Medicines for hand, foot and mouth disease have a stable supply.

July 31, 2023 16:59

The Drug Administration of Vietnam requires medical facilities to urgently contact pharmaceutical businesses to promptly supply drugs for treatment needs.


Doctor examines a child with hand, foot and mouth disease

On July 31, according to information from the Drug Administration of Vietnam (Ministry of Health), the supply of drugs to treat hand, foot and mouth disease has been determined to ensure the demand for treatment, which has been increasing recently.

Regarding drugs for the treatment of hand, foot and mouth disease, for immunoglobulin infusion, the Drug Administration of Vietnam said that following the import of 6,000 bottles of immunoglobulin infusion imported by Duy Anh Pharmaceutical Trading Company Limited in June 2023, it is expected that this week, Central Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company CPC1 will import an additional 3,000 bottles of immunoglobulin infusion out of a total of 15,000 bottles that have been licensed for import.

Import is now ready, just depends on arranging flight as soon as possible.

For injectable drugs containing the active ingredient Phenobarbital, the Drug Administration of Vietnam has granted an import license to Central Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company CPC1 and the company has currently imported 21,000 tubes of the drug to Vietnam.

The Drug Administration of Vietnam requires medical facilities to urgently contact pharmaceutical businesses to promptly supply the above drugs for treatment needs.

The planning, forecasting and ordering of medical facilities are the most important factors in ensuring drug supply. Therefore, medical facilities need to increase their responsibility in ensuring drug supply, building drug demand in the coming time, especially rare and unavailable drugs, providing information for pharmaceutical businesses to be proactive in finding sources of supply and building drug supply plans.

According to statistics, accumulated from the beginning of the year, the whole country recorded 34,847 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease, including 15 deaths. Compared to the same period in 2022 (38,598/3), the number of cases decreased by 9.7%, and the number of deaths increased by 12 cases.

According to Vietnam+

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Medicines for hand, foot and mouth disease have a stable supply.