This was reported by RIA Novosti.
“A government decree has been signed on the direction of almost 18 billion rubles for medicines for children with serious and rare diseases.
The funds will go to the Circle of Kindness fund, which was created on the initiative of the president, in order to promptly purchase the necessary drugs and quickly deliver them to little patients, "Mishustin said during a cabinet meeting.
According to him, this is the third such tranche: during the existence of the fund, more than a thousand children have already been provided with expensive treatment.
The head of the Russian Ministry of Health, Mikhail Murashko, noted earlier that the "Circle of Kindness" purchases medicines for 14 diseases.
Since June 28, the Foundation has started accepting applications for the drug Zolgensma for children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), which is not registered in Russia.