The production of medicines and medical appliances grew 140 percent as compared with the same period of last year, taking the ministry as a whole.

Pharmaceutical factories are increasing the production of penicillin, streptomycin, aspirin and other reserve medicines.

Factories under the Koryo Medicine Production Management Bureau are steadily increasing the production of medicines in February, too after fulfilling production quota for January at 147 percent.

The workers of the factories under the Medical Appliance Industrial Management Bureau increased the production 149 percent as compared with the same period of last year.