With the release of the “20 Articles” and “New Ten Articles” and the adjustment of epidemic prevention policies, the situation of epidemic prevention and control has undergone new adjustments and changes. Over the past few days, the demand for related therapeutic drugs after novel corona virus’s infection has increased significantly. Liaoning Pharmaceutical Foreign Trade Corporation responded to the order quickly, actively shouldering the important task of protecting people’s livelihood and supply, and making every effort to do a good job in anti-epidemic and supply.
Take multiple measures at the same time to build a solid line of defense against the epidemic.
In the face of prominent challenges, our company attaches great importance and rapid deployment, the party and government unite, implement responsibilities, and build strong fortresses of various lines of defense during the epidemic. On the one hand, in order to ensure the health and safety of all employees, the company immediately distributed ibuprofen, Lianhua Qingwen granules, novel coronavirus test kit, N95 mask, disinfectant and other drugs and epidemic prevention materials to employees, so as to do a good job in employee health protection and provide strong support for employees to deal with the epidemic scientifically. On the other hand, continue to adhere to regular prevention and control measures, increase the eliminating virus frequency of offices, canteens, stairs, bathrooms and other public areas, take off-peak meals in different periods to reduce the risk of cross-infection. At the same time, actively publicize epidemic policies and protective measures, do a good job of dynamic monitoring of employees, grasp the health of employees in real time, encourage employees to wear masks, overcome panic, and maintain a calm, rational and good state of mind.
This year, our company completed the forward-looking layout of the server on cloud (Huawei cloud) comprehensively, which is why most of our employees can work from home after infected by the novel coronavirus one after another. It can also ensure the normal operation and access to all servers. Not only that, the information center has also made adequate preparations for equipment security, and solved the problem that employees need to be equipped with computer equipment because of temporary home by means of JD.com ‘s short-term lease. Employees apply for VPN account through OA, and configure the permission of network access, so that employees can easily access the company’s business system at home, ensuring the efficiency and timeliness of work.
Co-ordinate resources and increase drug reserves
In order to actively respond to the growing market demand and epidemic situation, all departments of the company maintain 7-24-hour shift duty to ensure the business response efficiently at any time.
As a key pharmaceutical and material support enterprise in Liaoning Province, our company spares no effort to expand procurement channels to improve drug supply capacity, and actively organize and coordinate supplier resources according to market demand and feedback from drug use institutions. spare no effort to carry out the storage and distribution of more than 80 major COVID-19 therapeutic drugs to maximize the market pressure caused by the epidemic. Although the supply of goods from manufacturers is also tight, the purchasing department still devotes most of its energy to the communication and coordination of COVID-19 treatment-related drugs such as Ibuprofen Oral Suspension, Tylenol, Compound Guaifenesin and Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride Oral Solution, etc., actively fighting for quotas, and tracking inventory and related drug delivery on a daily basis. In only 10 days, more than 80,000 boxes of key antiviral and antipyretic drugs such as ibuprofen sustained release capsules, acetaminophen tablets, Lianhua Qingwen granules, Ibuprofen Oral Suspension and other key antiviral and antipyretic drugs have been purchased, and all of them have been put into the market to meet the people’s demand for drugs for the epidemic.
Go all out to smooth logistics and ensure supply
In order to ensure that epidemic-related drugs are delivered to drug use institutions in the shortest and fastest time, our logistics center always gives priority to the storage, distribution and storage of epidemic prevention drugs and materials, and responds to the emergency drug needs of the epidemic as soon as possible. Since December 12, many employees of our company have fallen down one after another due to infection of novel coronavirus, facing the situation that the number of employees on duty has been reduced by more than half, and the per capita business volume has doubled. Our logistics center has overcome the problems of manpower shortage and lack of transport capacity, and implemented the rotation system and count the physical condition of employees in the morning and evening on daily basis, and maintain coordination and reasonable arrangements among employees on duty. Our staff take the initiative to give up their lunch break and off-work time, and when their work is done, they take the initiative to rotate to another post. Even home-based employees always share data and communicate remotely to ensure that orders are completed on the same day. With the joint efforts of all the staff, a total of 48715 orders were completed and delivered on time in 12 days.
On December 20th, the first batch of novel coronavirus therapeutic drug Naimatwei tablets / Ritonavir tablets combined packaging (PAXLOVID) arrived at our logistics center warehouse smoothly, which was the first order issued after the company obtained the general agency of the drug in Liaoning Province, and the second batch of drugs purchased since then were also put into storage on December 23rd. The two batches of drugs have now been distributed to various drug use institutions in our province, fulfilling the responsibility of the epidemic drug guarantee enterprise.
At present, the drug demand of medical institutions and people is surging, which coincides with the critical period when the company strives to sprint the target task for the whole year and prepare for next year’s task target, so it is our urgent responsibility and mission to ensure the supply of drug materials. Next, our company will continue to unite and lead all our staff to demonstrate the will of “steel” and the responsibility of “hard core” in front of the major test of the epidemic, strengthen their confidence and move forward bravely.