Amoxicillin, paracetamol, drugs against cancer: for many months, it has become complicated to obtain certain treatments in pharmacies. To deal with this shortage, the Minister of Health François Braun announced last April that the government was working on the drafting of a list of 450 priority and essential drugs.
That’s done. The President of the Republic, on a trip to Ardèche at the start of the week, presented this list from which he released “50 essential drugs for which our dependence on extra-European imports is proven” and whose production will be relocated to France in the more or less long term.
What will be the first drugs relocated to France?
Of these 50 drugs, 25 “will see their production relocated or significantly increased in the coming weeks”, announced Emmanuel Macron. The list of these 25 priority molecules:
Antibiotics
- Amoxicillin
- Ciprofloxacin
Anticancer
- Topotecan
- Melphalan
- Busulfan
- Fludarabine
- Paclitaxel
- Oxaliplatin
Drugs used in resuscitation and emergency
- Paracetamol
- Morphine
- Fentanyl
- Propofol
- Midazolam
- Diazepam
- Clonazepam
- Rocuronium
- Adrenaline
- Noradrenaline
Drugs used in the management of chronic conditions
- Methylprednisolone
- Esomeprazole
- Furosemide
- Clopidogrel
- Salbutamol
