Ensuring Drug Security Forum

Autoimmune diseases remain one of the biggest challenges in the medical world and pose a serious burden for the economy due to the high risk of disability and the poor prognosis for patients. Epidemiological studies show that the most common autoimmune disease is type 1 diabetes, which generally appears in childhood. At present, the causative factor of autoimmune diseases is only known in isolated cases, and most treatment strategies simply aim to contain symptoms and complications. The scientific and medical knowledge that has been gained in such areas as immunology and genetically engineered biological and cell therapy is now bringing scientists closer to understanding the causes of autoimmune destruction, which will make it possible to correctly verify the diagnosis and find fundamentally new therapeutic approaches to the effective treatment of a wide range of autoimmune diseases. How are innovative discoveries in autoimmunology changing the face of pharmacotherapy for autoimmune diseases today? What opportunities does personalized medicine offer for the diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune diseases? Can breakthrough solutions in the treatment of autoimmune diseases be integrated into practical healthcare? How close is medical science to understanding the causes of type 1 diabetes, which threatens children’s health?

Moderator
Evelina Zakamskaya, TV Presenter, Russia 24 TV Channel; Chief Editor, Doctor TV Channel

Evelina Zakamskaya

TV Presenter, Russia 24 TV Channel; Chief Editor, Doctor TV Channel

Evelina Zakamskaya was born on November 17, 1977, in Baku, and graduated from the Faculty of Philology at Tver State University. She is a presenter for Radio Mayak and for Mir, a television and radio company. Since 2006, she has been an anchor for television channel Russia 24. She writes and presents Mnenie (Opinion), a talk show covering social and political issues, and Idei, menyayushchie mir (World-Changing Ideas), a series of popular science programmes. Evelina Zakamskaya moderates Russia 24 sessions at major international forums. Since 2017 - Editor-in-Chief, Doctor Channel. She is married with two daughters.

Panellists
Sara Qiu, Managing Director, Syai
Aleksandr Lila, Director, V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology; Chief Freelance Specialist Rheumatologist of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Sergei Lukyanov, Rector, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
Kirill Rodin, Director for Work with Public Authorities, All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center

Sara Qiu

Managing Director, Syai

Aleksandr Lila

Director, V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology; Chief Freelance Specialist Rheumatologist of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Sergei Lukyanov

Rector, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University

Sergey Lukyanov graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1985, majoring in Physiology. In 1986, started working at the Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, rising in the ranks from Research Assistant to Head of Laboratory.
In 1994, he successfully defended his PhD dissertation ‘Cloning of a novel Xenopus homeobox gene XANF-1 by subtractive hybridization,’ which he completed at the Laboratory of Structure and Function of Human Genes under the supervision of Prof. Eugene D. Sverdlov. In 1999, he successfully defended his doctoral (DrSc) disseration ‘Selective suppression of polymerase chain reaction’ at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, advised by Prof. Eugene D. Sverdlov.
In 2003, he became a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Science and became a full Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2011.
In 2010–2014, he received a mega grant from the Russian Government to create a fluorescent bio-imaging laboratory at Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy (now Privolzhsky Research Medical University). This laboratory became the foundation of the NNSMA Biomedical Technology Research Institute. In 2012–2013, served as Acting Assistant to the Minister of Health of the Russian Federation. In 2013–2015, was the Vice Rector of the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMU). He became Acting Rector on 29 April 2015 and was elected the Rector of RNRMU in 2016.
Over the course of his work, Lukyanov published more than 180 research papers in Russian and foreign journals (with an h-index of 58 and a ‘sum of times cited’ over 18,000 according to Web of Science) and patented 51 inventions.
In 2006, he was awared the Russian Academy of Sciences Ovchinnikov Prize for outstanding work in physicochemical biology and biotechnology for his paper ‘Fluorescent proteins: finding, investigation and use in biotechnology.’ In 2012, he was awarded the RUSNANOPRIZE Nanotechnology International Prize. In 2015, he was conferred the Russian Federation National Award in science and technology for the development and implementation of a technological complex for the analysis of compound genome structure and functions.

Kirill Rodin

Director for Work with Public Authorities, All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center

Front row participants
Gagik Galstyan, President, Russian Diabetes Association
Yury Glukhov, General Director, ELTA Company
Tamara Kozyreva, Director, ANO “Agency for the Development of Initiatives in the Field of Health Care”; head of the “Help to the First” project
Elena Petryaykina, Director, Russian Children's Clinical Hospital – Branch of N.I. Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (online)
Musa Khaitov, Director, National Research Center – Institute of Immunology of the FMBA of Russia

Gagik Galstyan

President, Russian Diabetes Association

Yury Glukhov

General Director, ELTA Company

Tamara Kozyreva

Director, ANO “Agency for the Development of Initiatives in the Field of Health Care”; head of the “Help to the First” project

Elena Petryaykina

Director, Russian Children's Clinical Hospital – Branch of N.I. Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Musa Khaitov

Director, National Research Center – Institute of Immunology of the FMBA of Russia