Industry news

• Russian medical fraternity keen to forge ties with Indian counterparts

  31 May 2013 Business Line

  Given the shortage of doctors, nurses and paramedics in the country as well as the rising cost of medical health services in the private sector, Health Minister Suresh Shetty has appealed to the private sector to join hands with the Government to provide charitable services for the needy.

• WHO publications to be more actively translated into Russian - RF health minister

  24 May 2013 ITAR TASS

  Publications of the World Health Organization (WHO) will be more actively translated into Russian, which will increase the accessibility of advanced knowledge in all the countries where people use it, Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said at an information event organised on the sidelines of the 66th World Health Assembly. It opened in Geneva on Monday. Russian is on the list of WHO official languages, along with English, Arabic, Spanish, Chinese and French. 

• Analysis: Drugmakers face more scrutiny of discordant U.S. prices

  13 May 2013 Deena Beasley, Reuters

  The world's biggest drug makers have for years enjoyed rich premiums for their medicines in the U.S. market. Those days may be coming to an end.

• The Outlook for Medical Devices in Brazil, Russia, India & China

  08 May 2013 ReportLinker

  Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: The Outlook for Medical Devices in Brazil, Russia, India & China. These leading emerging economies represent a total medical market of US$26.8 billion. But how might the impact of the economic downturn affect them? Where do commercial opportunities exist for medical device companies now, and what are the future prospects?
   

• Big drugmakers think small with nanomedicine deals

  07 May 2013 Ben Hirschler, Reuters

  Is nanomedicine the next big thing? A growing number of top drug companies seem to think so.

• Russian delegation’s participation in the forum BIO 2013 causes a huge interest

  06 May 2013 Life Sciences Leader

  The Russian delegation took part in the world largest event for professionals of the biotechnology industry, the BIO International Convention 2013.

• US-Russian Initiative in Life Science cooperation

  06 May 2013 Northern Biopharmaceutical Cluster

  The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the University of Wisconsin announce a non-exclusive consortium developing innovative therapeutics aimed at improvement of human and animal health.

• Russian pharmaceutical industry shines at the BIO International Convention 2013

  30 April 2013 Modern Russia

  The Russian pharmaceutical industry made its mark at this year’s BIO International Convention in Chicago. Sergey Tsyb, Director of the Department of Chemical Industries and Bioengineering Technologies at the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, highlighted the government’s strategy for Russian pharmaceutical development at the “Spotlight on the BRICS: Russia” session on Monday.

• Moody's sees pick-up in pharmaceutical industry M&A in 2013

  23 April 2013 Reuters

  Cash-rich drug companies are likely to make more acquisitions in 2013 after a thin year for deals in 2012, ratings agency Moody's Investors Service said on Tuesday.

• New retraining program for biotech specialists announced

  15 April 2013 Marchmont Innovation News

  The Rusnano InfraFund and Nanolek, a biotech company set up by Russia’s nanotech giant, will invest on a par basis in excess of $530,000 in the development and implementation of a vocational retraining program for specialists working on immunobiological drugs and related technologies, Rusnano announced  earlier this week.