Clinical trials of Kazakhstani QazCovid-in vaccine against the COVID-19 virus developed by the Scientific Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems have started, the Ministry of Education and Science reports. Adult volunteers aged 18-50 years old will be involved in the clinical trials. Phase 1 trials will define the vaccine’s safety on 44 volunteers free of…
As part of his working trip to Karaganda region Kazakh PM Askar Mamin held a meeting on the development of the pharmaceutical industry, the PM’s press service informed. Industry and Infrastructure Development Minister Beibut Atamakulov, Vice Minister of Healthcare Lyudmila Byurabekova and others reported on the current situation and development of drug industry. Amid the…
Another plane with a medical cargo with a total weight of 34 tons has arrived in Almaty from India. The pharmaceuticals were purchased at the expense of the Almaty city Akimat to form the stabilization fund. The medical cargo contains such medicines, as anticoagulants – enaxoparin, heparin; antibacterial ofloxacin; anti-inflammatory medicines – prednisone, dexamethasone; antibiotics…
The Drug Supply Department of Kyrgyzstan has failed to set limit retail and wholesale prices for medicines, Aisha Sulaimanova, head of the Pricing Monitoring Sector of the Drug Supply Department of the Ministry of Health, has announced. A resolution was adopted in 2019 on approval of temporary rules for regulating the prices of medicines in…
According to the Health Ministry, local pharmaceutical producers are currently working at full capacity in Kazakhstan. It is also said the pharmaceutical producers are now using a three-shift system to provide constant supplies of their products to the retail market as well as to ensure free supplies of pharmaceuticals to medical facilities. According to the…
Private joint-stock company Farmak (Kyiv), the pharmaceutical company, did not halt production and would gradually exit lockdown, the press service of the company reported. “Farmak continues production as usual. All lines are working as planned. However, after lockdown was announced all over the country on March 12 and the Health Ministry recommended that enterprises transfer…
In 2019, the Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund of Kyrgyzstan paid 32.4 million soms to medical organizations for management and monitoring of tuberculosis patients until completion of treatment on an outpatient basis, press service of the fund reported. At least 2,132 patients have completed treatment on an outpatient basis (1,667 people in 2018), including 1,570 with…