Russian universities will develop medicines

It is planned to transform large higher educational institutions of Russia into modern centers in the field of development of medicines and medical devices, Director of the Department of Chemical and Technical Complex and Bioengineering Technologies of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Sergey Tsyb said at a press conference in Moscow on July 12, the correspondent of IA REGNUM reports.

"The federal target program includes the creation of centers for the development and production of medicines and products on the basis of higher educational institutions," Tsyb said.

According to him, by about 2015, six such centers in the field of drug development and two centers in the field of medical device development should be created. "And all these are iconic higher educational institutions where there are relevant competencies, for example, the State Chemical and Pharmaceutical Academy of St. Petersburg," he said.

In addition to St. Petersburg, it is planned to create similar centers in Moscow (Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology), Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod and other major cities, Tsyb said.

Recall that the strategy for the development of the pharmaceutical industry until 2020 was developed and approved at the end of 2009. The draft strategy for the development of the medical industry was publicly discussed. Now this document is being processed within the framework of the comments received.

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