Emmanuel Macron, traveling in the Ardèche, announced on Tuesday the establishment of a list of 50 priority medicines that will be transferred to France, or whose production will be increased, to guarantee their supply and thus restore the country’s health sovereignty. A plan that should make it possible, in particular, to remedy the shortage of medicines that has been increasing in France for several months.
These 50 products “for which our dependence on extra-European imports has been demonstrated” or whose French production is insufficient in relation to demand are part of a broader list of 450 “essential” medicines, explained the President of the Republic. Details of this broader list are expected to be revealed by Health Minister Francois Braun on Tuesday afternoon.
50 priority medicines identified, 25 relocated soon
Among the 50 priority medicines already identified by the government, 25 are due to move to France in the coming weeks, including antibiotics. Here is the list:
– amoxicillin: antibiotic commonly used in the case of many bacterial infections
– Ciprofloxacin: broad-spectrum antibiotic used in particular in the treatment of urinary, intestinal and pulmonary infections.
– Paracetamol: indicated in the treatment of weak to intense pain, fever, flu symptoms.
– Morphine: analgesic used in the treatment of severe, chronic and acute pain.
– fentanyl: analgesic used in the management of severe chronic pain, in the postoperative period and during anesthesia.
– propofol: drug indicated for general anesthesia or sedation during hospitalizations.
– midazolam: used in the management of seizures in children and in the management of anesthesia and sedation.
– diazepam: medicine used in particular in the treatment of anxiety, seizures in children and epilepsy.
– Clonazepam: drug indicated in epilepsy and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
– Rocuronium, cisatracurium, suxamethonium: curares used in intensive care units, as well as in the case of curarization.
– Adrenalin: used mainly in emergency, in resuscitation.
– norepinephrine: used in the management of digestive collapse and bleeding.
– Methylprednisolone: mainly used for its anti-inflammatory effect
– esomeprazole: It is used in the treatment of many gastric conditions, ranging from inflammation to ulcers.
– furosemide : diuretic used only in the treatment of hypertension, renal failure or edema, chronically and urgently.
– clopidogrel: used in the management of thrombolytic events.
– salbutamol: used in pulmonology and gynecology.
– topotecan: against cancer
– melphalan: against cancer
– busulfan: against cancer
– fludarabine: against cancer
– paclitaxel: indicated mainly in the management of breast and ovarian cancers
– oxaliplatin: anticancer drug indicated in various colorectal cancers
Source: BFM TV
