News Digest 06.09.2023-08.09.2023
Regulators
The government plans to introduce preferential treatment for goods imported for research purposes
The government intends to introduce a preferential regime for goods imported into the country for research activities. It is proposed to extend the priority accelerated passage of customs procedures to scientific institutions, as well as participants in industrial clusters, technology parks. This was announced by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at a government meeting.
The list of goods that are cleared at customs in the first place was approved by the government in 2019 and has been supplemented several times since then. So, in June 2022, the government updated the list. It contained nucleic acids necessary for scientific research and the production of medicines.
Market news
The SEZ “Dubna” opened the production of a full cycle of hematological reagents with the participation of a partner from India
BioMedical Production LLC, the Russian production division of the international holding Erba Group, opened its doors on August 29, 2023. The ceremony was attended by heads of federal and regional departments, scientists and leading experts in the field of clinical laboratory diagnostics of the Russian Federation. Implementation of the project from the parent company of the Erba holding – Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd. (Mumbai, India).
At the first stage, production of reagents for Erba hematology analyzers began on the basis of BMP LLC. Current capacity is 500 packages per day.
The company plans to include in its product range:
- biochemical reagents;
- microbiological kits;
- control materials;
- hematological and biochemical analyzers.
The finished products will go into circulation before the end of the year.
Source: https://t.me/vademecum_live/11306
Other
At Moscow State Medical University named after. Sechenov created an improved allergy chip
Scientists from Sechenovsky and Vienna Medical Universities have developed an improved version of the allergy chip. University of Vienna professor Rudolf Valenta said that silicon technology was used to create the chip instead of glass. Due to the opacity, the sensitivity of the chip increases by 5 times.
The allergy chip allows one drop of blood to detect the presence of immunoglobulins E to more than 100 allergens. Rudolf Valenta emphasized that chip testing will take place in all regions of Russia to identify the most common allergens for each area. “This will make it possible to create vaccines tailored to the needs of residents of a particular region,” Valenta concluded.
Source: https://m.gazeta.ru/science/news/2023/09/07/21235586.shtml
New device developed to reduce risk during spinal fusion
Scientists from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand have developed a prototype product and software to reduce the risk of spinal fusion. The message was published on the Healthcare-in-Europe.com portal.
The authors noted that spinal fusion is a highly invasive procedure that has a high failure rate after just five years. Moreover, at the end of the intervention, surgeons cannot be sure of success - this is confirmed only by X-rays four months later.
The developed product is attached to a rod installed during spinal fusion, like a strain gauge. It is wirelessly connected to software to interpret the signals received from the device.
A method has been created for diagnosing chronic kidney disease using urine analysis
Molecular biologists from the Skoltech Research Center conducted a study based on biomaterials from 46 patients suffering from three types of chronic kidney diseases, as well as two dozen healthy people. They were able to identify a set of protein molecules whose concentration changes over the course of kidney disease. The researchers used the learned set of molecules to create a machine learning system to automate the diagnosis of kidney diseases with high accuracy. The algorithm helps determine the severity of membranous nephropathy by how much peptides GPX3, PLMN and A1AT are present in biofluid samples.
“We have established a list of proteins, the concentration of which may indicate the type and severity of the pathology that causes chronic kidney disease in a particular patient. Our approach is applicable to three types of pathologies: focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, small change disease, which often precedes it, and membranous nephropathy,” explains Skoltech senior researcher Alexey Kononikhin. The main goal of the new method is to quickly and painlessly diagnose severe kidney diseases in order to avoid irreversible changes in the organ.
Source: https://nauka.tass.ru/nauka/18668607
New registered medical devices
We publish a list of new medical devices registered from 09/01/2023 to 09/08/2023.
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