Individual vaccines and CAR-T therapy became available under compulsory medical insurance in Russia

MOSCOW, October 1 - RIA Novosti. Individual vaccines and CAR-T cell therapy technologies have become available to patients under compulsory medical insurance; the first patients are already receiving such treatment free of charge, said Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko.

“The program of state guarantees is also expanding: breakthrough individual therapeutic vaccines and CAR-T cell therapy technologies have become available to patients in the compulsory medical insurance system. The first patients are already receiving such treatment free of charge,” Murashko said at the VI forum “Patient-Centered Innovations: Practice and Realities.”

He added that this changes the logic of medical care: from standard schemes to personalized solutions designed for a specific person.