Indore: The spread of coronavirus in China is affecting the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry of Madhya Pradesh. India's pharmaceutical companies, including MP, procure raw materials from China. They make medicines for diseases like cold, cough, diabetes and cancer. There are about 300 companies in Madhya Pradesh, in which intermediates (raw materials) are almost on the verge of ending. The price of basic chemicals, which is a small stock with large importers of India, has gone up by 30%. Drug manufacturers have said that if the situation does not improve soon, there may be a shortage of essential medicines in the domestic market.

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In Madhya Pradesh, about 300 small and big companies related to the manufacture of drugs are present in places like Indore, Pithampur, Dewas, Mandidweep, Ratlam, Gwalior, etc. Around 150 drug manufacturers are the highest around Indore. 90% of the raw material is imported from China by these pharmaceutical companies. Due to the coronavirus in China, the Indian government has also banned almost all goods coming from China. Due to this, problems have arisen in front of the pharma sector.

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In Madhya Pradesh, raw material worth Rs 100 crores of paracetamol, norfloxacin, ofloxacin, prednisolone, degja and all kinds of vitamins come from China every month. Apart from China, raw materials can be sourced from Europe and America, but its cost will be two to five times that of China. China is the largest exporter of raw materials for pharmaceutical manufacturing in the world. Its share is more than 70%. Other countries export only about 30% of the demand of the whole world. Due to this, orders will be fulfilled from there too. Dr Darshan Kataria, joint president of Pithampur Industrial Organization and executive member of the Small Scale Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association said, "The main center of the raw material from China is Hubei, the capital of Wuhan, and the most likely coronavirus threat in the same region. Imports from 17 districts of Wuhan region have been completely stopped."

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