Annually, the company produces 1.5 billion tablets, as well as 20 million packs of ointments and drops.
The Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin visited the Tatchempharmpreparaty Company, where a full cycle of formulation development, production and packaging of pharmaceutical products is organized. The sanctions did not affect the work of the production, since the raw materials are supplied from friendly countries – China and India. Moreover, the management plans to modernize the equipment, which will allow increasing the volume of products.
This year, the industrial production index of Kazan has risen by 8.8%. From January to September, the city's enterprises shipped goods, performed works and rendered services in the amount of 441 billion rubles. JSC Tatchempharmpreparaty also contributed to the increase in the industrial production index of Kazan. This year, their revenue amounted to 3.29 billion rubles.
The production complex Tatchempharmpreparaty was established in 1931, it consists of two plants: chemical-pharmaceutical and suture surgical materials plants. Another area of activity is services for the licensed and contract production of pharmaceutical products of a full cycle – from design development to packaging. More than 1 thousand people work in the company.
The Mayor of Kazan visited the workshops of the enterprise, where the Director General of JSC Tatchempharmpreparaty Timur Khannanov told Ilsur Metshin about the production. Thus, according to the Director General, the production capacity and scientific and technical potential of the enterprise allows to produce more than 130 items of medicines in the form of tablets, tinctures, ointments, syrups and pastes. “Every year we produce 1.5 billion tablets, as well as 20 million packages of ointments and drops,”- T. Khannanov noted. In the near future, the company plans to renew the equipment, which will increase production volumes. Now the company is looking for new suppliers.
Timur Khannanov informed that Tatchempharmpreparaty produces suture surgical materials, including catgut suture. The products are supplied not only to the regions of the country, but also to Belarus, Latvia, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia.
As for foreign pharmaceutical companies, they continue to supply products. The pharmaceutical niche has not been vacated, so the demand for our products has remained at the same level. In spring, when residents decided to buy medicines in advance, there was a rush, but now there is no,”- the Director General noted. According to the results of the first nine months of this year, the industrial production index was 140%.
During the visit, the Mayor of Kazan was accompanied by the deputy head of the Executive Committee of Kazan, Ildar Shakirov, and the head of the administration of the Kirovsky and Moskovsky districts, Sergey Mironov.