Pravin Darekar asked Maharashtra FDA to buy Remdesivir from Bruck Pharma, claims Devendra Fadnavis

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis.
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IANS
The controversy around the involvement of Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Devendra Fadnavis and Pravin Darekar in efforts to procure antiviral drug remdesivir for Maharashtra from Daman-based Bruck Pharma deepened on Monday.
The Indian Express that his party colleague Darekar had asked the Maharashtra Food and Drug administration to buy the drug from Bruck Pharma. But, Darekar had said last week that the saffron party planned to buy 60,000 vials of the medicine for Rs 4.75 crore as a “noble gesture”.
A political slugfest began on April 17 after both Fadnavis and Darekar rushed to the Vile Parle police station in Mumbai as authorities were questioning a director of Bruck Pharma about a large consignment of remdesivir they said was being stored in the city. It came at a time when states such as Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat have complained about a shortage of the drug, which is being used to treat critical coronavirus patients, even though medical opinion about its effectiveness has been mixed.

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