Moscow SEZ to launch production of unique anti-traumatic bandages for "butterfly children"

The Russian manufacturer of innovative sterile anti-traumatic bandages has become a resident of the Technopolis Moscow Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The capital's site will launch the country's first production of medical devices for patients with a rare genetic disease — epidermolysis bullosa. This was announced by Maxim Liksutov, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport and Industry.

"On behalf of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, the city is consistently developing the medical industry, providing Muscovites and residents of other regions with high-tech domestic medical products. The new SEZ resident will launch the production of a full cycle of absorbent dressings for patients with epidermolysis bullosa. By 2030, the company will produce more than one million bandages annually. The volume of investments in the project will exceed 500 million rubles, 27 new jobs will be created," Maxim Liksutov said.

The production facilities of Frater (FarmEco Group of Companies) amount to about 900 square meters, including almost 300 square meters of clean rooms. Here, the company will produce specialized bandages that perform the function of a temporary skin prosthesis, covering the wound surface and replenishing its impaired barrier function.

For patients with epidermolysis bullosa, such products actually become a "second skin": they maintain the necessary moisture level and protect damaged tissues from additional injury. A soft silicone contact layer with adhesive properties is fixed to the skin around the wound and does not stick to it, which helps to reduce tissue injury and pain during bandages.

In addition, the products can be used for burns, pressure sores, trophic ulcers, postoperative, infected, weeping and other complex wounds. The project was the result of the work of an international interdisciplinary team of scientists, doctors and technologists with the participation of experts from the Butterfly Children Foundation.

"In a year and a half, we have developed domestic anti-traumatic bandages, which in terms of key characteristics are not inferior to the world standard for the treatment of epidermolysis bullosa. Our development is unique — this is the first successful project in the world in the last 20 years to create an analogue of such bandages, and there are only a few productions of this level. In the SEZ of Moscow, we are creating a world—class domestic comprehensive care system for complex and chronic wounds," said Albert Gaifullin, Frater CEO.

Technopolis Moscow Special Economic Zone celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2026. Over two decades, the project has transformed from a launching pad for innovative projects into a key hub for the domestic industry and a center of attraction for companies that determine Russia's technological sovereignty. Today, the production of more than 240 high-tech enterprises representing such strategic areas as microelectronics, instrumentation, biomedicine, IT and robotics is localized at 10 sites of the Technopolis Moscow SEZ with a total area of 430 hectares.

The capital creates the basis for the technological sovereignty of the country. Thanks to urban solutions and support measures, residents of the Technopolis Moscow SEZ are increasing the production of innovative products and expanding their presence in global markets. This contributes to the implementation of the national project "Efficient and Competitive Economy".