Chinanews.com, December 29th. At present, the public's demand for antipyretic drugs is very strong, and the society is very concerned about the supply of such drugs.

At the same time, the supply of medical supplies such as antigen detection reagents has been tight in some areas recently, and the public is very concerned about the production and supply situation.

  On the 29th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology organized a press conference on "Security of Key Medical Materials for Epidemic Prevention and Control" to respond to hot issues of public concern.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology organized a press conference on the "Security of Key Medical Materials for Epidemic Prevention and Control" on the 29th.

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  ——The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology organized more than 750 key enterprises in key provinces such as Shandong, Hubei, Liaoning, Henan, Shanxi, and Hebei to do everything possible to expand the production capacity of enterprises and continue to increase key medical supplies such as vaccines, therapeutic drugs, testing reagents, and protective equipment The production and supply capacity will be accurately allocated according to the priority and priority according to the peak time of the epidemic situation in various places, so as to fully guarantee the epidemic prevention and control needs of key areas and key populations.

  ——In response to the short-term surge in demand for ibuprofen, acetaminophen and other drugs in the early stage, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology immediately mobilized the entire system and related enterprises to deploy quickly, compact responsibilities, focus on quick work, increase production and expand capacity, and spare no effort Ensure the production and supply of key antipyretic and analgesic drugs.

  ——The

production of two key antipyretic and analgesic drugs, ibuprofen and acetaminophen, has increased rapidly. The daily production capacity has reached 202 million tablets, and the daily output has reached 190 million tablets

. Compared with the beginning of December, the current daily production and supply The volume increase is more than 4 times.

Since December 1, a total of 2.488 billion pieces have been produced and 2.412 billion pieces have been supplied to the market. The main producing provinces include Shandong, Hubei, and Shanxi.

Among them, the highest daily output of four types of antipyretics for children, including ibuprofen and acetaminophen suspensions, dry suspensions, granules, and oral liquids, reached 1.12 million bottles, and major producing provinces include Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Guangdong; , the daily output of children's paracetamol huangnamin and children's paracetamol reached 15.7 million bags.

  ——According to the peak situation of the epidemic situation, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology insists on "a game of chess across the country", coordinates and strengthens inter-provincial deployment, and ensures the production and supply of key medical materials.

As of December 28, a

total of 174 million tablets of ibuprofen, 60 million tablets of acetaminophen, and more than 550 million antigen detection reagents have been allocated across provinces to key areas

.

  ——At present, the State Food and Drug Administration has approved 49

new coronavirus antigen detection reagent products, and the company's daily production capacity has expanded from 60 million in early December to 110 million

, an increase of 83%.

Since December 1, a total of 1.49 billion servings have been produced and 1.67 billion servings have been supplied to the market, which can meet the needs of the masses.

  ——At present, 13 new crown vaccines have been approved for conditional marketing or emergency use in China, and the

world's largest new crown vaccine production line has been built, with an annual production capacity of more than 7 billion doses and an output of more than 5.5 billion doses

, which can meet the "received as much as possible" Receive" needs.

Among them, the four vaccines that have been approved for emergency use recently have added more than 2 billion doses of new production capacity.

There is ample supply of COVID-19 vaccines.

  ——Recently, in response to the rising demand for N95 masks, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has further strengthened the production scheduling of N95 masks and accelerated the release of production capacity by enterprises. The scope of dispatching enterprises has expanded from 50 in early December to more than 500,

and the daily production capacity of enterprises has exceeded 190 million only.

N95 masks can guarantee sufficient supply

.

  ——The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology organized industry and information authorities and production enterprises in Beijing, Hebei, Jiangsu, Shenzhen and other places to

increase the production and supply of finger-clip pulse oximeters, and the daily output increased from 115,000 units in early December to 250,000 units above

.

It will continue to help enterprises expand production capacity and speed up meeting market demand.