Since various strains of COVID–19 are emerging in the world and wave after the wave of the pandemic is affecting our country as well, the government must retain various committees including the Drugs Coordination Committee (DCC) and the COVID Drugs Management Cell (CDMC) to continuously function till the pandemic is completely over, said a parliamentary panel.
This is one of the recommendations of the Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers — Availability of medicines and medical devices for COVID management — which tabled its report early this week in Parliament. The Committee is chaired by MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi.
While the DCC is an institutional mechanism with representation from various stakeholder Ministers and Departments for efficient decision making on all the issues with respect to COVID–19 related drugs, the CDMC set–up in the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) looked at the management of smooth supply of drugs used in the COVID–19 management.
