Our projects
The second project. Due to the political situation in the world our country faced very serious challenges. In 2022, after the start of the special military operation (SMO), the European notified bodies revoked CE and ISO 13485 certificates from the Russian exporters of medical equipment, thereby striving to deprive the right to sell and deliver their products in the international markets from the Russian manufacturers of medical equipment.
The AEMTOP Association was actively engaged in solving the given problem, so that Russian registration certificates should be recognized as the equivalent to the American and European certificates (FDA, CE).
In 2022, the Congress of pharmaceutical and medical industry workers was held, where acute issues were discussed, including the sale of medical equipment in the context of the introduction of economic restrictions against the Russian Federation. Important decisions were made, so the task of ensuring technological independence in healthcare became particularly relevant.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation held a number of meetings and conferences on stimulating the promotion of medical products in the foreign markets as well. The AEMTOP Association sent out letters to the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, and the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Mishustin, with relevant proposals and solutions to the problem. The Association tried to convey the importance and the core of the given problem to our country leaders.
The First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Manturov D.V. visited the company LLC "Neurosoft" Ivanovo (photo). After the visit, a videoconference was held devoted to the mentioned topic, and the AEMTOP Association received a response from the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
As a result, measures will be developed to combine the efforts of the state and business for the production of medical products based on acceleration of the technological development of the industry, as well as proposals to improve the product circulation regulation system and strengthen government support in providing medical facilities with medical equipment.
The first project, which was launched by the Association, has no direct connection with exports, however, its implementation will help to free up significant funds that can be invested in export projects.
We are talking about a complete ban on government purchases of foreign equipment for functional diagnostics. In this matter, we have enlisted the support of the Russian Association of functional Diagnostics specialists, who confirm that the Russian medical industry manufactures the complete line of the required equipment of all classes – from the simplest to the expert-level ones, with the duly quality in a significant number of independent enterprises, which ensures significant competition. Our position was also supported by the All-Russia People's Front (ONF), which held a working meeting on this issue, which was attended by 10 Russian manufacturers. As a part of this project, the Association's management met with Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Sergey Tsyb. This is a long-term project, and the work in this direction will be continued. In case of successful implementation, we consider the extension of the ban on equipment for functional diagnostics as a pilot project with further expansion of the foreign products ban list and possibly it will be applied in the other branches of the medical industry.
- Cooperation with the Russian Export Center (REC).
- A Russian-Iranian project for the supply of domestic medical equipment.
- At the international exhibition MEDICA (Dusseldorf, Germany), a number of meetings were held with a large number of potential AEMTOP participants
The Association announces the continuation of the activities in 2018.