From April 15 to 18, Ekaterinburg hosted the 6th international specialized exhibition and forum Healthcare of the Urals–2025. This year, 130 companies from 34 cities of Russia and the Republic of Belarus took part in the event, presenting over 1000 units of medical equipment and goods. The residents of the Ural Biomedical Cluster were traditionally among the participants, as well as its collective member – the Association of Medical and Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of the Sverdlovsk Region.
On April 6, the First Children's Polyclinic in the Akademichesky District celebrated its 10th anniversary. During this time, the institution has become a flagship of high-quality and affordable medical care for children, serving 33,083 young patients. The polyclinic was created by the initiative of the Ural Biomedical Cluster and the Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region and became a successful example of public-private partnership.
A meeting of the Committee on Entrepreneurship in Healthcare and Medical Industry of the Ural Chamber of Commerce and Industry was held in Ekaterinburg on March 18, 2025, chaired by Alexander Petrov. Participants of the event, including representatives of the Association of Medical Specialists for Risk Modification, the Association of Medical and Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of the Sverdlovsk Region, the Ural Biomedical Cluster and members of the Committee considered key challenges in maintaining the health of the able-bodied population, fighting against socially significant diseases and regulating prices for vital drugs.
The Russian pharmaceutical industry has gained significant stability in the recent years thanks to manufacturers such as Medsintez Plant. This is a modern full-cycle biotechnological enterprise that develops and manufactures pharmaceutical ingredients and drugs that meet international GMP and ISO standards.
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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