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Health

And what about analogues?

After the invention of the drug, the company receives a registration certificate, and also has the exclusive right to manufacture and sell for 20 years. After this period, other pharmaceutical companies may produce analogues (or generics) of this drug.

Generics contain in their composition the same active ingredient as the original drug. However, the effect on the body may vary. This is due to several factors:

the raw materials for the production of a generic may differ greatly from the raw materials used for the original preparation – in terms of the […]

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Hair Care

How medicines are born

It takes decades of painstaking work to create a new drug, which requires significant investments by the company. The first stage is connected with the development of the active substance molecule – the basis of the future medicine.

The second stage is one of the most expensive and time–consuming – it is a safety and efficacy check, the study of side effects, compatibility with other drugs, the collection of dossiers for each dosage and other special studies.

After that, the medicine undergoes a long and complicated registration procedure.

For example, HOFITOL ® – […]

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Hair Care

Reconstructive plastic surgery for tumors of the head and neck organs (minimally invasive surgery)

The organs of the head and neck are a delicate area, and special attention is paid to it by oncologists: resection affects not only aesthetics (which in itself has a negative effect on human life), but also vital functions. Thus, resection of the tongue leads to impaired swallowing and lack of speech. The task of modern medicine is not just to remove the tumor, but also to return a person to a habitual way of life, which helps to do reconstructive plastic surgery.

Reconstructive plastic surgery is part of the high-tech […]

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Health

CT (computed tomography)

If you want to get information about your health status quickly and painlessly, then you should contact us!

CT examination is fast and does not cause pain to the patient. This method is used as one of the primary diagnostic options and as a clarifying technique in addition to other diagnostic methods.

What problem does it solve?

Computed tomography allows you to determine the localization, the size of the pathological focus, and evaluate the results of treatment. It is used to diagnose a variety of diseases, including benign and malignant neoplasms, tissue damage […]

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Obesity

Cardiac surgery

Almost all types of operations on the heart and blood vessels are performed in Medical City. The center annually performs more than 2,000 such operations, provides high-tech medical care for adults and children in the areas of cardiology and cardiovascular surgery.

The main direction is high-tech medical care. The author’s methods and outstanding results of OKB No. 1, which is part of Medical City, in cardiac surgery are known both in Russia and abroad. The youngest patient who underwent heart surgery was only 4 hours old, and the oldest was more […]

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Hair Care

Reconstructive plastic surgery

Surgical intervention is one of the fundamental methods of treating oncological diseases; the tumor, at the same time, is surgically removed. The development of a treatment plan and the operation is carried out by a group of specialist surgeons together with an oncologist, radiologist, pathologist and a doctor of radioisotope diagnostics.

In localized cancer, surgical intervention is the primary method of treatment. During the operation, in addition to the cancerous tumor, the surrounding tissues are also removed in order to prevent relapses of the disease. Surgical treatment is of an individual […]

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Health

Early diagnosis of prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the most common malignant tumor of the genitourinary system in men. Statistics show that this disease is in second place among oncological pathologies that are the cause of death of men over 50 years old.⠀

The incidence of prostate cancer is 120 cases per 100,000 men of all age groups. Medical statistics show that one man out of seven will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime and one out of thirty-eight men will die from prostate cancer.

Unfortunately, the typical symptoms of this disease appear only in […]

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