KYIV, Aug 18 – Only the state can deploy its own vaccine production in Ukraine, for this it is necessary to give guarantees of purchase for at least 10 years, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Darnitsa Group Dmytro Shymkiv has said.
"The world is moving towards building a biological safety system. Ukraine has already faced a shortage of vaccines against COVID-19. Localization of vaccine production through technology transfer could be the best solution to the situation," he told Interfax-Ukraine, commenting on possibilities of creating vaccine production in Ukraine.

According to Shymkiv's calculations, in particular, the volume of production of COVID-19 vaccines should be about 40 million doses; a consortium with the participation of local and international pharmaceutical manufacturers could be created to organize such production.