- You spoke of pharmaceutical industry success, didn’t you? What kind of initiatives are in your plans in order to develop and consolidate this success? Do many speak about your idea to permit thebaic plants?
- I would like to start with the fact that nowadays we have imported substances for painkillers up and down. I think, this is wrong. And other countries plant white poppy in their territory under the state control. I can see, we have such an opportunity. In order to do that, it is necessary to allocate 200 hectares of land, there is definitely such an opportunity in our country. Most likely, this is Volgograd, Astrakhan - Southern region with mild climate. We will produce about 30 tons of poppy straw in this territory, which is used in the manufacture of thebaic substance. It will give us an opportunity to provide our internal market with basic substances that have recently been imported.
The work with thebaic substances on development of medicines on their bases is actually currently performed only by one enterprise - Moscow Endocrine Plant subordinate to the Ministry. It is the one that can handle plants. This project will totally be controlled by the Government, taking into account the appropriate safety standards, controlling the perimeter and so on.
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