Abandoning the "wrap" and starting a full production cycle: Kazakhstan produces 500 more names of medicines Olezhas Baktanov ordered to create optimal prices for medicines and domestic medical products at the cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Olezhas Baktanov drew attention to the need to develop the local pharmaceutical industry as part of the implementation of the tasks given in the address to the people of Kazakhstan entitled "Actual tasks of Kazakhstan in the new historical period" by the President Kasem-Jomart Tokayev. The prime minister noted that the issue of the supply of medicines directly affects the health and life of the entire country's population and is one of the most important factors for the stable functioning of the health system. By order of the head of state, steps are being taken to develop the local pharmaceutical industry, increase the scope of production and expand the variety of drugs produced. These measures ensure the safety of the country's medicines. "As our president mentioned in his address to the nation, emphasis must be placed on projects that include deep processing of products. Therefore, it should become a strategic task to abandon only the "packaging" and start the full production cycle of medicines and medical products. Drawing up investment agreements and allocating plots of land for pharmaceutical projects is only the beginning of the need to build the existing facilities to expand them now, to start the existing production. these. In addition, it will be necessary to start the production of about five hundred types of medicine and create more than 1,200 permanent jobs. It is necessary to continue working in the direction of increasing the types of domestic medicines and reducing dependence on imported products. The formulation of the optimal price is also one of the important issues." Oljas Baktanow noted.