Uzbekistan. Statistics of medicinal products registered in the country

According to the data of the Main Department for Quality Control of Medical Drugs and Equipment of the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan, the list of certified drugs and products registered by government, currently 5,914 medical drugs (MDs) and health products (HPs) were registered, of which 970 or 16.4% - are domestically produced (state register of medical drugs – 315, 2011). Remaining medications were produced in non-CIS (3,131) and CIS countries (1,813).

Figure 1. Total number of medicinal products registered in Uzbekistan

The list of main medical drugs includes 347 drugs including 136 (or 39.1%) produced by domestic companies.

Domestic manufacturers have got registered 130 medical drugs in 11 non-CIS and CIS countries (Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine).

Upon expansion of manufacturing base of research institutions and starting production of substances with consideration for mineral resources and industrial potential, production of a wide range of substances and components for medical drugs of animal and plant origin as well as based on inorganic, mineral, synthetic materials, production of radiopharmaceutical preparations and blood products can be arranged in Uzbekistan.

Source: UNDP