<p>India, one of the world's biggest drug makers, is ready to step up exports of fever medicines to China as it reels from a spike in Covid-19 cases, the chairperson of an Indian drug export body said on Thursday.</p>.<p>China's sudden easing of strict Covid-19 rules earlier this month triggered a surge in demand for fever medicines and virus test kits on the mainland, leading to shops imposing limits on how much customers can buy and drugmakers ramping up production.</p>.<p>"Marketing queries are coming to drugmakers asking for quotes on ibuprofen and paracetamol," Sahil Munjal, chairperson of the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil), told Reuters.</p>.<p>"Ibuprofen and paracetamol are facing a shortage in China at the moment, they are high in demand." China's embassy in New Delhi did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.</p>.<p>India's foreign ministry said the country, one of the biggest makers of generic medicines in the world, was ready to help China.</p>.<p>"We are keeping an eye on the Covid situation in China," foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said at a regular news briefing. "We have always helped other countries as the pharmacy of the world."</p>.<p>India's pharma exports to China accounted for just 1.4% of its overall exports in 2021/22, according to Pharmexcil's latest annual report. The United States remains India's largest destination for drugs exports.</p>.<p>Shares of Indian pharmaceutical companies have risen over the past few days on worries of a Covid-19 resurgence. </p>
<p>India, one of the world's biggest drug makers, is ready to step up exports of fever medicines to China as it reels from a spike in Covid-19 cases, the chairperson of an Indian drug export body said on Thursday.</p>.<p>China's sudden easing of strict Covid-19 rules earlier this month triggered a surge in demand for fever medicines and virus test kits on the mainland, leading to shops imposing limits on how much customers can buy and drugmakers ramping up production.</p>.<p>"Marketing queries are coming to drugmakers asking for quotes on ibuprofen and paracetamol," Sahil Munjal, chairperson of the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil), told Reuters.</p>.<p>"Ibuprofen and paracetamol are facing a shortage in China at the moment, they are high in demand." China's embassy in New Delhi did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.</p>.<p>India's foreign ministry said the country, one of the biggest makers of generic medicines in the world, was ready to help China.</p>.<p>"We are keeping an eye on the Covid situation in China," foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said at a regular news briefing. "We have always helped other countries as the pharmacy of the world."</p>.<p>India's pharma exports to China accounted for just 1.4% of its overall exports in 2021/22, according to Pharmexcil's latest annual report. The United States remains India's largest destination for drugs exports.</p>.<p>Shares of Indian pharmaceutical companies have risen over the past few days on worries of a Covid-19 resurgence. </p>