On December 6, 2018, the XIII International Scientific Conference on issues of the state and prospects of development of medicine in the sports of higher achievements "SportMed-2018" took place. RUSADA held a sectional meeting "Actual issues of therapeutic use of prohibited substances and methods". Viktoria Badtieva, the Chairperson of RUSADA TUE Committee, acted as the moderator. Members of RUSADA TUE Committee and Head of RUSADA TUE department Pavel Khorkin analyzed typical medical mistakes by doctors while submitting requests for TUE, examined topical issues of diagnostics and treatment of common diseases and conditions, discussed features of anti-doping rules and answered questions from the participants of the event.