The reason for the shortage of paracetamol and other drugs:
Sources in the pharmaceutical industry claim today (Monday) that due to an extreme shortage of manpower at the distribution company of Sala drugs, a subsidiary of Teva, there were delays in distribution that led to a shortage of drugs including paracetamol, Atopan for muscle pain, Telefast for allergies, pill Bondromin sleep and many other drugs.
Teva stated this morning that "SLA caught up with all the backlog due to the holidays and the corona." Hadar Maman, CEO of SLA, who took office only a month ago, issued a letter to all pharmacies in which he describes the problems and apologizes for delays in supply, but as of today There has been no change.
A number of sources in the pharmaceutical industry stated that in the recent period there was a wave of employee resignations, including drivers and managers at Sala. Sources who work with Sala stated that this was a particularly large volume of resignations and that Sala "almost remained without employees." Another source noted that "Sala In total collapse. Drivers don't come, out of an order of 30 items you get 3. The company is collapsing because of cutbacks and wrong moves."
As mentioned, the current crisis began when the CEO of Teva Israel decided to cut the night shift in Sala for reasons of saving the budget.
This led to shipments not being ready in the morning and there were severe availability issues.
A protest and mass resignation of workers began in all management boulevards.
Difficulty arose in the company to resolve the crisis due to the freezing of recruitment procedures.
Dodo Pepo, chairman of the Pharmacists Association, noted: "There is a serious problem of distribution.
Even when there is no shortage of medicine, you don't get the orders.
This is a problem that has not been solved and stems from the monopoly and exclusivity of the distribution companies.
Why is it possible to get bread and milk every day in stores and medicines not?
I can't get paracetamol from two or three suppliers, but only from one supplier and that's the problem. Sella is a supply and distribution company, which stored and distributed, among other things, the corona vaccines.
The company works with a number of pharmaceutical giants including Teva, Gilead, Janssen, Bayer, GSK, AstraZeneca and more."
"Experience delays in logistics supplies"
As I recall, it was announced yesterday that there is an unusual shortage in the pharmacies of a large number of medicines, some of which are very popular and some of which are rarer.
Deficiencies were recorded in Paracetamol, Klonax, Bondromin, Lexadin, Strepsils Etopan, Telfast for allergies and many other drugs.
Coin reported: "Teva supplies Israel with hundreds of medicines and products in a wide variety of therapeutic areas, while facing the challenges of a continuous supply of raw materials and packaging, as part of a global crisis, arising from the corona epidemic, and a shortage of professional and unique workforce that many companies in the industry and abroad are facing.
"In addition, as Teva's distribution company in Israel reported to the Ministry of Health, the funds and the hospitals, as well as to the other companies that are among its clients, in recent days we have been experiencing delays in logistical supplies, which are expected to be resolved as soon as possible. Out of a commitment to the health of the patients, we work day and night, and do everything A possible effort - while prioritizing the production of essential and life-saving drugs - in order to deal with the shortages and ensure the return of the drugs to the market as quickly as possible. Specifically, there is no shortage of paracetamol tablets and even the chapels are back in stock and will reach the pharmacies in the coming days."
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