GPO secures deals to sell Moderna vaccinations to private hospitals

[webfact]

 

By Praphorn Praphornkul

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Faripiravir produced by the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) has received registration with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and should be able to begin distribution to those in need from August, with the organization also closing deals to sell Moderna brand COVID-19 vacine doses to a private hospital ahead of its signing of a purchase agreement with Zuellig Pharma on July 23.

 

Deputy Director of the GPO Sirikul Methivirangsan, has advised the public that the organization has secured deals to sell Moderna brand vaccine to 285 private hospitals and will commence signing contracts on July 21, 2021.

Around July 23, 2021, the GPO will sign a purchase deal with Zuellig Pharma, representing Moderna. Ahead of the scheduled signing, it will secure 5 million doses of the vaccine for Thailand by the fourth quarter of this year and the first quarter of 2022.

 

Meanwhile, 200 mg. Favipiravir pills, developed and produced by the GPO under the commercial name Favir, have received FDA registration and should soon be available for distribution to COVID-19 patients.

 

Initially, the organization will produce over 2 million pills monthly before increasing production in accordance with demand. The GPO’s work will significantly reduce the cost of the drug, which up until now had to be imported.

 

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[RichardColeman]

10 minutes ago, webfact said:

ahead of its signing of a purchase agreement with Zuellig Pharma on July 23.

 

 and will commence signing contracts on July 21, 2021.

 

Around July 23, 2021, the GPO will sign a purchase deal with Zuellig Pharma,

How about we just cut the bull and start saying when contracts are actually signed and just how late the delivery will be to scheduled openings ? 

[riclag]

The Mrs. called our source(Udon Private ) for the M vacc and everything is still a go! October November December

[mtls2005]

Simply amazing how quickly they appropriated the Favipiravir IP 

 

https://www.mondaq.com/patent/1067090/rejection-of-favipiravir-patent-in-thailand--was-was-there-a-better-way

 

 

and synthesized the precursors, produced this anti-viral, approved it for use. all in record time. And for a useless drug.

 

 

And at the same presser we get more BS on a vaccine that can help

 

 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Around July 23, 2021, the GPO will sign a purchase deal with Zuellig Pharma, representing Moderna. Ahead of the scheduled signing, it will secure 5 million doses of the vaccine for Thailand by the fourth quarter of this year and the first quarter of 2022.

 

You can smell the desperation.

[John Drake]

Still haven't ordered.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

BANGKOK (NNT) - Faripiravir produced by the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) has received registration with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and should be able to begin distribution to those in need from August, with the organization also closing deals to sell Moderna brand COVID-19 vacine doses to a private hospital ahead of its signing of a purchase agreement with Zuellig Pharma on July 23.

Still talking... let me know when it's a done deal and in the country.

[internationalism]

those 2mln monthly and say some 5k new infected and symptomatic every day is a bit short of getting enough supply.

There suppose to be 3200-3600mg on the first day (16-18 pills), followed by 1200-1600mg (6-8 pills) for some another 13 days.

That is over 100 pills per patient.

So only some 20k patients can be treated. Insignificant number, 4 days load of patients.

Yes, they have 20mln imported ones, that would last for over a month. And most probably they won't be importing more, because of high price difference.

 

"The dose of favipiravir generally matched the standard dose for treating influenza infection, namely 1600 mg twice daily on the first day followed by 600 mg twice daily, but in some eligible studies, the dose was 1800 mg twice daily on the first day followed by 800 mg twice daily. One study examined the loading dose. Among the 11 eligible studies, the duration of favipiravir therapy was primarily 14 days"

https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-021-06164-x

[Caldera]

They're "securing deals", but still haven't signed the purchase agreement, which in reality is the only deal that really matters.

[DLock]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Deputy Director of the GPO Sirikul Methivirangsan, has advised the public that the organization has secured deals to sell Moderna brand vaccine to 285 private hospitals and will commence signing contracts on July 21, 2021.

...well, you haven't secured anything yet on the 21st.

 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

ahead of its signing of a purchase agreement with Zuellig Pharma on July 23.

...so why not just wait until it's signed and an order and price are agreed on the 23rd?

