Lok Sabha Question No. 3895 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-24
Subject: Shortage of Life-Saving HIV Drug
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: K. C. VENUGOPAL, SAUGATA ROY, BALKA SUMAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3895 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th MARCH, 2017

## SHORTAGE OF LIFE -SAVING HIV DRUG

## 3895. SHRI K.C. VENUGOPAL: PROF. SAUGATA ROY: SHRI SUMAN BALKA:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken note of a life - saving HIV drug for children viz. Lopinavir syrup which has been withdrawn production stopped by its sole manufacturer;
- (b) if so, the details and reasons therefor and corrective measures taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (c) the number of HIV children estimated to be affected by it, State/ UT - wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a): Yes. Government has taken note of a life - saving HIV drug for children viz. Lopinavir syrup which has been withdrawn/stopped production by its sole manufacturer.
- (b): The  sole  manufacturer  with  WHO  GMP,  M/s  Cipla  stopped  production  of  syrup formulation  without  prior  intimation  to  the  National  AIDS  Control  Organisation  (NACO Currently  NACO  has  done  an  emergency  procurement  from  a  registered  manufacturer  M/s McN eil and Argus. The drug has already been supplied and is available throughout the coun
- (c): The syrup LPV/r is required for treatment of HIV positive children with weight belo kg, and hence number of children receiving this drug varies from time t o time. As per February -2017 Monthly progress report from State AIDS Control Society (SACS), 651 children are gett this drug. The State / UT wise details areplaced at annexure

## ANNEXURE

| State                    |   Number |
|--------------------------|----------|
| Andhra Pradesh           |       14 |
| Arunachal Pradesh        |        1 |
| Assam                    |        1 |
| Bihar                    |        0 |
| Chandigarh               |       24 |
| Chhattisgarh             |        1 |
| Delhi                    |       21 |
| Goa                      |        1 |
| Gujarat                  |       77 |
| Haryana                  |        2 |
| Himachal Pradesh         |        0 |
| J&K                      |        0 |
| Jharkhand                |        7 |
| Karnataka                |      147 |
| Kerala                   |        4 |
| Madhya Pradesh           |       33 |
| Maharashtra              |      172 |
| Manipur                  |        7 |
| Meghalaya                |        7 |
| Mizoram                  |       12 |
| Mumbai                   |       13 |
| Nagaland                 |        4 |
| Odisha                   |        8 |
| Pondicherry              |        0 |
| Punjab                   |        4 |
| Rajasthan                |       23 |
| Tamil Nadu               |       19 |
| Telangana                |       35 |
| Tripura                  |        0 |
| Uttar Pradesh            |        4 |
| Uttarakhand              |        0 |
| West Bengal              |       10 |
| Sikkim                   |        0 |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands |        0 |
| India                    |      651 |

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