MEDICINE



European pharma companies in favour of higher drug prices due to Trump’s tariffs

... purchase and sales prices of medicines to support manufacturers amid the ... sectoral duties on imports of medicines to the US will reduce ... the development of new advanced medicines and set a high target ...

24.04.2025
Europe , EU , US , medicine

Rescue technology

... is a victory for domestic medicine. It is important for us ... of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, “Our medicine is one of the most ... most relevant research in modern medicine. All this has happened in ...

23.04.2025
Belarus , medicine , liver , transplants , development , Oleg Rummo , technologies , innovation

Media: Musk’s rivals granted permission to develop less invasive brain implant

One of the co-founders of Elon Musk’s Neuralink is developing a new type of brain implant, Bloomberg reports Photo: www.bloomberg.com The device, developed by startup Precision Neuroscience Corp., was used to treat 63-year-old Tim Fischer in early April. “In an operating room in Philadelphia, a surgeon placed a sliver of film, thinner than a human hair and embedded with over a thousand electrodes, on Fisher’s brain,” the publication reads. After a little training, when Fischer could move his ...

21.04.2025
Neuralink , brain , chip , implant , science , medicine , experiment

Belarusian scientists mastered synthesising of artificial DNA

... and the industrial production of medicines is well seen at the ... development in the field of medicine and pharmacology “The Institute of ... for the development of personalised medicine methods.

15.04.2025
dna , medicine , science

Points of attraction for foreigners in Minsk: medicine, shopping, entertainment

Tourists from abroad most often visit medical institutions, retail facilities, and places for entertainment – as noted by Anastasia Kavrus, who heads the Tourism Marketing Department at the Minsk Information and Tourism Centre, sb.by reports When commenting on the preferences of guests of the Belarusian capital during the recent international travel and hospitality show in Moscow, MITT, Ms. Kavrus said that Minsk is trying to focus on the development of family tourism: in recent years, the ...

14.04.2025
Belarus , tourism , travellers , medicine , shopping

Belarus, Brazil ready to co-operate in agricultural and medicine

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Brazil Andrey Andreyev has presented copies of his credentials to First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil Maria Laura da Rocha, sb.by reports with reference to the Belarusian Foreign Ministry ’s press service Photo: www.mfa.gov.by It is noted that, during the meeting, the parties discussed the current agenda, concrete steps to enhance political co-operation, including within the framework of BRICS, as well as the importance ...

14.04.2025
Belarus , Brazil , agriculture , medicine

Director of Cancer Research Centre: five-year cancer survival rate makes about 60% in Belarus

The five-year survival rate for patients diagnosed with cancer makes around 60 percent in Belarus, and 63 percent of all patients suffering from cancer in the republic are able to work. As noted by Sergey Polyakov, the Director of N. N. Alexandrov National Cancer Centre, the figures meet the average European level. Over the past decade, the Belarusian centre’s specialists have improved the survival rate of their patients, and it is planned to be raised even more in the next five years due to the ...

04.04.2025
medicine , Belarus , Oncology

Penza Region ready to liaise with Belarus in medicine

This was noted by Governor of Russia’s Penza Region Oleg Melnichenko after his today’s meeting with President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko “We have interesting proposals in terms of biotechnology. The Penza Region is not only industry and agriculture. It is also good technology. It accounts for 70 percent of the Russian market for the production of heart valves. This includes minimally invasive surgeries, instruments, suture materials, everything related to rapid healing of surgical wounds. ...

01.04.2025
Belarus , Russia , Penza Region , co-operation , medicine

Belarus, Cuba to build joint pharmaceutical company

... only the export of our medicines to Cubans, but also the ... import of medicines we are interested in.” Mr ...

31.03.2025
Belarus , medicine , pharmaceutics , National Academy of Sciences

Minsk’s medical institutions earned $12.4m from export of medical services in 2024

In 2024, exports of medical services, provided by state healthcare organisations in the Belarusian capital, amounted to $12.4m, with a growth rate of 109.7 percent compared to the target of 107.7 percent – as noted by Chairman of the Healthcare Committee of the Minsk City Executive Committee Igor Yurkevich at the final meeting of the committee’s board, Minsk-Novosti news agency reports As the specialist noted, transplantology continues to account for the largest share in the export structure ( ...

20.03.2025
Minsk , medicine , healthcare , exports

Scientists from Russia created Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease inhibitor

Specialists from Mari State University, as part of an international team, have developed an innovative compound capable of combating a dangerous process of cell suppression known as ferroptosis, RIA Novosti reports Photo: www.freepik.com It is noted that this discovery could be a breakthrough in the treatment of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. The peculiarity of the new substance is that it effectively suppresses ferroptosis without having a toxic effect on living cells. Unlike existing ...

