Sinopharm Kicks Off National Emergency Allocation System For Medical Reserves
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
On the instruction of the National Development and Reform Commission, China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation (Sinopharm) has shipped the first batch of ventilators, ECG monitors, surgical instruments and transfusion equipment to earthquake-hit regions in Sichuan. Responsible for national medical reserves, Sinopharm has set up an emergency allocation system and a group leading rescue efforts. All subsidiaries involved in the exercise are tasked to ensure the specifications and quantity of medical reserves correspond to NDRC's predetermined catalog, as well as make emergency procurement of necessary medicines and devices outside the catalog. Logistics centers in Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin and major warehouses have been notified to stand by for medical allocation assignments at a moment's notice. (Click here for more - Chinese Language)