The Biocombinat state-owned enterprise (SOE) aims to release its first doses of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine by November, the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry reported.

Iderbat Tsagaankhuu, Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry, met with Byambasaikhan B., CEO of Biocombinat SOE, and Dulamsuren B., Head of its Production and Technology Department. The Minister instructed the executives to intensify operations, optimize management, and boost domestic vaccine production.

From 2021 to 2025, Mongolia spent over MNT 70 billion on importing vaccines to prevent contagious animal diseases, such as FMD, peste des petits ruminants (sheep and goat plague), and lumpy skin disease. To reduce this reliance on imports, Biocombinat is localizing technologies to manufacture new peste des petits ruminants vaccines and to mix and package FMD vaccines. In collaboration with major laboratories in Russia and China, a working group under the Ministry aims to roll out the first FMD vaccine doses in November, following field trials scheduled for this month.

"We must urgently organize and push forward the timely production and rollout of the new vaccine doses," Minister Iderbat ordered. "Furthermore, attention must be paid to manufacturing high-quality contagious caprine pleuropneumonia vaccines in strict accordance with technological standards, steering the company's management on the right track, and aligning domestic vaccine supply with market demand."

Biocombinat was founded in 1923 and upgraded into a comprehensive manufacturing complex in 1973 with technical and economic assistance from Hungary. Following a 2020 government resolution, it was reorganized into a state-owned enterprise. Today, the facility operates with four departments, 15 workshops, and 198 employees. It manufactures 46 types of products, including veterinary vaccines and diagnostics, with an annual production capacity of 135,000 liters of liquid vaccines and 31 million doses of freeze-dried vaccines.

Published Date:2026-10-06