Drug Security Forum

Current global challenges and the geopolitical situation dictate the need to build reliable partnerships with friendly countries, including to ensure drug security issues. It is necessary to create international platforms for dialogue between regulators, business, and professional communities to discuss harmonization of requirements for registration of medicines and certification of their production processes. Sharing experiences, removing excessive administrative barriers, and harmonizing requirements will facilitate the development and market launch of safe, effective, and high-quality medicines in the most resource-efficient way. What obstacles and challenges do pharmaceutical producers face when entering international markets? What are the specifics of drug registration and manufacturing certification requirements in the Russian Federation and a number of partner countries? What steps are needed to harmonize the approaches of our countries and improve access to medicines? Which medicines manufactured in Russia have a competitive export potential for international pharmaceutical markets?

Moderator
Mikhail Khomich, Managing Director for International Development, VEB.RF; Special Projects Director, Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects (ASI)

Mikhail Khomich

Managing Director for International Development, VEB.RF; Special Projects Director, Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects (ASI)

Mikhail Khomich PhD in Economics, Deputy Head of the Udmurtiya Republican Government.
Prior to that:
- head of the Mentor Association in SKOLKOVO
- professor at the Department of Economics at MSUIR and Munich Business School
- host of Zaimemsya Delom on Vesti FM
Graduated Economics Department of MSU and SKOLKOVO MBA Executive Program.
Member of the Edinaya Rossiya Higher Council

Panellists
Hesa Sabah Al Doseri, Chief, Health Facilities Regulation, National Health Regulatory Authority of the Kingdom of Bahrain (NHRA)
Sergey Glagolev, Deputy Minister of Health of the Russian Federation
Olga Zhuravleva, Deputy Director, Center for Examinations and Tests in Health Service
Valentina Kosenko, General Director, Scientific Center for Expertise of Medicinal Products of the Ministry of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Igor Obrubov, General Director, Rusatom Healthcare
Martha Veronica Reyes Alvarez, Minister of Health of the Republic of Nicaragua
Siddhartha Sankar Datta, Regional Adviser of Vaccine-preventable Diseases and Immunization Programme, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
Vladislav Shestakov, Director, State Institute of Drugs and Good Practices
Tadzio Schilling, Chief Executive Officer, Association of European Businesses (АЕВ)

Hesa Sabah Al Doseri

Chief, Health Facilities Regulation, National Health Regulatory Authority of the Kingdom of Bahrain (NHRA)

Sergey Glagolev

Deputy Minister of Health of the Russian Federation

Valentina Kosenko

General Director, Scientific Center for Expertise of Medicinal Products of the Ministry of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Igor Obrubov

General Director, Rusatom Healthcare

Was born in 1974 in Kanash, the Chuvash Republic.
Graduated from the Russian University of Transport (MIIT).
Has held leading positions in JSC «Russian Railways» and PJSC «TransContainer».
In 2018 was head of JSC «Shipyard Zaliv».
In 2021 was appointed General Director of The Institute for Engineering Physics and Automation (JSC «NIITFA» a subsidiary of JSC «Rusatom Healthcare»).
In 2022 was appointed General Director of JSC «Rusatom Healthcare» (The division of Rosatom State Corporation that accumulates expertise in the field of healthcare).

Martha Veronica Reyes Alvarez

Minister of Health of the Republic of Nicaragua

Vladislav Shestakov

Director, State Institute of Drugs and Good Practices

Shestakov, Vladislav (born on November 27, 1969, in Salekhard, USSR) is a Director of State Institute of Drugs and Good Practices, Deputy Director of Russian State GMP-Inspectorate.
Before being appointed as a Director of the Institute served as Chairman of the Pharmacy and Biotechnology branch offices of All Russia Public Organization “Business Russia”.
Honorary chemist, a certified inspector and GMP auditor. Russian State GMP-Inspectorate Deputy Head and Head of the GP Committee of the Pharmacy vocational qualifications Council of the National Pharmaceutical Chamber. Since 1997 has been working in the field of healthcare and pharmacy.
Biography
Born on November 27, 1969 in Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous area, USSR. In 1987 he entered the Tyumen State Medical Institute, in 1989 he continued his studies at the Smolensk State Medical Academy. He graduated from the State University of Management (2005), specialty – “State and municipal management”. In 2008 he graduated from the Academy of Labor and Social Relations, “Business Administration”. In 2016 he got a vocational retraining diploma of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), "GMP and drugs quality control - theory and practice of GMP-inspection / audit."
2000 - Deputy Director-General, Irbitsky Chemical and Pharmaceutical Plant.
2001-2001 - Vice-president, Rosmedprom.
2002-2003 - Head of commercial department, Hemofarm, Moscow office.
2004-2005 - Deputy Director-General, Makiz-Pharma.
2005 - General Director, Skopinsky Pharmaceutical Plant.
2007 – GR Director, Union of Professional Pharmaceutical Organizations.
2008 – President, Epidbiomed Group of Companies.
2009 - Business Development Director, Binnopharm.
2011-2012 – Counselor to the Director-General, Usolie-Sibirskiy Khimfarmzavod.
2012-2013 – Deputy Director-General, Nanolek.

On November 27, 2013, Shestakov was appointed as Director of State Institute of Drugs and Good Practices.
Since 2003, he has been a regular lecturer of educational programs for professional development in the field of managing the commercial and government organizations’ activities, as well as specialized programs in pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical production. He has the certificate of the international inspector of WHO on good manufacturing practice.
Awards
• The title of “Honorary Chemist”
• Certificate of Honor from the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation “For achieved progress at work”.

Tadzio Schilling

Chief Executive Officer, Association of European Businesses (АЕВ)

On May 1, 2020, Tadzio Schilling took office as the CEO of the Association of European Businesses (AEB).


Mr. Schilling was elected by representatives of the AEB’s member companies at the Annual General Meeting on March 17, 2020. He replaces Dr. Frank Schauff, who had headed the AEB since 2007 and was re-elected to a fourth term in 2016.

Tadzio Schilling holds an MA in International Relations and an advanced MA in International History and Politics from the Graduate Institute Geneva, as well as an Executive MPA from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin.

In his professional career, he has worked in various finance, HR, and sales functions for companies such as Zurich Cantonal Bank, Dell Inc., Wesser & Partner, and FirstClimate. He has also worked as a researcher and lecturer in Russian Studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin.

Before joining the AEB, he served as Deputy Head of Economic Affairs, Finance, and Science at the Swiss Embassy, then as Inbound Business Development Leader and Head of the German Business Center at EY.

He has also served as Chairman of the AEB SME Committee and a Board Member of the Joint Chambers of Commerce Switzerland-CIS.

Tadzio speaks German, English, French, Italian, Russian, Polish, and some Chinese.

Front row participants
Olesya Ledukhovskaya, Founder, Asia Trade Group
Vadim Tarasov, Director, Institute of Translational Medicine and Biotechnology Institute of Translational Medicine and Biotechnology, First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov
Victor Trukhin, Director, Saint Petersburg Scientific Research Institute of Vaccines and Serums of the FMBA of Russia

Vadim Tarasov

Director, Institute of Translational Medicine and Biotechnology Institute of Translational Medicine and Biotechnology, First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov

Victor Trukhin

Director, Saint Petersburg Scientific Research Institute of Vaccines and Serums of the FMBA of Russia