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

Abstract

The article presents a transcript of a report by A. G. Natradze, Deputy Commissar of Health of the USSR, which was read at a meeting of industrial workers on January 31, 1944. The report summarizes the industry's performance, highlighting the increase in drug production by chemical and pharmaceutical enterprises in 1943 compared to 1942 for most products, as well as the failure to meet the plan for restoring the previous range of drugs and introducing new products. During 1942 and 1943, the newly established enterprises of Glavmedfarmprom, which had previously produced only simple galenic preparations, began to produce complex chemical drugs. New enterprises were established in the Union republics (Tashkent, Frunze, and Baku), which began to produce both galenic preparations and complex substances. At the same time, A. G. Natradze pointed out the measures that, during the reporting period, led to an increase in labor productivity and a decrease losses of energy, raw materials, and supplies. The majority of the report focused on the industry's plans for 1944.