On September 11–17, 2026, Ekaterinburg hosted the International Youth Festival, a large-scale event that brought together 10,000 young leaders from 191 countries. At the festival running under the motto «Follow Your Dream,» the Medsintez Plant presented its exhibition, showcasing the achievements of the Ural pharmaceutical industry in the field of import substitution.
The updated clinical guidelines for treatment of ARVI in children took effect on September 2, 2026. The document was developed by leading experts from the Union of Pediatricians of Russia, the Interregional Association for Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (IACMAC), and the Russian Society of Emergency Medical Care and approved by the Scientific and Practical Council of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. It fundamentally shifts therapeutic approaches toward enhanced safety and minimal drug burden.
On September 3–4, 2026, Nizhny Novgorod hosted the 2nd Regional Endocrinological Congress: Challenges and Prospects of the Volga Region, with the active participation of the Medsintez Plant. As a strategic company, Medsintez Plant has been ensuring Russia's pharmaceutical security for 25 years. Company's exhibition booth showcased a range of hormonal medications for treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, as well as drugs for infertility treatment through the IVF method.
More than twenty years ago, the Regiony Rossii (Regions of Russia, RR) magazine witnessed the birth of an innovative pharmaceutical production facility in Novouralsk, which had no analogues in the country. Today, the Medsintez Plant is a strategic asset in terms of national pharmaceutical security, a recognized industry leader, a National Champion, and a winner of prestigious awards. The secret behind the success of the Ural school of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology is explored in this article by RR.
Genetic and gene and cell technologies (GCT), which make it possible to modify the properties of cells in a targeted manner, is a direction that the UN has officially recognized as a technology of the 21st century.
Hopes for the treatment of the most severe and massive diseases, such as cardiovascular, oncological and metabolic diseases, are associated with success in the development of GCT.
The small innovative enterprise Ural Biomedical Company LLC acts as a coordinator in this area, bringing together the efforts of specialists from the Department of Molecular and Cellular Technologies of the Ural State Medical University and the Laboratory of Cell and Gene Therapy Technology of the Institute of Medical Cellular Technologies in conducting an R&D cycle and implementing innovative projects for the development, production and use of a new generation of personalized medicines based on gene and gene-cell technologies based on the patented developments of one of the leading scientific schools in Russia – Professor O. G. Makeev's School.
Currently, the studies coordinated by Ural Biomedical Company LLC are at different stages of preclinical and clinical trials, which are highly recognized both in Russia and abroad – in particular, representatives of the above scientific school have obtained dozens of patents, have been awarded gold medals at European and Russian forums and exhibitions of biomedical technologies.
According to the National Society of Regenerative Medicine, a unique product for the Russian and world markets – AversGel – a gel for natural skin rejuvenation based on components of a certified human stem cell line, entered the top 10 breakthrough technologies in Russia in 2017 with the comment: "These technologies will remain with us for a long time. They will change the economy and politics, make a breakthrough in medicine, leave a cultural mark. Some of them are just taking shape, while others can take more than a decade to develop. But you need to know about them right now.”