17.03.2025
Russia , health , medicine

Haematology-focusing basic organisation planned for CIS

It is proposed to create a basic organisation in the field of haematology in the Commonwealth of Independent States, and the relevant draft regulation was reviewed by an expert group at the CIS headquarters in Minsk, sb.by reports with reference to the CIS Executive Committee Photo: www.cis.minsk.by The meeting was attended by representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and the CIS Executive Committee, who finalised and agreed on the document. It ...

11.03.2025
cis , Haematology , medicine

Over 490 organ transplant operations performed in Belarus in 2024

Belarus continues to expand its high-tech operations, with 492 organ transplants performed in 2024 – as noted by Belarus’ Healthcare Minister Aleksandr Khodzhaev during the ministry’s final board meeting photo: www.belta.by Last year, Belarus ranked 6th in the world in the number of kidney transplants per million population and 15th in the number of liver transplants per million population. “One of the socially important high-tech types of medical care is endoprosthesis of large joints. In 2024 ...

06.03.2025
Belarus , medicine , healthcare , Khodzhaev , surgeries

Healthcare Minister on Belarusian medicine development

The next year is dedicated to improving the organisation of quality and accessible assistance for our population at all levels, from village to city – as noted by Belarus’ Healthcare Minister Aleksandr Khodzhaev “We reformatted regulatory legal documents that had been in use for decades. We are also carrying out a planned, systematic re-equipment of our facilities. In 2024, we built and reconstructed 25 facilities, spending about Br1.2bn from the republican and local budgets. Together with high- ...

03.03.2025
Belarus , healthcare ministry , Khodzhaev , medicine

21,000+ large joint replacements performed in Belarus in 2024

Figures show serious work on endoprosthetic replacement of large joints in Belarus. For example, about 7,500 hip and knee replacement surgeries were performed in the country in 2019, while last year saw 21,300 such surgeries. The increase is actually three times – as noted by Doctor of Medical Sciences, Prof. Mikhail Gerasimenko, the Director of the Republican Scientific and Practical Centre for Traumatology and Orthopaedics, a corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences. The ...

26.02.2025
Belarus , medicine , surgery , joint replacements

Doctor on which milk can be good alternative to cow's

In recent times, the whole world has turned against cow's milk. People say it may lead to the development of an allergy, excess weight or even cancer. Microsurgeon, chiropractor Ruslan Masgutov explained which milk can be a good alternative to cow's. Photo: www.freepik.com According to Mr. Masgutov, coconut milk can be an excellent substitute for cow's milk. “It contains many vitamins: fat-soluble K and E, which help maintain bone health and protect cells from oxidative stress and promote ...

25.02.2025
coconut , milk , doctor , medicine

Belarus’ Research and Practical Centre for Paediatric Surgery: endovascular techniques used for most heart surgeries

Endovascular surgery is one of the most important areas of the work of the Republican Research and Practical Centre for Paediatric Surgery. The method facilitates treatment and rehabilitation of patients. Last year, the centre performed more than 1,100 heart surgeries, 57 percent of them endovascular – as noted by Pavel Chernoglaz, the Head of the Centre’s Angiography Department, sb.by reports. World surgery, and cardiac surgery in particular, is focused on high-quality, effective and minimally ...

24.02.2025
Belarus , medicine , surgery , endovascular technique

Belarus’ Healthcare Minister: healthcare has been and remains priority for the state

... most advanced achievements of world medicine are being introduced into Belarus ...

20.02.2025
Belarus , hospital , Khodzhaev , medicine , medical equipment

Belarusian, Russian traumatologists developed Spinal Systems-2 programme for children

Belarusian and Russian traumatologists have developed the Spinal Systems-2 programme for children – as noted by Kirill Krivorot, the Deputy Director for Organisational and Methodological Work at the Republican Scientific and Practical Centre for Traumatology and Orthopaedics “We worked on the Spinal Systems-1 programme with Russian colleagues within the framework of the Union State programme from 2017 to 2020,” Mr. Krivorot explained. “As a result, new methods of diagnostics and treatment of ...

19.02.2025
Belarus , Russia , traumatologists , treatment , medicine

Belarusian orthopaedics and traumatology methods used in different countries

Colleagues from the United Kingdom and the United States came to the Republican Scientific and Practical Centre of Traumatology and Orthopaedics to learn from the Belarusian experience. The domestic methods – mostly related to reconstructive surgery of the children's hip joint – have also been introduced and are in demand in Japan and Iran. Professor Mikhail Gerasimenko, the Director of the Centre, Doctor of Medical Sciences and a corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences, shared ...

14.02.2025
Belarus , medicine

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