The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) hastened the production and delivery of oseltamivir. Treat influenza to hospitals across the country To keep up with the needs of patients
Dr. Mingkwan Suphanpong, Director of the Government Pharmaceutical Organization Revealing the progress of oseltamivir production (Oseltamivir) medicine to treat influenza and the distribution of medicines to various medical facilities in order to keep medicines up to date with patient needs. The district administration has increased production capacity. Manpower has been allocated to both the Rangsit 1 drug factory and the Rama 6 drug factory, using people from both factories to help each other. Including adjusting the work plan for each process to work in parallel, such as producing and analyzing drug quality simultaneously. In addition, shifts were opened day and night, working 24 hours a day, as well as adding a production line for filling drug powder into capsules. and checking the weight of the medicine in each capsule Resulting in a 4-fold increase in production capacity and prioritizing the production of drugs primarily for use in children, including sizes 30 milligrams and 45 milligrams for use in children. Currently, the organization Has hastened the delivery of medicines that were ordered in September 2023. They were all gradually shipped on October 12th.
For the 75-milligram adult dose, there is currently an average delivery or partial delivery of each order. This makes it possible to meet the demand approximately 80% and the organization can produce 1,800 boxes (450,000 capsules) in stock to deliver every 2-3 days. After the production unit has brought the medicine to the warehouse, it will deliver the medicine in pill form. Urgent: within 1 day in Bangkok and surrounding areas, within 3 days in other provinces. It is expected that all medicines will be delivered by October 24, 2023. As for medicines that were ordered in early October 2023, they can be gradually and urgently sent according to the Organization. Plan it as well.
“The Government Pharmaceutical Organization There is a total of 2,032 kilograms of raw materials remaining for the production of Oseltamivir. It will be possible to produce 24,561,000 capsules of all three doses of Oseltamivir, which is sufficient for the influenza outbreak situation that is occurring,” said the Director of the Government Pharmaceutical Organization. -Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency