Murashko reported a request for Russian oncovaccine from other countries

There is a request for Russian oncovaccine from other countries. This was announced by Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko on December 16.

"Today these developments are underway. The construction of a production site is underway. Yes, there are requests, there is interest," Murashko said, answering the relevant question of journalists.

The Minister also added that next year Russia will start using vaccines in clinical units.

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Earlier, on December 14, Andrei Kaprin, oncologist and general director of the NMIc Radiology Center, said that men and women aged 18 to 75 with a confirmed diagnosis will be able to participate in clinical trials of the oncovaccine being developed in Russia. He also stressed that only people with a histologically confirmed diagnosis of "solid inoperable tumor", for whom standard treatment methods are no longer possible, will be allowed to participate in the study. On the same day, the doctor announced that the cancer vaccine will be free for all Russian citizens. In addition, he said that the vaccine has shown high efficiency in preclinical tests.

Before that, on November 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the introduction of a cancer vaccine a breakthrough. At the meeting with the Russian leader, the head of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA), Veronika Skvortsova, told him about the agency's innovative developments in the field of biotechnology, including oncovaccines.