<p>The Centre has approved 25 new manufacturing sites for Remdesivir's production have been approved since April 12th.</p>.<p>“Production capacity is now ramped up to 90 lakhs vials per month, earlier it was 40 lakhs vials/month. Very soon, 3 lakh vial/day will be produced . Monitoring is being done on daily basis. We would not leave any stone unturned to supply Remdesivir," Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for State for Chemical Fetilizer tweeted.</p>.<p>The government is taking all steps to increase the production of drugs, he said.</p>.<p>The government has already banned the export of Remdesivir, an antiviral drug, to meet the domestic demand.</p>.<p>Seven Indian companies are producing Injection Remdesivir under a voluntary licensing agreement with M/s. Gilead Sciences, USA.</p>.<p>Remdesivir is only an investigational drug and other alternatives for the treatment of #COVID in emergency cases are also available in the market. Doctors are requested to prescribe alternatives to ease pressure on demand for #Remdevivir, Union Fertilizer Minister D V Sadananda Gowda tweeted earlier.</p>
<p>The Centre has approved 25 new manufacturing sites for Remdesivir's production have been approved since April 12th.</p>.<p>“Production capacity is now ramped up to 90 lakhs vials per month, earlier it was 40 lakhs vials/month. Very soon, 3 lakh vial/day will be produced . Monitoring is being done on daily basis. We would not leave any stone unturned to supply Remdesivir," Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for State for Chemical Fetilizer tweeted.</p>.<p>The government is taking all steps to increase the production of drugs, he said.</p>.<p>The government has already banned the export of Remdesivir, an antiviral drug, to meet the domestic demand.</p>.<p>Seven Indian companies are producing Injection Remdesivir under a voluntary licensing agreement with M/s. Gilead Sciences, USA.</p>.<p>Remdesivir is only an investigational drug and other alternatives for the treatment of #COVID in emergency cases are also available in the market. Doctors are requested to prescribe alternatives to ease pressure on demand for #Remdevivir, Union Fertilizer Minister D V Sadananda Gowda tweeted earlier.</p>
