Dubai: India is fast-tracking procedures to supply hydroxychloroquine, a drug considered to be efficient in fighting the coronavirus, to the UAE after a request from the country's government, media reports here quoted the Indian envoy as saying.
India's Ambassador to the UAE Pavan Kapoor said there is a huge demand for the anti-malarial drug from many countries and India is considering it on a case to case basis.
"As the drug is on the restricted list, we are obviously giving exception to the UAE, given the friendly relations between the two countries," Khaleej Times quoted Kapoor as saying.
The global demand for hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) manufactured by India got a boost after some studies indicated that the drug, when paired with azithromycin, helped clear patients of the virus at a much faster rate than seen usually.
“There was a request from the government of the UAE to help out with the supply of HCQ,” the Gulf News quoted Kapoor as saying.
Kapoor said a few companies in the UAE requested the government to import the drug to the country.
"We received a note verbale from the UAE government also seeking support for the supply through those companies,” he said.
"Whatever requests were made, we made sure that they reached the right authorities in the right format since this is a restricted medicine,” Kapoor said.
16/04/20 The Week
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India's Ambassador to the UAE Pavan Kapoor said there is a huge demand for the anti-malarial drug from many countries and India is considering it on a case to case basis.
"As the drug is on the restricted list, we are obviously giving exception to the UAE, given the friendly relations between the two countries," Khaleej Times quoted Kapoor as saying.
The global demand for hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) manufactured by India got a boost after some studies indicated that the drug, when paired with azithromycin, helped clear patients of the virus at a much faster rate than seen usually.
“There was a request from the government of the UAE to help out with the supply of HCQ,” the Gulf News quoted Kapoor as saying.
Kapoor said a few companies in the UAE requested the government to import the drug to the country.
"We received a note verbale from the UAE government also seeking support for the supply through those companies,” he said.
"Whatever requests were made, we made sure that they reached the right authorities in the right format since this is a restricted medicine,” Kapoor said.
16/04/20 The Week
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