November 9: Drug supply to India is strained after a lockdown in China's Hubei province. Because this country is dependent on China for the raw material of medicine. To cope with the situation, the export of 13 types of raw materials from antibiotics to vitamins has to be stopped. Donald Trump then thinks that Covid-19 is cured by hydroxychloroquine. The lion's share of which is exported from India. Trump finally called Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked him to send hydroxychloroquine.



After that, the Trump administration's tone changed. Last August, the outgoing president issued a directive called "By American First." As a matter of fact, government agencies should give priority to the 'Made in America' label when buying medicines.

Despite the panic in the Indian pharmaceutical industry, the Modi government's commerce ministry thinks there will be gains, not losses. On top of that, the importance of Obamacare will increase in the time of Joe Biden after the change of power in Washington. Barack Obama brought that treatment to the forefront when he was president. This is the benefit of the Indian pharmaceutical company.

About 600 million worth of medicines go from India to America every year. Commerce Department official told that  at first, pharmaceutical companies were intimidated by Trump's directive. But Pharmaxil, an association of drug exporters, says US government agencies rarely buy drugs made in India. Trump's directive also said that if it costs 25% more to buy American-made drugs, then there will be no restrictions on buying domestic drugs. The cost of making drugs in India is lower, and in many cases up to 40% lower than in the United States.

Obamacare was a duorani under Trump. If Obama's vice-president Biden becomes president, his importance will increase again. Biden also emphasized generic drugs to reduce the cost of treatment. The idea of ​​the pharmaceutical industry, this will increase sales of generic drugs made in India in the United States.