Jaishankar Talks To Blinken Over Medical Oxygen and API Supplies

NEW DELHI, 1 MAY 2021:

As the government scrambles to battle the worst Covid surge in the world, external affairs minister S Jaishankar held “exhaustive” conversation on Friday with his US counterpart Anthony Blinken. The Jaishankar-Blinken talks covered supply issues for medical oxygen, key pharma ingredients for drugs and therapeutics and unclogging the vaccine supply chain.

Jaishankar urged the US to ease supplies of key APIs (active pharmaceutical ingredients) and Key Starter Materials for production of drugs which would enable Indian firms to enhance production during the current emergency. This is particularly important for drugs like Remdesivir, which is in high demand, given the severity of the pandemic.The Times Of India