The Irkutsk plant of the Pharmasyntez Group of Companies opened its doors to a delegation of the Ministry of Economic Development and students of the World Economy Department of Baikal State University.
Representatives of the company gave the guests a tour. The students saw the Sterile Solid Dosage Form Department, sterile rooms, drying machines for glass drug containers, and an automated packaging line.
Answering the students' questions, Evgeny Orachevsky, Director for Government Relations of Pharmasyntez JSC, commented on the forthcoming opening of a production facility for bronchodilators for the treatment of asthma.
“The creation of a new workshop for the production of asthma medicines is in its final stage. It will produce at least ten types of drugs in various forms: both capsules and aerosols. It is also planned to produce contract mechanical devices that will ensure the delivery of the drug to the patient's lungs.”
The tour participants were also told that Pharmasyntez is fulfilling the task of essential medicines import substitution set by the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin. Natalia Gershun, the Head of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Irkutsk Region, emphasized that the company received government support at all stages of its development and expansion: tax benefits, which made it possible to return over RUB 1.7 billion worth of funds into circulation due to savings, preferential loans from the Industrial Development Fund, which were used to purchase new equipment. The company also became a participant in the Labor Productivity national project initiated by the President of the Russian Federation.
The participants of the tour noted that they enjoyed learning about pharmaceutical production while visiting the company.
“I’m amazed by the scale of production: huge workshops, high-tech equipment, and the number of people here. I'm impressed by the concentration of people who work here: you have to make sure you don't miss anything, but at the same time you feel you're involved in something bigger - people's health,” shared student Anna Osipova.