Pakistan has effective drug for COVID-19

[Muhammad Omar]

Chloroquine phosphate proved to effective for COVID-19.

300,000 tablets of Chloroquine phosphate (Resochin)from Bayer’s subsidiary in Pakistan have been transported to China

 

[BHarwana]

Pakistan has effective drug for COVID-19, Over 300,000 pieces exported to China, an article published by Economic Daily - China Economic Net (CEN) on February 21st has got 5.71 million page views on Toutiao.com and 38,000 likes.

In nearly 10,000 comments, in addition to a lot of thanks to Pakistani friends for their help, some netizens were interested in the "multinational enterprise" mentioned in the CEN reporter's article and wanted to know the hero behind the scenes who urgently dispensed the effective drugs at a Bayer subsidiary in Pakistan.

Resochin, a chloroquine phosphate brand. [File Photo] Zhong Nanshan, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said at a press conference on February 18 that chloroquine was effective against coronavirus and had little side effect.

On February 20th, after noticing that the official Weibo account of Bayer China said it had made an emergency deployment of chloroquine phosphate tablets in Pakistan at the beginning of this month, CEN reporter quickly contacted to verify the matter. The official Weibo account of Bayer China confirmed the news and said that the batch of medicines was completed in 24 hours. 200,000 of the 300,000 tablets were "sold" to Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited (GPHL) at zero yuan. Earlier, Economic Daily reported that on February 5th, GPHL first purchased 15,000 tablets of chloroquine phosphate in Pakistan through various channels, and then purchased another 200,000 tablets. The drugs arrived in Guangzhou at 7:00 p.m. on February 8th.

Screenshot of CEN reporter's verification on Bayer's official Weibo account on February 20

It took less than 4 days from purchasing in Pakistan to arriving in Guangzhou. In addition to the international and domestic airline time, it is not easy for Pakistan, a country with less developed transport infrastructure that is suffering from severe locust plague, to urgently collect, transport and cooperate to undertake the fastest international rescue for dispensing the effective drugs to treat COVID-19. It reminds people of "For 61 Brothers" in Chinese textbook.

CEN reporter learned from further interviews that chloroquine phosphate production was suspended in China for 20 years. In order to deliver the first batch of effective drugs successfully, from February 5th to 8th, in addition to GPHL and Bayer, there are many more heroes behind the scenes, such as China Southern Airlines and Urumqi Customs...

Photo from WeChat account of Bayer China

CEN is now collecting clues. What other heroes behind the scenes in both China and Pakistan are contributing quietly for this? If any information, please contact us!

Contact:

Chen Jiaqi +86 18510915158

Meng Fanrong +92 3165700511

http://en.ce.cn/main/latest/202002/22/t20200222_34330227.shtml

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2162276/1-pakistan-effective-drug-covid-19/?amp=1

 

[Path-Finder]

Pakistan has effective drug for COVID-19, Over 300,000 pieces exported to China, an article published by Economic Daily - China Economic Net (CEN) on February 21st has got 5.71 million page views on Toutiao.com and 38,000 likes.

In nearly 10,000 comments, in addition to a lot of thanks to Pakistani friends for their help, some netizens were interested in the "multinational enterprise" mentioned in the CEN reporter's article and wanted to know the hero behind the scenes who urgently dispensed the effective drugs at a Bayer subsidiary in Pakistan.

Resochin, a chloroquine phosphate brand. [File Photo] Zhong Nanshan, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said at a press conference on February 18 that chloroquine was effective against coronavirus and had little side effect.

On February 20th, after noticing that the official Weibo account of Bayer China said it had made an emergency deployment of chloroquine phosphate tablets in Pakistan at the beginning of this month, CEN reporter quickly contacted to verify the matter. The official Weibo account of Bayer China confirmed the news and said that the batch of medicines was completed in 24 hours. 200,000 of the 300,000 tablets were "sold" to Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited (GPHL) at zero yuan. Earlier, Economic Daily reported that on February 5th, GPHL first purchased 15,000 tablets of chloroquine phosphate in Pakistan through various channels, and then purchased another 200,000 tablets. The drugs arrived in Guangzhou at 7:00 p.m. on February 8th.

