Hetero Healthcare said that it is set to deliver 20,000 vials of antiviral drug Covifor (remdesivir) across the country for the treatment

New Delhi: Hetero Healthcare said that it is set to deliver 20,000 vials of its antiviral drug Covifor (remdesivir) across the country for the treatment of Covid-19, at a maximum retail price of Rs 5,400 per vial.

The company is set to deliver the first set of 20,000 vials in two equal lots of 10,000 each, one of which will be immediately supplied to Hyderabad, Delhi, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra, Hetero Healthcare said in a statement.

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The other lot will be supplied to Kolkata, Indore, Bhopal, Lucknow, Patna, Bhubaneshwar, Ranchi, Vijayawada, Cochin, Trivandrum and Goa within a week, it added.

The company said it has fixed a maximum retail price of Rs 5,400 per vial for the drug.

On Tuesday, pharma major Cipla said, it will price its generic version of remdesivir at less than Rs 5,000 per vial. It also said that the drug will be available in the next 8 to 10 days.

Photo"The launch of Covifor in India is a significant milestone for all of us. Through Covifor, we hope to reduce the treatment time of a patient in a hospital, thereby reducing the increasing pressure on the medical infrastructure, overburdened currently due to accelerating Covid-19 cases," Hetero Healthcare MD M Srinivasa Reddy said.