OREANDA-NEWS As part of the national project "New technologies for saving health", it is planned to increase the share of domestic production of essential medicines to 90%, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a strategic session on new technologies for saving health.

"As for the production base, during the period of the national project, it is planned to increase the share of domestic production in the field of vital and essential medicines to 90 percent, for medical devices - up to 40 percent," the prime minister said.

Mishustin added that this will contribute to the formation of the country's technological sovereignty in the field of pharmaceuticals and the medical industry.