Rajasthan government agency to distribute Remdesivir to all hospitals

The stategovernmenthas issued an order thatRemdesivirand other drugs will be distributed to private andgovernment hospitalsthrough state-runRajasthanMedical Services Corporation Limited (RMSCL) in order to curb black-Marketing and hoarding of injections and medicines.

The central government has scaled up the allocation of the drugs for Rajasthan to 1,41,600 vials up toMay 9. Among all the seven companies, Zydus Cadila will supply 43,000 vials, Mylan will supply 32,000vials, Cipla will supply 26,500 vials and Hetero will supply 24,000 vials of Remdesivir.

Apart from these, Syngene/Sun will supply 1,600 vials of Remdesivir, Jubilant will supply 8,000 vials and Dr Redyys will supply 6,500 vials.