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Today, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan hosted a meeting of the interagency working group on the development of medical and pharmaceutical industry in Tatarstan, chaired by Minister Karimov.

The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister Aleksey Savelchev, Director General of PharmMedPolis Albert Gaifullin, representatives of republic’s sectoral ministries and agencies, SEZ Innopolis, and others.

At the beginning of the meeting, the Minister outlined the main goal of creating the International Medical Cluster (IMC) as ensuring the accessibility of the world’s best traditional medical practices for the population and legalising the activities of foreign clinics that provide these services in Russia at present.

Albert Gaifullin presented the IMC project concept that was made with account for the development plan of the SEZ Innopolis, a project’s strategic partner.

So, the site of the SEZ Innopolis will see the construction of a clinical centre, a biotechnological park, and an industrial warehouse facility. As pilot projects, it is planned to create a centre of traditional Chinese medicine and an Ayurveda clinic.

The implementation of such an initiative will help to attract investment from the BRICS and SCO countries, to promote the growth of educational activities and tourism in the field of healthcare, the transfer of medical technology, and the development of international cooperation.

Today, the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade hosted the discussion on the creation of the International Medical Cluster of Tatarstan.

Within the framework of this topic, Minister Karimov and Deputy Minister Savelchev, jointly with State Duma Deputy Ayrat Farrakhov, discussed the issues of the draft Federal Law “On Amendments to the Federal Law No. 160-FZ dated June 29, 2015 “On International Medical Cluster and Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts”.

This project delimits the scope of the city of Moscow and the Moskovskaya Oblast to interact exclusively with residents from OECD countries, and Tatarstan, with residents from the BRICS and SCO countries.

Further on, Albert Karimov also held a meeting with representatives of PharmMedPolis and the ATEM Capital investment fund. The parties discussed issues of bringing residents to the medical industrial park and attracting foreign investment in the medical cluster of Tatarstan.

The creation of the International Medical Cluster on the territory of Tatarstan would expand the availability of effective methods for treating patients by means of traditional medicine, organise the transfer of the best medical practices, localise the production of natural preparations, and would also contribute to the development of medical tourism in Russia and Tatarstan.