Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov during the Government session outlined a number of tasks to develop the pharmaceutical industry and support Kazakhstani manufacturers, El.kz cites primeminister.kz.
The volume of production of domestic pharmaceutical products reaches 95 billion tenge. Of the list of priority medicines, which includes 283 drugs for the treatment of the most common diseases, 107 are produced in Kazakhstan.
As of today, 94 long-term contracts have been concluded with 35 domestic manufacturers for the supply of 4,000 pharmaceutical products. On 700 positions deliveries are carried out. In the next 3 years it is planned to gradually reach the agreed volumes, Minister of Healthcare Akmaral Alnazarova reported.
Head of the Government noted the importance of stable and quality development of the pharmaceutical industry to ensure drug security of the country.
"In the first half of this year the volume of production of domestic pharmaceutical products increased by 14.5%. But the potential of this industry is much greater. I instruct the Ministry of Healthcare to work on further increasing this indicator by the end of the year and expanding the volume and list of drugs produced," Olzhas Bektenov said.
In addition, Prime Minister stressed the need to create transparent conditions for the purchase of pharmaceutical products through the transition of medical organisations to electronic format.