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.
On September 26, 2024, TASS hosted an expert discussion in the format of a federal teleconference Moscow-St. Petersburg-Ekaterinburg-Novosibirsk-Vologda-Anapa, dedicated to discussing the role, reasons and mechanisms for stimulating In Ekaterinburg, Alexander Petrov, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Medsintez Plant LLC, told the participants about Triazavirin, an innovative domestic antiviral drug, as a success case of private investment in science.
60 leading Russian reproductologists visited the pharmaceutical company Medsintez Plant in Novouralsk on September 4, 2024. This event was timed to coincide with the celebration of the 3rd anniversary of the opening of the production workshop for biotechnological substances for the reproductive health of women, as well as the Annual International Conference «Reproductive Technologies Today and Tomorrow» in Ekaterinburg. Leading experts and conference speakers visited the production of the first Russian follitropin alpha for the treatment of human infertility, Primapur®.
Institute of Chemical Engineering is one of leading institutes of the Ural Federal University, which does not stand still, constantly develops and keeps up to date.
Key competencies of the institute in the field of medicinal chemistry and pharmaceutical technologies are concentrated in departments, scientific laboratories, as well as in the Scientific, Educational and Innovation Center of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Technologies. A unique university in the Urals in terms of leading world-class scientific schools, technical equipment, laboratories, outstanding teachers and. scientists, educational programs. Pharmaceutical engineering is the hallmark of the Institute.
The Institute carries out active scientific and innovative work in the field of medical and pharmaceutical chemistry in cooperation with leading Russian and foreign centers. Graduates of the Institute work at chemical industry enterprises, enterprises manufacturing equipment for chemical industry, pharmaceuticals, in environmental protection institutions, in research and designing departments of biotechnological and microbiological enterprises, in production of medicinal substances, biopolymers using modern biotechnological methods, implementation of medical drug formulations and methods of quality control of raw materials, intermediate products and finished products, as well as in state regulatory organizations.