Indian Pharma space has only 2-3 months Chinese API-IPA stock

Indian Pharma space has only 2-3 months Chinese API-IPA stock

According to Jain, India imports Rs 17,000 crore worth of APIs from the Novel Coronavirus-hit nation. "It is a very critical and serious situation. No one has got the full predictability of what is happening. We have inventories for two to three months," Jain said.

AgenciesUpdated: Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 03:01 AM IST
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Describing the situation in terms of raw material import from China as "grim," India Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) said the Indian Pharma Industry has enough stocks of active pharmaceutical ingredient (APIs) for two to three months only.

Secretary General Sudarshan Jain said they were in touch with the Centre, seeking faster environmental clearances for some of the API manufacturing units so that dependence on China was reduced.

According to Jain, India imports Rs 17,000 crore worth of APIs from the Novel Coronavirus-hit nation. "It is a very critical and serious situation. No one has got the full predictability of what is happening. We have inventories for two to three months," Jain said.

"What we are trying to do is work with the government to see the environmental clearances can be given faster wherever there are issues, so that they (the APIs which are being imported from China) can be manufactured in India and we can have alternate source of supplies," he said,a dding, as such China has extended Lunar holidays in that country and the situation may ease from March first week.

"If we start having the supplies from first week of March (from China), we should be able to come out of the problem. However, it is very difficult to predict whether situation improves. We are monitoring the situation on a daily basis, he added.

He said the Indian Pharma industry may also consider some of the European destinations for API supplies.

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