Share of Russian-made medicines on domestic market 63% - industry and trade minister

MOSCOW. Jan 21 (Interfax) - The share of Russian-made medicines on the domestic pharmaceutical market is 63%, and that on the government procurement market 80%, Industry and Trade Minister Anton Alikhanov said.

"Growing manufacturing assets secured us a 63% share of domestically-made medicines on the open market. If we talk about the government order market, we cover over 80% of the state healthcare system's needs," Alikhanov said at a conference with government ministers chaired by President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.

"We manufacture 86% of all names from the list of vital and essential medicines. Two-thirds of these can be produced based on Russian pharmaceutical substances," he said.

Domestic manufacturers supply the Health Ministry with more than 80% of cancer drugs, "including those for the most advanced, so-called targeted therapy, which is medicines based on monoclonal antibodies," Alikhanov said.

"A lot of work is yet to be done on HIV, hepatitis, and insulin medications, where we cover about half or slightly more of the total government procurement volume in certain areas," Alikhanov said.