India lifts restrictions on 24 drug exports amid pandemic

A pharmacist checks the weight of common pain reliever tablets inside a lab in Ahmedabad, India, on March 4, 2020. - Reuters

NEW DELHI (Reuters): India, the world's main supplier of generic drugs, has lifted restrictions on the export of 24 pharmaceutical ingredients and medicines made from them, the government said in a statement.

It had imposed the restrictions last month as the coronavirus outbreak disrupted global supply chains.