SKOLKOVO’S INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL HUB TO BE ‘ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN EASTERN EUROPE

The Moscow International Medical Cluster (MMMK) is planned as an international center developed in cooperation with the leading medical facilities of countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an international organization headquartered in Paris and founded to boost international trade and economic progress.
One of the cluster’s key tasks is to train Russian doctors to work to international standards.

 As well as clinics equipped with cutting-edge technology where both foreign and Russian doctors will work, the cluster is due to host research companies working on the development and production of drugs and equipment.
The first foreign medical facility seeking to launch operations at the MMMK is currently being assessed by the expert council, after which it has to be approved by the supervisory council, and the cluster hopes to be able to announce the partnership.
To be eligible to work within the cluster, companies must have been practicing medicine for several years in one or more of the 35 member states of the OECD – of which Russia is not a member – and must be approved by the supervisory council, which consists of both Russian and foreign specialists.
The 15 clinics planned to occupy the 57-hectare site will specialize in areas including cancer, cardiology, orthopedics, trauma care and neurology.
“In seven to 10 years, a really good medical hub will appear here, hopefully one of the biggest in Eastern Europe,” says Mr. Kaem, a vice president of the Skolkovo Foundation and head of its biomedicine cluster.
More information: https://sk.ru/news/b/articles/archive/2016/08/22/skolkovo_2700_s-international-medical-hub-to-be-_2700_one-of-biggest-in-eastern-europe_2700_.aspx