The Association of Medical and Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of the Sverdlovsk Region, a collective member of the Ural Biomedical Cluster, has participated in the CHEMTECH URAL, first specialised forum and exhibition, held from May 26 to 28 in the Ekaterinburg-EXPO International Exhibition Centre. The organization acted as an industry partner for the event, bringing together key players from the pharmaceutical and chemical sectors of the region at its joint booth.
Pharmaceutical Chemistry: Towards Full-Cycle Production round table discussion was held as part of the business program at ChemTech Ural 2026. Alexander Petrov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Medsintez Plant LLC, was the keynote speaker at the event.
Medsintez Plant, one of Russia's leading manufacturers of insulins and drugs for the therapy of socially significant diseases, traditionally participated in the 11th (32nd) National Congress of Endocrinologists with International Participation. The event, themed Personalized Medicine in Endocrinology: From Fundamental Science to Clinical Practice, took place from 26 to 29 May in Moscow.
In 2025, the Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region, Denis Vladimirovich Pasler, signed a decree awarding the Regional Head's Certificate of Honour to Alexey Borisovich Podkorytov, CEO of Medsintez Plant LLC.
Ural State Medical University, Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the University, USMU) is the leading scientific, educational and methodological center in the Ural Federal District, which has been successfully training highly qualified medical personnel for 90 years, which has formed health care human resources of Sverdlovsk region and the Urals region and made a significant contribution to personnel training in the field of medical science and practice of the country.
“Vector of the USMU mission is aimed at strengthening the University's driving role for the innovative development of the healthcare system to attract talented young persons; integration of resources of educational, scientific institutions, industrial partners in the field of biomedicine, pharmacy and medical engineering; generation of high-tech innovative environment; creation of key elements for knowledge base of the platform “Medicine of the Future”; active introduction of integrated health-saving technologies; sustainable development of socio-cultural environment and human capital.
University target model transformation involves transition from a model of an educational institution to the model of a reference multidisciplinary (educational, scientific, innovative, practice-oriented) institution, which is a key element of networking cooperation between leading educational and scientific institutions, health care institutions, technological clusters and high-tech innovative enterprises of Sverdlovsk Region, Ural Federal District and neighboring states.
USMU is a coordinator of the Urals Scientific and Educational Medical Cluster, the base university of the Urals Scientific and Educational Consortium of Biomedicine, Pharmacy and Medical Engineering, created jointly by institutes of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Active cooperation of the University with industrial partners – enterprises of the state corporations Rosatom, Roscosmos, Rostech, manufacturers of medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, creates conditions for formation of a high-tech complex of production and infrastructure facilities for technologies development and transfer, production of modern medicines, equipment and medical devices in the Urals.
USMU projects are implemented in the Ural Interregional Scientific and Educational World-Class Center «Advanced Production Technologies and Materials» in the field of «Bioequivalent Materials for Dentistry, Surgery, Traumatology».
Commitment to longstanding traditions and susceptibility to innovations in educational, research and clinical activities, enabled the University to achieve international recognition.
Since 2012, USMU has been included in the Top 100 best universities of Russia, Top 20 universities of «Medicine and Health Care», international rankings «Three missions of universities» and Times Higher Education.
According to the results of competitive selection in 2021, the University entered the strategic academic leadership program “Priority 2030” of the Ministry of Higher Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
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