Country fast running out of drugs for chronic diseases

By The Nation

 

 

The Pharmaceutical Council has asked the government to build up its reserves of medicines for chronic conditions because it is expecting severe shortages within a month.

 

The council joined many players in the industry to discuss the effects Covid-19 is having on the production of pharmaceuticals and came up with five ways on Tuesday (April 14) of solving the problem so people with chronic disease have access to sufficient medication.

 

The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) recently notified several hospitals that it has run out of certain medications for more than a month and that the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Thailand is finding it difficult to procure raw materials.

 

The Public Health Ministry is also being pushed to find ways of resolving the situation, especially since many suppliers in countries like China, India, Europe and the United States have also been hit by the pandemic.

 

Meanwhile, the Pharmaceutical Council announced the following proposals to tackle the situation:

 

1. The government should find a way to centralise the procurement and distribution of essential drugs by getting the policy and management levels as well as related departments such as the Pharmaceutical Organisation, the Thai Association of Modern Pharmaceutical Industries, the Pharmaceutical Council and experts to work together.

 

2. The Public Health Ministry should come up with a policy to place drug orders six months in advance, though delivery can be done gradually, giving factories time to prepare raw materials for production.

 

3. Ensure payments are made within a month so the pharmaceutical industry can reserve raw materials for six months more than the current set up of three months.

 

4. In case of shortages, the government should be ready to negotiate government-to-government deals with countries producing raw materials, such as China and India, and even arrange aircraft to pick-up ingredients, pharmaceutical products as well as packaging.

 

5. The pharmaceutical industry should be allowed to stock up on raw materials for at least six months.

 

The Pharmaceutical Council has said access to medication for chronic patients is an urgent issue that requires immediate resolution. If no immediate action is taken, there will be chaos in less than a month.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30385981

 

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meaning Anutin is not doing his job... maybe Thailand not the only one with medication shortages, the majority of the labs may have focus their production on coronavirus drugs, I remember India, a major world supplier, was complaining about the lack of components to resume production of some basic drugs, let's hope they find a solution fast

Another demonstration of the lack of critical thinking and proactive process.

Everything is just fine, until it isn't.

18 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) recently notified several hospitals that it has run out of certain medications for more than a month

A month ago there was no pandemic so this is part of an excuse, an excuse for what I'm not entirely sure.

 

18 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The Public Health Ministry is also being pushed to find ways of resolving the situation, especially since many suppliers in countries like China, India, Europe and the United States have also been hit by the pandemic.

 

Everyone is still working around the world, especially in anything related to medical supplies.

 

China threatened to withhold drug precursors from the US, I wonder why there's shortages of anything coming from China, after all China is a big place and based on the Chinese announcements there is almost zero COVID outside of Wuhan.

 

Why are the Thai having problems with Chinese supplies? Are the Chinese withholding shipments of medicines from Thailand?

 

The lies are beginning to unravel. Why can't Thailand obtain supplies from India and China?

 

I've also read previously that the GPO makes all its own drugs ????

 

18 minutes ago, ukrules said:

I've also read previously that the GPO makes all its own drugs

they might be making the drugs but still need the materials to do so which as the article says primarily come from China and India

I have a theory.

 

China hasn't had its first wave of the pandmic, not yet anyway, they had an isolated outbreak in Wuhan/Hubei.....but it's coming, they know it's coming and they're getting ready for it.

29 minutes ago, ukrules said:

I have a theory.

 

China hasn't had its first wave of the pandmic, not yet anyway, they had an isolated outbreak in Wuhan/Hubei.....but it's coming, they know it's coming and they're getting ready for it.

I love a conspiracy theory....especially one that seems to be plausible.  Please, do tell us more. ????

44 minutes ago, ukrules said:

I have a theory.

 

China hasn't had its first wave of the pandmic, not yet anyway, they had an isolated outbreak in Wuhan/Hubei.....but it's coming, they know it's coming and they're getting ready for it.

My theory is different. China is still experiencing a very serious first wave of the pandemic, and is unable to staff all of it's production facilities.

Message received from Chinese seller of N95 face mask, screenshot.

 

Since 11 april Chinese sellers are not allowed to ship N95 mask related to Covid-19.

What more products do they keep for themselves?

 

No policy in place Before the pandemic??

Already 4 months in this pandemic, they now come with proposals.

Qualified prepared people hah.

 

The plot thickens...when does mandatory Chinese language lessons begin?  Chinese as the new world required language to do commerce?

 

I absolutely refuse to take up the Chinese propensity for spitting and relieving oneself in public...????

 

 

12 hours ago, OnTheGround said:

Message received from Chinese seller of N95 face mask, screenshot.

 

Since 11 april Chinese sellers are not allowed to ship N95 mask related to Covid-19.

What more products do they keep for themselves?

In india the export of facemasks was banned at end of january.

I found suppliers with masks but they could not send.

Export of many drugs was banned in march. 

Even if you got orders placed just before the ban, small packages are not being sent since mid march. The mail package services in india are shut down.

So, as reported there may well be a shortage of some drugs developing.

 

12 hours ago, OnTheGround said:

 

Since 11 april Chinese sellers are not allowed to ship N95 mask related to Covid-19.

What more products do they keep for themselves?

Trump doesn’t like too many Chinese imports. 

 

It doesn't take a genius to work out that, if there are no flights coming into the country, then the goods that would normally come in on these flights can't come in either. Already Amazon are refusing all orders destined for Thailand. Best stock up now on all your favourite/essential goodies.

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Pharmaceutical Council has asked the government to build up its reserves of medicines for chronic conditions because it is expecting severe shortages within a month.

The once famed medical hub of Asia...

On 4/15/2020 at 9:27 AM, Bannockburn said:

It doesn't take a genius to work out that, if there are no flights coming into the country, then the goods that would normally come in on these flights can't come in either. Already Amazon are refusing all orders destined for Thailand. Best stock up now on all your favourite/essential goodies.

"Already Amazon are refusing all orders destined for Thailand." I don't think that is true. The range of products which can be sent to Thailand has temporarily been limited afaik. 

Where is your source of information? Can you give a link to the community, please?

Anyone know if mail is coming from the UK ?

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