Digest news 24.08.2023-25.08.2023
Regulators
The preferential VAT rate will not apply to the import and sale of accessories for medical devices
The Ministry of Finance proposed to clarify the provisions of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation. The agency intends not to apply the preferential VAT rate on the import and sale of accessories for medical devices.
The import and sale of accessories for medical devices will not be subject to a preferential VAT rate. The corresponding draft federal law is posted on the portal of draft legal regulations. The document, if adopted, will enter into force one month after its official publication.
According to the document, the benefit will be applied only to the sale of a medical device consisting of all the components and accessories specified in the registration certificate. It will not apply to the sale of individual parts and accessories of the medical device named in the regulatory certificate.
Exemption from VAT at 10% for the import of medical products, including those consisting of components, as well as accessories to them, will be applied subject to the conditions approved by the government, the explanatory note notes.
Market news
More than 500 million rubles were allocated for medical equipment in the Altai Territory
By the end of the year, tomographs, mammographs, fluorographs, digital X-rays and other heavy equipment will be delivered to the medical institutions of the region - a total of 30 units of medical equipment.
According to the governor, in some medical institutions, new equipment is already being prepared for launch. For example, a new digital device for lung fluorography will soon start operating in the Novoaltaysk city hospital. The old one has exhausted its resource. In addition, for the first time the hospital will receive a modern 32-slice CT scanner. This is a unique, high-tech equipment. There are only a few medical institutions of the country like this. Doctors say that with such a tomograph, you can examine the lungs, abdominal cavity, and brain in detail. It will begin to apply in September.
Other
Roche Russia has appointed a new government affairs manager
Roche announced the appointment of a new government relations manager. Earlier this position was left by Dmitry Kozlov.
Anatoly Klimenkov has been appointed Head of the Department for Strategic Cooperation with Government Authorities and Healthcare Development at JSC Rosh-Moscow. He will start work on August 29, the press service of the company told FV.
A new rapid analysis has been developed to identify the causes of fever in children
Scientists have developed and tested a simplified method for identifying the causative agent of infectious or inflammatory diseases in children. Using the new HEALTH test, a simple blood test will reveal the cause of a child's fever within an hour.
Researchers at Imperial College London have developed and validated a diagnostic method for identifying and differentiating 18 infectious or inflammatory diseases in children, including group B streptococcus, respiratory syncytial virus and tuberculosis. The results of the study are published on the Innovation Origins portal.
The researchers analyzed data from several thousand patients, including more than 1,000 children, with 18 types of infectious or inflammatory diseases. They assessed which genes were “turned on” and “turned off” in response to various infectious diseases, creating a molecular portrait of pathologies.
The scientists then used machine learning to profile gene expression in response to pathogen exposure, focusing on a panel of 161 genes across 18 disease states. The results were confirmed with the participation of 411 children hospitalized with sepsis or severe infectious diseases. In the analysis of the blood of these children, gene expression was determined. The diagnosis was additionally confirmed using modern clinical methods.
The functional test is not yet available for clinical practice. An additional study involving thousands of patients in hospitals in Europe, Africa and Asia is planned. But now scientists say that this approach will help ensure the correct and timely treatment of each patient, optimizing the use of antibiotics and reducing the time to diagnose inflammatory diseases.
New registered medical devices
We publish a list of new medical devices registered from 18.08.2023 to 25.08.2023
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