2023-12-15 12:16:40
After the poor availability of the Covid drug Paxlovid, the repeat order from the manufacturer Pfizer in Austria, announced by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday, has arrived. “As of today, the first deliveries from the new order will be distributed to both hospitals and pharmacies,” said the office of department head Johannes Rauch (Greens) on Friday in response to an APA query. “All orders throughout Austria will be delivered by Monday at the latest.”
“In the past few days we have been able to largely supply the pharmacies with Paxlovid from hospital stocks,” it was explained. In the event of an infection, all patients would have quick access to the important medication again. The Chamber of Pharmacists has also promised new monitoring to rule out bottlenecks in the future, the Ministry of Health reported.
“As with all medicines, shortages can only be prevented if there are enough goods available in Austria. In order to ensure the supply of Paxlovid in hospitals, medical pharmacies and public pharmacies, it is therefore absolutely necessary that all actors in the supply chain work together “Establish a monitoring system,” the Austrian Chamber of Pharmacists emphasized in a statement to the APA that it cannot be solely responsible for setting up a monitoring system.
“The pharmacies are the last link in the chain, directly in front of the patients. In order for pharmacists to be able to guarantee a comprehensive supply of Paxlovid, it is necessary for wholesalers to inform in good time when stocks are running low. Only then The federal government or social security can order additional packs with sufficient advance notice,” said the Chamber of Pharmacists.
The Viennese nursing and patient advocate Gerhard Jelinek sharply criticized the slow resolution of the problem. The current Corona wave did not come as a surprise after all infection protection measures were dropped, Jelinek said in a broadcast. “We have more acute Covid sufferers than ever before in Vienna and the most important medication for vulnerable people is still not available.” He described the approach as “appalling mismanagement.”
There were numerous complaints to nursing and patient advocates because Paxlovid was not in stock in local pharmacies at the beginning of the week as originally promised. Time is an important factor: taking it must be started within the first five days after the onset of the illness. “It is absolutely unreasonable for sick patients to have to spend hours researching and traveling to other federal states to obtain the drug. There needs to be a place immediately where sick people can get Paxlovid,” says Jelinek. The current supply crisis is the culmination of a “series of inadequate or non-existent measures to protect the population.”
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