Strategic buffer to be set up to ensure enough medicine, medical devices, says Economy Minister

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A national strategic buffer stock will be established to ensure a sufficient supply of medicines and medical devices amid the global energy crisis triggered by the conflict in the Middle East, said Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir.  The Economy Minister said this was among the more robust measures for the medium and long term, in addition to transitioning from the use of raw resin materials to polymers for certain products.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/bd3z48n8  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00For the second part, we also have to talk about keterjaminan ubat

00:05and peranti-perubatan in the country.

00:09Krisis global energy not only means oil and logistics,

00:14but also about ubat and peranti-perubatan.

00:19Gangguan rantaian global can cause a lack of important ingredients

00:25like API, petroleum and gas ethylene oxide or gas EO

00:33sekaligus menaikkan kos penghilangan dan penghantaran.

00:38Antara langkah jangka pendek yang telah dibincangkan

00:41untuk memantau stok ubat secara berpusat,

00:45mempelbagaikan sumber import,

00:48mengaktifkan pelan gerak balas kecemasan

00:51dan menetapkan item tertentu sebagai item kawalan,

00:55melaksanakan juga laluan khas ataupun special access pathway

01:00untuk memastikan access kepada keperluan kritikal.

01:05Kerajaan juga melihat langkah yang lebih kukuh

01:08untuk jangka masa sederhana dan panjang,

01:11iaitu mewujudkan stok penimbal strategik nasional

01:15beralih daripada penggunaan bahan mentah resin

01:19kepada polymer bagi sesetengah produk,

01:23membangunkan dasar keterjaminan ubat negara

01:27melalui MyMed Secure

01:29serta memperkasa industri ubat dan peranti perubatan tempatan.

01:35Dan maklumat lanjut akan terus dikongsikan oleh

01:39Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia.

01:45Terima kasih telah menonton!

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