Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot34710.32687/0869-866X-2020-28-4-657-662Научная статьяThe state regulation of penicillin price in the USSR in the second half of 1940sSherstnevaE. V.lena_scherstneva@mail.ruN. A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health1512202028465766206042021Copyright © 2020,2020The article considers, on the basis of analysis of declassified archival documents, issue of the Soviet government regulating price of penicillin in the second half of the 1940s in conditions of continuing drug shortage. The factors that affected formation of selling and retail prices of antibiotic are considered. Based on the calculation of cost of treatment of a number of nosologies in different age groups and comparing it with the level of income of the population, the conclusion is derived that real availability of antibiotics for population in the USSR was achieved by early 1950s.penicillinproduction of antibioticsthe USSRprice availabilityпенициллинпроизводство антибиотиков в СССРценовая доступность1.Зубкова Е. Ю. Послевоенное советское общество: политика и повседневность. 1945-1953. М.: РОССПЭН; 2000. С. 71-5.2.Кузнецова Н. В. Снижение цен и материальный уровень жизни населения СССР в 1947-1952 гг. Вестник ВолгГУ. Серия 4. 2008;1(3):32-42.3.Зейфман Н., Зыкова Г. Из истории пенициллина в СССР после войны. (В. И. Зейфман и Э. Б. Чейн). Знание - сила. 2018;(1):40-8.4.Шерстнева Е. В. Организация промышленного производства пенициллина в СССР. Проблемы социальной гигиены, здравоохранения и истории медицины. 2020;28(2):321-6.