Roche steps up with a free sup­ply of an­tibi­otics for Ukraine as drug do­na­tions be­gin to flow

Switzer­land-based Roche is step­ping up to the cri­sis in Ukraine to­day with plans to do­nate 150,000 pack­ages of Ro­cephin, an es­sen­tial an­tibi­ot­ic used to treat bac­te­r­i­al in­fec­tions, to the hard-pressed cit­i­zen­ry.

The phar­ma ma­jor — which has stayed pur­pose­ful­ly mum about its sup­port ops for staff in Ukraine — out­lined plans to work with “ex­ter­nal part­ners” on get­ting the an­tibi­otics in­to the war-torn coun­try, not an easy propo­si­tion as Russ­ian troops main­tain a steady bar­rage on Ukraine’s largest cities. And it plans to fol­low up with more con­tri­bu­tions as it works to see what’s need­ed and how it can help.

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