Screenshot of CEN reporter's verification on Bayer's official Weibo account on February 20

It took less than 4 days from purchasing in Pakistan to arriving in Guangzhou. In addition to the international and domestic airline time, it is not easy for Pakistan, a country with less developed transport infrastructure that is suffering from severe locust plague, to urgently collect, transport and cooperate to undertake the fastest international rescue for dispensing the effective drugs to treat COVID-19. It reminds people of "For 61 Brothers" in Chinese textbook.

CEN reporter learned from further interviews that chloroquine phosphate production was suspended in China for 20 years. In order to deliver the first batch of effective drugs successfully, from February 5th to 8th, in addition to GPHL and Bayer, there are many more heroes behind the scenes, such as China Southern Airlines and Urumqi Customs...

Photo from WeChat account of Bayer China

CEN is now collecting clues. What other heroes behind the scenes in both China and Pakistan are contributing quietly for this? If any information, please contact us!

Contact:

Chen Jiaqi +86 18510915158

Meng Fanrong +92 3165700511

http://en.ce.cn/main/latest/202002/22/t20200222_34330227.shtml

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2162276/1-pakistan-effective-drug-covid-19/?amp=1

what is going on here?

 

[BHarwana]

what is going on here?

A Pakistani drug manufacturer makes a drug which is very effective against Coronavirus and China posted a demand for that drug. Pakistan has one of the best drug production industries in the world. Pakistan shipped 300000 tablets over night to China which impressed China so much that are looking for people who made possible this deliver over night to save lives and award them.

 

[PakSword]

A Pakistani drug manufacturer makes a drug which is very effective against Coronavirus and China posted a demand for that drug. Pakistan has one of the best drug production industries in the world. Pakistan shipped 300000 tablets over night to China which impressed China so much that are looking for people who made possible this deliver over night to save lives and award them.

Yes I have also heard (from a friend who works in Pharma) that chloroquine phosphate is proving effective in the treatment of symptoms of COVID 19, and Pakistan has supplied hundreds of thousands of tablets to China..

 

[BHarwana]

Yes I have also heard (from a friend who works in Pharma) that chloroquine phosphate is proving effective in the treatment of symptoms of COVID 19, and Pakistan has supplied hundreds of thousands of tablets to China..

Yes the story broke few days back and most effective drug against Coronavirus is in Pakistan

 

[Ace of Spades]

Pakistani drug manufacturer

Bayer is a german company.

 

[BHarwana]

On top Pakistan supplied the meds to China free of cost.

Bayer is a german company.

It has subsidiary in Pakistan. Which is Pakistan owned and the drug is licensed to Pakistan.

 

[PakSword]

Bayer is a german company.

Its a transfer of drug from Bayer Pakistan to Bayer China.

 

[Ace of Spades]

On top Pakistan supplied the meds to China free of cost.


It has subsidiary in Pakistan. Which is Pakistan owned and the drug is licensed to Pakistan.

We need it in abundance here as well then, since it's getting a bit out of control in Iran. May Allah protect but i am afraid that it's just matter of time that this comes to Pakistan

 

[StormBreaker]

The thread title is misleading, the drug sent by Bayer Pakistan, is in turn an ingredient of a wider prescription to cure and handle the virus, it is not a solo player.

And secondly, the article states “Hit by severe Locust Plague”, when did that happen ? Some news agency have a habit of imposing least to non existent problems as major and highlighted problems.

 

[BHarwana]

We need it in abundance here as well then, since it's getting a bit out of control in Iran. May Allah protect but i am afraid that it's just matter of time that this comes to Pakistan

The virus in Iran is not that wide spread so there is no immediate threat and travel to Iran has been restricted until the situation is contained. We restricted the travel many days back before almost all countries.

 

[Yaseen1]

helping others is good but we should also ensure that shortage of this drug not occurs for our own public,I think china can manufacture such drugs on their own in few months

 

[Path-Finder]

I hope the manufacturing is increased and other drug makers make it to keep up with demand!

 

[CrazyZ]

I believe it was Chinese researchers that have determined this anti-Malaria drug is effective against Covid-19. Other anti-malaria and HIV drugs may also be effective against Covid-19. Lets just make sure we keep a stock for our own needs...just in case. The Iranians may need some as well.