“In compliance with the Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation dated January 20, 2021, No. 61-r, in order to provide emergency medical care to a limited contingent of patients with especially severe pathology, Moscow Endocrine Plant subordinate to the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, in accordance with the established procedure, purchased and inported a medicinal product not authorized in the Russian Federation with the international non-proprietary name Procarbazine (trade name Natulan)," said Lyudmila Shershakova, Advisor to the Director General of Moscow Endocrine Plant.
Procarbazine belongs to the pharmacotherapeutic group of antineoplastic agents, alkylating compounds and is used in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease (lymphogranulomatosis), non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, clasmocytoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Brill-Simmer’s disease, and brain tumors.
"The medicinal product in the amount of 642 packages will be transferred to medical institutions of 26 constituent Russian regions, determined by the Ministry of Health of Russia: Vologda region, Kemerovo region - Kuzbass, Kirov region, Leningrad region, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod region, Novosibirsk region, Orenburg region, Perm Krai, Republic of Bashkortostan, Republic of Ingushetia, Republic of Karelia, Republic of North Ossetia - Alania, Rostov region, St. Petersburg, Saratov region, Sverdlovsk region, Tver region, Tomsk region, Ulyanovsk region, Khabarovsk Krai, Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra, Chelyabinsk region, Chechen Republic, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Yaroslavl region," said Mikhail Vorontsov, Deputy Head of the Department for Work with Authorized Organizations of the FSUE Moscow Endocrine Plant.
Thanks to the well-functioning work of the Government of the Russian Federation, federal executive bodies, community-focused non-profit organizations, and Moscow Endocrine Plant, a socially important task is being implemented to provide people in need of Procarbazine for medical reasons.
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