Plans to resume domestic vaccine production are being discussed in Ukraine, Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said in an interview with Radio Liberty.
“You probably know that in Ukraine, apparently back in the 1990s, the production of any vaccine was completely destroyed. Now we have repeatedly talked with the President of the country to start restoring vaccine production. This concerns influenza, this applies to other vaccines, which we use every year,” Stepanov on the air of the Saturday Interview program.
According to the minister, the country has a corresponding scientific potential.
“We have a good school. Of course, this process is not very fast. It will take several years for us to have our own vaccine developed by our scientists. At the same time, I have already held several meetings with our entrepreneurs who have appropriate production lines. Farmak, Lekhim, which have the corresponding certified lines for the production of vaccines,can produce either a Ukrainian vaccine, if it appears, or another,” Stepanov said.
