Monday, October 29 2018 20:01

ArmInfo. The manufacturer of the unique medical  product - Nairi, represented by the Armbiotechnology Research and  Production Center under the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of  Armenia, needs state assistance in order to continue production,  which, without state support, may soon be discontinued.

In a frank conversation with the correspondent of ArmInfo, SPC  employees noted that being a non-market and non-private structure  they have to compete with various other manufacturers , which  not really able to produce     technologically therapeutic  product, thereby misleading consumers.

According to the staff of the NPC, at present the Center is the legal  successor of the Institute of Microbiology of the City of Abovyan, in  which the Narine strain of the famous Narine biologist Levon  Yerznkyan was discovered in the middle of the last century. The SPC  includes the former Institute of Biotechnology, the Institute of  Microbiology and the Center for Depositing Microorganisms. Qualified  employees of the Institute to this day produce in accordance  with all technological standards, on modern equipment, on the basis  of a constantly maintained strain of the indicated bacteria.

According to the testimony of NPC employees, due to the lack of  ownership of Armenian science during the collapse of the USSR, the  Narine strain was acquired by private individuals for purely  commercial purposes, as a result of which today there are several  companies producing a lactic acid product with this name. However,  produced with microbiological supervision, incommensurably smaller,  as compared with that carried out at the Center for Depositing  Microorganisms, the product of private producers does not match the  consistency, chemical composition, microbiological purity and other  important properties. At the Scientific-Production Center (SPC)  is produced under conditions of round-  the-clock monitoring of the purity and state of activity of the  bacteria culture, and from natural cow's milk without any impurities  or preservatives, as a result of which the storage period of   is only 5 days In addition, on the basis of the same strain, a method  for producing fruit versions of "Narine" was developed, based on  environmentally friendly, genetically unmodified and not fed by  artificial toxic chemicals, fruits growing on the territory of the  institute. They are classic and drinkable yogurts. The latter are not  inferior in their organoleptic and medical indices to the classical  "Narine" and, moreover, solve the problem of the unsuitability of  dairy products by people with intolerance to taste and smell of milk  (and there are not a few of them).

According to the staff of NPC, the use of "Narine" after a course of  antibiotic therapy is particularly effective. This product is  low-calorie, can be used at any time of the day before and after  meals, at any age, in a healthy state and in the postoperative  recovery period, for which reason it does not pose a threat to  persons suffering from obesity or dysfunctions assimilating  cholesterol, as well as all forms diabetes.   improves the  activity and restores the intestinal microflora, and therefore is  effective against dysbiosis and its effects, reduces excess acidity  of the stomach, improves immunity, and also accelerates wound healing  when used externally.

The staff of the Center proposes Yerevan City Hall to introduce  NPC NAN RA production centers into the  diet of baby food used in kindergartens, schools and other  educational institutions, as well as in hospitals and other medical  institutions as a general strengthening, enhancing immunity and  treatment-and-prophylactic probiotic product of easy digestibility,  contributing to the normalization of the processes of digestion and  accelerating the process of post-operative recovery, especially  during abdominal operations.

In fairness, we note that "Narine", being a Soviet invention, was  entered into the Drug Register of the Russian Federation as far back  as the late 90s. The description of the drug says that "NARINE" is a  female name entered by L.Ђ. Yerzinkian for the name of his invention  "Bacterial strain Lactobacillus helveticus", which  eventually became available on the market of dairy products and  dietary supplements as a common name. The registration of as  a trademark, in the opinion of Russian experts, is actually aimed at  acquiring advantages in business and at the same time contradicts the  requirements of integrity, rationality, fairness and is the subject  of unfair competition.