09:43, 17 августа 2023, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Maria ORLOVA
The Russian manufacturer GEROPHARM handed over more than 4,300 insulin pens as humanitarian aid to Kyrgyzstan. The company announced.
The total cost is more than 1.5 million soms. In the near future, the medicine will be distributed among regions of the country.
The company said that the decision was made after information about the shortage of insulin appeared in the media of Kyrgyzstan in the spring.
«In March and June 2023, Mavlyan Abdiev, Deputy Director of the Department of Medicines and Medical Products under the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic, Azamat Mukanov, Chairman of the Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund, and Aibek Zhumataev, Deputy Director of Kyrgyzfarmatsiya state enterprise visited the production sites of GEROPHARM. They got acquainted with the stages of insulin production and were able to personally inspect its compliance with international standards,» the company added.