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®.
First Children's Polyclinic LLC was opened on the territory of the new Akademichesky District on April 6, 2015 at the initiative of Evgeny Kuyvashev, the Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region, and Alexander Petrov, a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. The society is a prime example of public-private partnership. The polyclinic fulfills the state order in full and provides pre- medical, medical and specialized primary health care to the children's population within the framework of compulsory medical insurance.
The polyclinic is equipped with modern high-tech medical equipment, mainly Russian- made, and provides comfortable conditions for visitors and medical workers.
Highly qualified specialists (3 of them with a Ph.D. degree) receive patients at First Children's Polyclinic: district pediatricians and specialized doctors.
During the operation of the health care facility, the number of patients attached to it is increasing, and on the current day the number of attached children is 30,000 people in the Akademichesky District.
On July 1, 2022, new pediatric department No. 3 of First Children's Polyclinic LLC opened its doors in the Polesie Neighborhood. District pediatricians receive patients in the branch. The consulting rooms are equipped in accordance with modern requirements.
The polyclinic has a day patient facility where children take rehabilitation treatment and diagnostics.
The convenience of the Polyclinic lies in the fact that everything necessary for providing quality medical care – attendance, the whole range of examinations: laboratory, functional, radiation diagnostics (ultrasound, X-ray) and treatment are in one place. The health care facility operates 7 days a week. Lean Polyclinic technologies are used: from the moment of opening, an «open registration office» has been operating, there is an electronic information board, navigation, playrooms, a room for breast feeding babies, a pram storage room, a comfort zone, the patient flows are divided, there is a single Call center, unified electronic medical record is kept.