ChemRar’s R&D collaboration is latest Russia’s latest foreign collaboration
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Russia's ChemRar High-Tech Centre (ChemRar), a group of pharmaceutical and biotech units, has signed a number of R&D collaboration agreements with domestic and foreign companies. They are all in line with the strategy of accelerated development of the local pharmaceutical industry recently announced by the national government and aimed at reducing the country's dependence on imported medicines.
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