Industry news

• Russia to Spend $11Mln on Maternal, Child Health Seminars

  04 July 2013 RIA Novosti

  Russia will spend up to 366 million rubles ($11.1 million) in 2013-2015 to hold training workshops to implement an international initiative on maternal and child health, the Russian government reported.

• Russia’s Birth Rate up 30% Since 2007 - Minister

  04 July 2013 RIA Novosti

  The birth rate in Russia grew 30 percent since 2007, Russian Minister of Labor and Social Protection Maxim Topilin said.

• Russia's Medtech Market

  02 July 2013 Joel Gorski, MD+DI

  The Russian market for medical equipment and supplies is estimated at $6 billion. This puts the country's healthcare market among the top 20 in the world, although per capita spending remains low by European standards, at around $42.3 About 73% of the market is supplied by imports, with Germany, the United States, Japan, and China the leading suppliers.

• Russia’s government launches reform in Academy of Sciences

  02 July 2013 ITAR TASS

  On Thursday Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved a bill liquidating three academies - the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences. A new unified public organization - the Russian Academy of Sciences - will appear instead.

• Ministry of Health simplified rules of an extract of recipes on drugs

  02 July 2013 RU.Facts

  Since July 1 in Russia the order of an extract of recipes on narcotic and psychotropic preparations became simpler. The relevant document as "The Russian newspaper" reports, was approved by Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.

• ‘World is global and Russian entrepreneurs can really supply Russian technologies worldwide’ - Rosnano

  28 June 2013 The Voice of Russia

  Actually ROSNANO was established almost 6 years ago and we actively invest in projects in companies which do high tech and we actively look at the companies out of Russia obviously, understanding that there are great technologies which are not yet in Russia would like to bring them here.

• Сost of healthcare in Russia will amount to 6% of GDP by 2020 - deputy PM

  28 June 2013 The Voice of Russia

  Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets expects that by 2020, the health expenditures in Russia will be 6% of the GDP.
   

• The pharmaceutical market in Russia - current status, trends and changes

  11 June 2013 Tomasz Domagała, CEbiotech.com

  During his speech at BioForum 2013 in Budapest, Artur Shigabutdinov, from the Russian company Nadim Cro, characterized the pharmaceutical sector in Russia. He stressed the important role of generic drugs in the development of the pharmaceutical sector in the country, listed the factors stimulating development of the sector, as well as those that slow it down and talked about the changes in Russian legislation that reflect on the performance of the sector.

• Government obliges corporations to buy Russian technologies

  10 June 2013 Venture News

  The government intends to make a list of innovative products and services which share in state companies’ purchases should be increased. The priority will be given to Russian suppliers. 
   

• How to invest in Russian technoparks

  10 June 2013 Daniil Zhelobanov, Russia Beyond the Headlines

  In the 2000s, the Russian government came to regard technoparks as a perfect means of fostering innovation in the country's economy. Technoparks began to spring up all over the country, thanks to numerous government programs and initiatives. Five years ago, a World Bank study confirmed that one of Russia’s provinces, the Republic of Tatarstan, had more technoparks per capita than the country which invented them — the United Kingdom.