Shri Anil Deshmukhji ,
Home Minister ( Mah / info@anildeshmukh.com / deshmukhv09@gmail.com )
Shri Rajendra Shinganeji,
FDA Minster ( Mah / drrajendrashingane61@gmail.com
)
Shri Arun Unhaleji
FDA Commissioner ( Mah – comm.fda-mah@nic.in )
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What
for ?
For taking urgent action on my following suggestion for stopping of Black
Marketing of Remdesivir :
An
Appeal to DCGI – and others ……………………………….[ 09 July 2020 ]
Rationing
of Covid Vaccine ? ……………………………………[ 08 July 2020 ],
- Where I suggested :
-
Besides using such
exhaustive data for all ( Covid infected or not ) in order for AI software to
tell us the “ priorities for
vaccination “, what else should the
Government do ensure that there is no “ black
marketing “ of the limited
supplies of the vaccine ?
Answer :
Ø Today
, each strip / bottle of a medicine carries “ batch number “
Ø For
vaccine , each bottle / vial , besides carrying Batch Number , must carry UNIQUE bottle number / vial
number . Vaccine Manufacturer will record which bottle got dispatched
to which drug store / when. Data will get automatically transmitted to Govt’s
Central Server
Ø Pharmacy
Stores to maintain Computerized Record of who ( which person ) was sold
a given “ Vial Number “ . This data will get automatically transmitted to
Govt’s Central Server
Ø No
vial to be sold to anyone unless a Mobile App ( VaccineVend ? )
clearly displays that person’s priority ( as determined by AI
) , as HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW . No person without such Mobile App will be sold the
vaccine
Ø Chemist
will enter sale-details in customer / buyer’s Mobile App , which will
get automatically transmitted to Govt’s Central Server
What
suggests that the Maharashtra Government has acted ?
Today’s news papers carry following report :
Aadhaar
details, doctors' prescription now mandatory for buying two COVID-19 drugs in
Maharashtra
Extract :
To curb the black marketing of experimental COVID-19
drugs, the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration on Friday made it mandatory
for the family members of a positive coronavirus patient to produce
Ø Aadhaar details,
Ø doctors’ prescription,
Ø consent form,
Ø a COVID positive report, and
Ø contact details,
to
buy the anti-viral drug Remdesivir and anti-inflammatory medicine tocilizumab.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Minister Rajendra Shingne said that the regulatory authority is investigating whether
the hospitals are hoarding the experimental drugs after procuring them directly from the manufacturers.
He also said that the decision to make
these documents mandatory was taken after
complaints of shortage and concerns over the black marketing of these experimental
drugs.
“These documents will
now have to be produced by people buying it from druggists. This will help us
track the sale and use of these drugs”, the minister added.
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Dear ( following
) Policy Makers :
Ø Shri V G Somani, Drug Controller
General of India ( DCGI )
Ø The Central Drugs Standard Control
Organization ( CDSCO )
Ø Smt Shubhra
Singh ,
Chairperson , The National
Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority of India ( NPPA )
Ø Dr T P Lahane, Directorate
of Medical Education and Research ( DMER )
Through its pro-active action, FDA of Maharashtra has
shown its concern for plight of Covid patients . I hope
, you will direct FDA of all other States to follow suit.
By exercising the moral responsibility vested in you - I
urge you to persuade Dr HarshVardhanji ( Minister for Health and Family Welfare
), to launch the TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM described above
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Earlier, on 23 June 2020 , I sent following blog / email :
Cooperating
for Common Cause [ 3 C ]
Where I wrote :
Dear,
Shri Nandan Nilekani [ nandan@nandannilekani.in / nandan_mn@infosys.com ]
Shri Kris
Gopalkrishnan [ accelerator@axilor.com / krish@axilor.com ]
Shri Nachikant
Mor [ ],
Covid must have made many realize that “ our health-care system is broken “
You deserve Congratulations for turning that “
realization “ into an “ Action Plan “ to fix
it , in the form of Swasth
Ø By digitizing
everything from patient data and records to creating online platforms for hospital care and
doctor consultations.
Ø To devise protocols
and mechanisms for testing and treatments for the masses, as part of the National Health Stack
Ø It’s working
with iSpirt,
a software think tank, to set health standards and build interoperability across players and segments.
In the coming
weeks, iSpirt is set to release open application interfaces for the Stack
that’ll allow information exchanges on once-closed
areas like billing information for
insurers or
diagnostic lab results.
Top health companies launch telemed line / 23 June
]