United Kingdom: Imposition of export ban on dexamethasone following the drug has proven to reduce the risk of death significantly in COVID-19 patients

Announcement

15 Jun 2020

On 15 June 2020, the UK authorities announced imposing an export ban on two pharmaceutical forms of dexamethasone (oral solution and solution for injection) following the drug has proven to reduce the risk of death significantly in COVID-19 patients.

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Number of interventions

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

15 Jun 2020

Revocation date:

13 Nov 2024

Updated: 15 Jun 2020

Export ban

On 15 June 2020, the Department of Health and Social Care of the United Kingdom added two pharmaceutical forms of dexamethasone (oral solution and solution for injection) to the list of medicines t...