 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

it will secure 5 million doses of the vaccine for Thailand by the fourth quarter of this year and the first quarter of 2022.

...and 5million might have sounded a lot back in March, but right now, 20million sounds light, so why not sign an agreement for 50 million?

 

This is amateur hour stuff.

 

Fail.

[Denim]

5 hours ago, riclag said:

The Mrs. called our source(Udon Private ) for the M vacc and everything is still a go! October November December

 

Same here...... but Thailand is the hub of moving goal posts so I'll believe it when I see the needle going in.

 

As for the second needle  ..................... will something go wrong and there be a delay ? Who knows.

[LoliLoso]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Around July 23, 2021, the GPO will sign a purchase deal with Zuellig Pharma, representing Moderna. Ahead of the scheduled signing, it will secure 5 million doses of the vaccine for Thailand by the fourth quarter of this year and the first quarter of 2022.

Wait till you signed then announced. Till now all BS.

[Isaan sailor]

Gotta look on the bright side.  All this commotion about a pending deal for Moderna vaccine, indicates we’ve clearly got their attention.  Otherwise you wouldn’t hear a peep from them.

[mtls2005]

It is easy to envision that any vaccines imported into Thailand could be commandeered by the regime/army, all in the name of "National Security", and distributed as they see fit.

 

Would ~ 1 MM Thais, who've shelled out ~ 5 Billion baht, be miffed? Yes, but only mildly miffed.

 

 

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

And at the same presser we get more BS on a vaccine that can help

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Around July 23, 2021, the GPO will sign a purchase deal with Zuellig Pharma, representing Moderna. Ahead of the scheduled signing, it will secure 5 million doses of the vaccine for Thailand by the fourth quarter of this year and the first quarter of 2022.

You can smell the desperation.

Exactly what is "BS" about that announcement?   If you have evidence of the "BS" that would be great.  If you don't have any (as obviously you don't), it just confirms that the smell is just your desperate, false speculation.

[cjinchiangrai]

12 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Exactly what is "BS" about that announcement?   If you have evidence of the "BS" that would be great.  If you don't have any (as obviously you don't), it just confirms that the smell is just your desperate, false speculation.

How about collecting payments for the Moderna doses that have not been ordered, and will not be here in October as promised?

 

[mtls2005]

Sign posted in the GPO window:

 

"Moderna will be ordered tomorrow"

 

[Liverpool Lou]

16 minutes ago, cjinchiangrai said:

30 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Exactly what is "BS" about that announcement?   If you have evidence of the "BS" that would be great.  If you don't have any (as obviously you don't), it just confirms that the smell is just your desperate, false speculation.

How about collecting payments for the Moderna doses that have not been ordered, and will not be here in October as promised?

How about those payments being made voluntarily on the basis of no guarantees?  How about your claim that the vaccine will not be here as anticipated (not promised) being nothing more than desperate speculation?  

[MrJ2U]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

200 mg. Favipiravir pills,

You can get that online from India.  Im assuming favipiraver, oxygen, anything important to help with the COVID-19 here in Thailand will be hard to impossible to get.  This is just the way this government runs, no forethought.

 

 

[MrJ2U]

26 minutes ago, cjinchiangrai said:

How about collecting payments for the Moderna doses that have not been ordered, and will not be here in October as promised?

 

The Private hospitals have been collecting payment and turned it over to the crooked GPO.

I assume thats why the GPO has or is going to order the Moderna.  Eventually after figuring there cut.

[cjinchiangrai]

14 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

How about those payments being made voluntarily on the basis of no guarantees?  How about your claim that the vaccine will not be here as anticipated (not promised) being nothing more than desperate speculation?  

Bangkok Post reported this week that they called Moderna and was told that no orders had been placed and new orders were for delivery in Q1-22. It is not my speculation, but theirs.

 

[Liverpool Lou]

20 minutes ago, MrJ2U said:

I assume thats why the GPO has or is going to order the Moderna.  Eventually after figuring there cut.

No, that's incorrect, the drug companies will not deal directly with hospitals, they will only negotiate and sign contracts with government agencies, that's why the GPO has to be involved.

