The chemical and pharmaceutical industry's work during the Great Patriotic War (1941–1943)

Abstract

The article presents a transcript of the report by D. M. Freistat, Chief Engineer of Glavсhimfarmprom, "On the Situation with the Production of Medicines". The report was presented on July 31, 1943, at a meeting of the Pharmacological Committee of the Scientific Medical Council of the People's Commissariat of Health of the USSR. The report lists the losses incurred by the domestic chemical and pharmaceutical industry in the first months of the war and its state by mid-1943. The list includes details of the medicines that have already been produced at the restored and newly built enterprises of the industry. The difficulties affecting the growth of medicine production were noted, and plans were announced for the introduction of new production facilities that would not only increase the production of traditional medicines, but also enable the development of new drugs. The main report was supplemented by representatives of Glavmedfarmprom and the Main Pharmacy Administration. They focused on the plans for 1944. The meeting's materials were planned to be presented at a conference of pharmacologists, therapists, representatives of the distribution chain, and representatives of industrial organizations to plan further actions by the industry to increase both the range of manufactured drugs and their tonnage production.