in India did not immediately reply to an email from Reuters requesting comment on the planned shipment. Europe is India's biggest buyer of paracetamol APIs and imports around 12,000 tonnes annually, according to Pharmexcil estimates. The novel coronavirus outbreak has killed more than a quarter of a million people and Europe has accounted for 57% of the global death toll.

Source: bd News24 May 06, 2020 09:00 UTC