A. Lukashenko visits the Vitebsk Biopharma Plant

July 9, Vitebsk / Tatyana Polozhay - BELTA /. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko is visiting the Vitebsk Biopharma Production Unitary Enterprise, BELTA correspondent reports. The head of state will be informed about the measures being taken to supply the republic's livestock with veterinary medicines of domestic production. Alexander Lukashenko will familiarize himself with the organization and economics of the production of modern veterinary drugs at the Vitebsk Biopharma Production Unitary Enterprise and their supply to domestic and foreign markets, as well as with modern equipment and the technological process of veterinary drug production. It is expected that the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee will present proposals to the President on the construction, reconstruction and repair of facilities in Vitebsk and amendments to the city's master plan. Vitebsk Biopharma is the only enterprise in the biological industry in the republic that manufactures medicinal serums and bacterial vaccines for livestock needs. From 1995 to 2010, the production of more than 60 types of veterinary drugs was mastered. The products manufactured by the biopharma are intended for the detection, prevention and successful treatment of the most common bacterial and viral infections in livestock. In 2005, the reconstruction of the biopharma began with the aim of creating proper sanitary and hygienic conditions, reorganizing technological processes at a modern level, and also most fully meeting the needs of the republic's livestock in biological preparations. To complete the reconstruction, technological re-equipment, landscaping of the territory, and development of new types of products (viral drugs), additional funding from the republican budget in the amount of Br4.5 billion is required. -0-