Friday, 18 September 2020

A Nightmare come true ?

 


Covid is bad : Black-marketing ( through hoarding of limited supply ) of Vaccine is worse

Context :

Rich countries snap up half of Covid-19 vaccine supply

Extract :

Ø  The five leading vaccine candidates in late-stage trials will be able to supply 5.9 billion doses, enough to inoculate about three billion people, the Oxfam report said. Some 51% of those jabs have been snapped up by the wealthy world, including the US, Britain, the EU, Australia, Hong Kong and Macau, Japan, Switzerland and Israel.

Ø  A study released by Oxfam showed a group of wealthy countries representing just 13% of the world population has secured the lion’s share of doses.

Ø  Access to a life-saving vaccine shouldn’t depend on where you live or how much money you have,” said Robert Silverman of Oxfam America. “Covid-19 anywhere is Covid-19 everywhere.”

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What is happening at the “ World Level “, could well happen at the “ National Level “, with the RICH and POWERFUL people of India cornering most of the supplies of locally manufactured ( or even imported SPUTNIK V from Russia ) vaccines

Also consider this : 

India is claimed to be manufacturing 60 % of the total vaccine production of the entire world ( with allegedly , SERUM INSTITUTE – Pune supplying 50 % of world supply )

That imposes on India, a MORAL RESPONSIBILITY to help out poor / covid affected countries, who do not have their own manufacturing facilities, nor the money to import expensive vaccines made by US-EU etc

At the “ World level “, we cannot dictate other countries what distribution regulation they should adopt

But, nothing stops Central Government from announcing the following RULES for the Indian Vaccine Manufacturers :

Ø  You will email ( to DCGI – Drug Controller General of India / ICMR and the Commerce Ministry ), your weekly / monthly, production / sales figures ( including any vaccines imported in bulk for re-packaging or as vials )

 

Ø  You can locally sell vaccine, only to the Central and State Governments (- their notified agencies ) under BULK PURCHASE CONTRACTS

 

 

Ø  In any given month, you will be allowed to EXPORT, 20 % of the dozes that you have actually “delivered “to local governments during the preceding month. For such exports, you will need to apply – and obtain from the Commerce Ministry – an EXPORT LICENCE ( If you have delivered 10 lakh dozes locally in Nov 2020 , you will be issued an export license for exporting 2 lakh dozes in Dec 2020 )

Ø  To get an Export License, you will need to mention the DESTINATION PORTS ( countries to which exporting ). Commerce Ministry will want to ascertain that you are going to export to “ COVID affected POOR countries “ – and not to RICH countries

 

That leaves the question re:

“ Who (which individuals, in which Section-Strata- Region of our society ), shall the Central + State Governments give priority for getting vaccinated ?

How will these priorities get determined systemically – scientifically – transparently ( without introduction of HUMAN BIAS in the process ) ? “

For such a process , read :

Rationing of Covid Vaccine ?   ……………………………………………………[ 06 July 2020 ]

 

Related Readings :

 

“ Corona Kavach “ Insurance  ………………………………………………….[ 07 July 2020 ]

 

An Appeal to DCGI – and others  ……………………………………………..[ 09 July 2020 ]

 

Thank You All   …………………………………………………………………………..[ 10 July 2020 ]

 

Probabilities  ………………………………………………………………………………..[ 19 July 2020 ]

 

Congratulations , Sid Chakravarthy  ………………………………………….[ 24 July 2020 ]

 

Thank You , Cabinet Secretary   ………………………………………………..[ 07 Aug 2020 ]

 

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For the attention of :

Ø  Shri V G Somani, Drug Controller General of India ( DCGI )

    dci@nic.in  /  se.reddy@nic.in 

Ø  The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization ( CDSCO )

     arunsharma@csco.nic.in  /  pbn.prasad@cdsco.nic.in  / bangaru@cdsco.nic.in

Ø  Smt  Shubhra Singh ,

     Chairperson , The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority of India ( NPPA )

    Chairman.nppa@nic.in

Ø  Dr T P Lahane, Directorate of Medical Education and Research ( DMER )

     dmerps@gmail.com  /  dmercetcell@gmail.com

Ø  Shri Anil Deshmukhji , (Home Minister , Maharashtra )

         info@anildeshmukh.com / deshmukhv09@gmail.com 

Ø  Shri Rajendra Shinganeji, (FDA Minster , Maharashtra )

         drrajendrashingane61@gmail.com 

Ø  Shri Arun Unhaleji ( FDA Commissioner, Maharashtra )

         comm.fda-mah@nic.in 

Ø  Shri Nandan Nilekani  

    nandan@nandannilekani.in /  nandan_mn@infosys.com 

Ø  Shri Kris Gopalkrishnan  

    accelerator@axilor.com  /   krish@axilor.com  

 

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With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@rcruitGuru.com  /  18  Sept  2020

 

 

 

 

 

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