[MrJ2U]

22 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

No, that's incorrect, the drug companies will not deal directly with hospitals, they will only negotiate and sign contracts with government agencies, that's why the GPO has to be involved.

I've heard the same.

Frustratingly slow with the GPO and reports of taking a cut and no transparency.

 

Everything thing seems so wrong its hard to wrap ones head around it.

 

 

[newnative]

So, STILL not signed after all this time!  Stop saying something is 'secured' when it clearly is not.  Not getting something until the 4th quarter is a horrible performance.

[connda]

11 hours ago, webfact said:

Meanwhile, 200 mg. Favipiravir pills, developed and produced by the GPO under the commercial name Favir, have received FDA registration and should soon be available for distribution to COVID-19 patients.

Prices?
Thai price:________?
Farang price______?

"Despite no or limited pre-clinical evidence, repurposed drugs are massively evaluated in clinical trials to palliate the lack of antiviral molecules against SARS-CoV-2. Here we use a Syrian hamster model to assess the antiviral efficacy of favipiravir, understand its mechanism of action and determine its pharmacokinetics.¹"

 

Ok.....

Generic favipiravir to cover Covid is in India is about $115.  And you need to eat an ungodly number of pill over the course of treatment.
But TIT.  Look at how they have jacked up the prices of vaccines.  The price here could be 3 to 10 times as much if not more especially in private hospitals.

Then you wonder why "poor" countries in Africa and South America are conducting Observational Studies (with significant positive results) using Ivermectin which literally costs a few cents per dose.
The dose of Ivermectin is one dose a week at 2 micrograms/kg body weight (two or three 5mg pills) vs perhaps as many as 100 pills of favipiravir. 
That amounts to 10 to 40 THB for a full course treatment, or maybe 10 to 20 THB weekly for prophylaxis.  FYI, Indonesian just jumped onboard an is now allowing Ivermectin prescriptions as a prophylaxis as is India. 

What's this all really about?
It keeps coming down to revenues and profits.
There is so much money on the line to be made from the Covid "pandemic" that the unscrupulous would sell their own grandmothers to get a cut of this action.  Corporate interests will spend tens of millions to suppress any alternate therapy that costs pennies per dose. 

^{1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7979801/}

Edited July 17, 2021 by connda

[MrJ2U]

3 hours ago, cjinchiangrai said:

Bangkok Post reported this week that they called Moderna and was told that no orders had been placed and new orders were for delivery in Q1-22. It is not my speculation, but theirs.

 

GPO says its signing the papers Monday.

Whats the hurry?

[Scott Tracy]

13 hours ago, webfact said:

with the organization also closing deals to sell Moderna brand COVID-19 vacine doses to a private hospital ahead of its signing of a purchase agreement with Zuellig Pharma on July 23.

Sell? SELL...?

[mtls2005]

Some Thai online news sources are reporting significant movement with regards to Pfizer orders.

 

I know, I know, nothing firm but...

 

https://www.thansettakij.com/general-news/488164

 

https://www.matichon.co.th/politics/news_2835368

 

 

could just be a diversion?

[impulse]

5 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Some Thai online news sources are reporting significant movement with regards to Pfizer orders.

 

I know, I know, nothing firm but...

"Significant movement" is a signed and accepted purchase order with a firm delivery date and confirmation that payment arrangements have been accepted.  Which can be accomplished in an afternoon if there's no corruption.

 

Edit:  And according to recent news, every day they delay costs about 100 more deaths.  Increasing exponentially.

Edited July 18, 2021 by impulse

[impulse]

On 7/16/2021 at 3:30 PM, webfact said:

should be able to begin distribution to those in need from August, with the organization also closing deals to sell Moderna brand COVID-19 vacine doses to a private hospital ahead of its signing of a purchase agreement with Zuellig Pharma on July 23.

If they're signing a purchase agreement on July 23, they won't be distributing any of those vaccines in August this year.  Maybe August 2022.

[sammieuk1]

Amazing predictable Thailand

 

The Government Pharmaceutical Organization is a Thai state enterprise which manufactures pharmaceutical products in Thailand. In 2011, the GPO netted a profit of 1.6 billion baht from the sale of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment. As of 2011, the GPO employed 2,812 persons.????