Pediatrician Regina Grigorieva, deputy chief physician of the Nearmedic clinic, said in an interview: “Izvestia”He said that there has been a shortage of vaccines for the national protective vaccination calendar in Russia since the summer of this year.
According to him, there is a shortage of triple vaccines against measles, rubella, mumps and chickenpox in all regions of the country. As the expert said, in July 2022, the American pharmaceutical company MSD, which produces MMP II vaccines against measles, rubella and mumps, announced the suspension of supplies of these Russian analogues, as well as the drug Varivax for chickenpox. Although this drug has no Russian analogue. The official explained that the shortage was observed this year because, according to the law, the company could implement plans to stop the supply of medicines only one year after the notification of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and Roszdravnadzor.
The expert noted that Vaktrivir is a Russian medicine for measles, rubella and mumps. It is produced by NPO Microgen, which is part of the Nacimbio holding of the Rostec state company. At the same time, according to the doctor, domestic analogues cannot eliminate the shortage, especially considering the increase in demand due to the “cleansing vaccine” and the increase in the number of infection cases.
“In the case of another chickenpox vaccine, Varilrix, the drug manufacturer RNC Pharma experienced logistical difficulties in the delivery of the drug,” Grigorieva said.
He noted that the supply of this vaccine has fallen by approximately 50 percent this year.
Fedot Tumusov, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Health Protection in November statedIt is stated that the temporary unavailability of measles vaccine in public clinics is due to logistical disruptions. According to him, they have started to solve the problem and the situation will improve soon.
previous doctors warned The Russians were aware of the dire consequences of measles and were urged to take action.