St. Petersburg will begin to supply drugs for cancer patients in Zimbabwe

St. Petersburg pharmaceutical companies are ready to export to Zimbabwe more than 20 types of chemotherapy drugs for the treatment of oncology. Supplies were discussed during the visit of the delegation of the Republic of Zimbabwe to the local enterprise. This was reported by the Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Kirill Polyakov.

The production site of Pharmsintez-Nord, which is a resident of the Special Economic Zone, was visited by Vice President Kembo Mohadi. The main topic of the meeting was the supply of medicines to the continent.

As Kirill Polyakov noted, the turn to the African market will allow St. Petersburg producers to diversify export flows in the context of restructuring global logistics. The vice-governor also stressed that local companies already have experience in localizing production on the continent and are systematically expanding the geography of their presence.

According to Kirill Polyakov, 22 large pharmaceutical enterprises are currently operating in the Northern capital. They produce 460 international generic names of medicines, with half of them included in the list of vital medicines.