A laboratory for small-scale chemical synthesis will be established in Vitebsk with the support of an Indian company

Indian pharmaceutical company NATCO Pharma Ltd will support the project to create a small-scale chemical synthesis laboratory in Vitebsk, as reported by SOOO "Nativita".

An agreement on technological and advisory support for the project to create Belarus's first small-scale chemical synthesis laboratory by NATCO Pharma Ltd has been reached during a meeting between the management of the medical and pharmaceutical cluster "Union of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Scientific-Educational Organizations 'Medicine and Pharmaceuticals - Innovative Projects'" and Bhuyanga Rao, a member of the Board of Directors of NATCO Pharma Ltd (India). The negotiations took place at the Vitebsk Medical University. "The project that the Indian company intends to support is aimed at creating a research center competent in the areas of development and transfer of technologies for the synthesis of expensive pharmaceutical substances; scaling up technologies for the production of pharmaceutical substances; and training personnel in microreactor synthesis technologies," explained Nativita company.

During the negotiations, the participants discussed the stages of laboratory creation and identified the key aspects of technology transfer for the synthesis of substances for the production of several socially significant drugs. It was decided that the synthesis would be carried out at the Vitebsk Medical University, and subsequently, the finished dosage forms of the drugs would be produced at the Nativita enterprise (Beshenkovichi). In addition to technological support, NATCO will actively participate in the training of scientific staff at the laboratory and the Nativita research and development center, which is an active participant in the cluster. Pharmcompany "Nativita" is a plant for the production of drugs for the treatment of malignant tumors, as well as a number of autoimmune and severe infectious diseases. The enterprise's products are included in Belarus's import substitution program.

The first pharmaceutical cluster in Belarus, "Union of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Scientific-Educational Organizations," operates in the Vitebsk region.organizations "Medicine and Pharmaceuticals - Innovative Projects". It includes the Vitebsk State Medical University, SOOO "Nativita", OOO "Rubikon", OAO "BelVitunipharm", OOO "VitVar", SOOO "AconitPharma", SOOO "Medelcombel", OOO "PharmMarketing Group", KUP "Vitebsk Regional Marketing Center", NP "Union of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Clusters" (Russia). The main goal of the cluster's activity is the comprehensive solution of problems related to the development, production, and sale of innovative products in the field of medicine and pharmacy in the territory of Belarus.

Alena Tikhonova - BELTA.