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int e r n s h i p a n d p o s t- g r a d u a t e p r o g r a m m e s n o le s s t h a n 1 0 0 r e s e a r c h e r s m a y b e t r a i n e d .

Thus , it c a n b e co n c l u d e d t h a t a n a v a i l a b l e p ot e nt i a l of t h e e du c a t i o n a l in s t i t u t i o n s is suf fi c i e nt t o c a r r y o ut t h e o r d e r fo r p e r s o n n e l m a d e by t h e p h a r m a c e u t i c a l in d u s t r y a n d “Pha r m a 2 0 2 0 ” s t r a t e g y. Then t h e p r o b l e m of p e r s o n n e l sh o r t a g e t ur n s o ut t o b e de t e r m i n e d by ot h e r f a c t o r s r a t h e r t h a n p o s s i b i l i t i e s of e du c a t i o n a l in s t i t u t i o n s .

Geographic “Gaps” One of t h e b a s i c f a c t o r s r e s p o n s i b l e fo r p e r s o n n e l sh o r t a g e is t h e di s c r e p a n c y b e t w e e n l o c a l i z a t i o n of ent e r p r i s e s of t h e p h a r m a c e u t i c a l in d u s t r y a n d ce nt r e s of t r a i n i n g p e r s o n n e l fo r t h e m ( ge o g r a p h i c “g a p s ” ) . The gr e a t e r p a r t of e x i s t i n g p h a r m a c e u t i c a l e nt e r p r i s e s is lo c a t e d in a num b e r of r e g i o n s of a n Euro p e a n p a r t of Russi a , t h e Urals a n d Sib e r i a . At th e s a m e t im e , e du c a t i o n a l in s t i t u t i o n s a r e co n c e nt r a t e d in Mosco w, St .Pete r s b u r g a n d in s o m e la r g e c it i e s of Russi a a s we ll . Gr a d u a t e s of su c h in s t i t u t i o n s l e a v e m e g a p o l i c i e s wit h r e l u c t a n c e , ow i n g t o t h e i r co n s i d e r a b l y hig h e r l e v e l a n d c on d i t i o n s of lif e t h a n in ot h e r p a r t s of Russi a . On th e i r si d e , t h e p h a r m a c e u t i c a l e nt e r p r i s e s sit u a t e d in t h e r e g i o n s c a n n o t f r e q u e nt l y p r o v i d e suf fi c i e nt l y hig h e a r n i n g s a n d co n d i t i o n s of lif e t h a t a r e a b l e t o o ut w e i g h a ll t h e a d v a n - t a g e s of la r g e c it i e s .

f o r SPCPA to co n d u c t t r a i n i n g of hig h l y sk i l l e d sp e c i a l i s t s fo r b a s i c k in d s of p h a r m a c e u t i c a l p r o d u c t i o n . The ac a d e m y gr a d u a t e s a r e c a p a b l e of t a k i n g p a r t in v a r i o u s s t a g e s of de v e l o p m e nt of dr u g s . Their t r a i n i n g is suf fi c i e nt t o co n d u c t a s e a r c h fo r n e w p r o m i s i n g b i o a c t i v e sub s t a n c e s of s y nt h e t i c a n d na t u r a l o r i g i n ; t o p r o v i d e d e v e l o p m e nt of do s a g e fo r m s ; t o s c a l e p r o d u c t i o n t e c h n o l o g i e s d e v e l o p e d ; t o wo r k o ut t e c h n i c a l d o c u m e nt a t i o n fo r s t a n d a r d i z a t i o n , qu a l i t y co nt r o l a n d p r o d u c t i o n .

The ph a r m a c e u t i c a l f a c u l t y of SPCPA als o ha s a co n s i d e r a b l e p ot e nt i a l fo r t r a i n i n g of sp e c i a l i s t s fo r t h e p h a r m a c e u t i c a l in d u s t r y a s we ll a s t h e ot h e r p h a r m a c y s c h o o l s a n d f a c u l t i e s . At pr e s e nt , in Russi a t h e r e a r e t hr e e p h a r m a c e u t i c a l s c h o o l s a n d 4 4 p h a r m a c e u t i c a l f a c u l t i e s t h a t r e c e i v e a b o v e 2 6 0 0 s t u d e nt s t o s t u d y f r e e of ch a r g e e v e r y y e a r.

The s t a t e e du c a t i o n p r o g r a m us e d in t h e p h a r m a c y s c h o o l s e n a b l e s o n e t o co n c l u d e t h a t p h a r m a c i s t s (a s t o t h e le v e l of t h e i r t h e o r e t i c a l a n d p r a c t i c a l t r a i n i n g ) c a n wo r k in R&D a s we ll a s in t h e qu a l i t y co nt r o l d e p a r t m e nt s , p hy s i c a l & ch e m i c a l , b a c t e r i o l o g i c a l la b o r a t o r i e s of ent e r p r i s e s , et c .

D u r i n g t h e p e r i o d of t im e up t o 2 0 2 0 , e xc l u s i v e l y o n t h e b a s i s of SPCPA ab o u t 4 t h o u s a n d sp e c i a l i s t s c a n b e t r a i n e d , 3 t h o u s a n d e m p l o y e e s o c c u p i e d in t h e in d u s t r y c a n t a k e r e f r e s h e r co u r s e s a n d r a i s e t h e i r qu a l i fi c a t i o n . In a d d i t i o n , in

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