Medical Technopark opened in the capital
NewsThe main objectives of its activities are the search, assistance in the development and implementation of advanced technologies in Moscow healthcare.
Sergei Sobyanin got acquainted with medical startups at the Moscow Center for innovative technologies in healthcare (ICITC) on Vernadsky Avenue.
"We have created a center for innovative technologies in Moscow. The latest event in the world — the pandemic-has shown firsthand that, of course, we need new technologies, new organizational approaches in the field of innovative technologies and drugs in medicine. We can no longer wait decades for the release of some new technology or drug. The pandemic, in addition to negative ones, has also shown positive trends, when it is possible to make decisions and introduce new drugs in a matter of months.", - said Sergei Sobyanin during a visit to the Moscow Center for innovative technologies in healthcare.
According to him, the Moscow Center for innovative technologies is designed to solve several tasks at once: conduct clinical trials, assist innovative companies that can receive benefits when renting premises, as well as introduce new technologies in leading clinics of the city, support young teams of innovators and attract specialists from the best universities, including Lomonosov Moscow State University, Skolkovo Institute of Science and technology (Skoltech), Moscow Institute of physics and technology (MIPT), I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, N. I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University and others.
"All this, of course, will give synergy in order to make a breakthrough, a step in the development of new technologies in Moscow. For this, all the possibilities are used, not only local, those that a particular organization has, but also all the possibilities of Moscow healthcare, including big data Technology, which allows us to solve many, many issues, ranging from diagnostics in the field of oncology, ending with determining the effectiveness of drugs that are purchased for healthcare." Sergei Sobyanin added.
During the meeting with the chief doctors and heads of research teams of medical organizations, the mayor of Moscow announced the allocation of grants to the winners of the competition for the development of scientific and practical projects in Moscow healthcare.
"We will meet with you in a year, and if we see that this program really brings results, we will increase the amount of funding and grants," Sergei Sobyanin said.
The main goal of the Moscow Center for innovative technologies in healthcare is to search, promote the development and implementation of advanced technologies (drugs and diagnostic methods) in Moscow healthcare. Currently, in 30 Moscow clinics, 92 projects are being piloted, which received a positive conclusion from the main freelance specialists of the Moscow Department of Health. The Center cooperates with the Federal Service for intellectual property (Rospatent). This makes it possible to ensure the protection of intellectual property objects created by Moscow doctors and developers.
Last year, ICITC opened its own medical Technopark, Located in a new six-story building with an area of 13.8 thousand square meters. Companies developing medical technologies that can be introduced into Moscow healthcare in the future can become residents.
Among the advantages for residents is the rental of premises at a preferential rate of five to 10 thousand rubles per square meter per year, set depending on the level of integration of their developments in Moscow healthcare.
Currently, 19 innovative companies leading research and development in the field of genetic technologies, oncology and artificial intelligence are residents of the Technopark, including:
- Medical Neuronets-laboratory for the development of artificial intelligence for the pathomorphological diagnosis of the three most common oncological diseases, the focus of the project is colorectal cancer;
- Genetico-Center for Genetics and Reproductive Medicine in accordance with GLP (Good Laboratory Practice) standards, which provides a wide range of services in the field of genetic testing and medical and genetic counseling, a database of genetic variants of the Russian population RUSeq has been created;
- Aikonlab is a company that carries out 3D printing of individual cranioplasts made of Recost material to replace a defect in the bones of the skull (personalized development based on computed tomography).
If earlier plastic or titanium was used during operations to correct a defect in the bones of the skull, now a new material is used that is closest to the structure of bone tissue. "We are placing a full — cycle production with sterilization in the Technopark," said Alexander Litvinov, development director of Aikonlab. - The material itself is practically an analogue of bones in terms of properties of physics and mechanics, porosity. It's not titan — it doesn't phonite. Completely restores the structure of the head."
Also among the residents of the Technopark there are a number of service companies, including the front office of the laboratory for genomic editing of MIPT Crispy Lab, which allows reducing the R&D stage when creating new genetic test systems and searching for targets for new drugs.
Various thematic events are held in the Technopark, including sessions with the main freelance specialists of the Moscow health department, representatives of Rospatent and IT industry leaders.
Support of scientific and practical projects in the field of healthcare
The Moscow government has allocated 2.54 billion rubles from the city budget to support scientific and practical developments and innovations in the field of Medicine in 2022-2024. The operator of the program is the Moscow Center for innovative technologies in healthcare.
Chief physician of Moscow City Clinical Hospital No. 52 Mariana Lysenko noted that Moscow is the undisputed leader in proposals and innovations, the development of digital technologies. The idea of grants for the introduction of advanced technologies in the capital's Healthcare received a huge response.
"If we did not limit the time of reception, then, I think, we would have received and received offers.It is very important that these are not only recognized leaders of scientific and practical areas, adults and experienced specialists, these are young guys, some of them have recently come to medicine, but they want to change something, offer something. The main thing is that most of these works will be completed in two years. That is, we will see practical results", - said Mariana Lysenko. According to her, in a year about 30 percent of the projects that are now supported and approved will be implemented. They should become the pride of the capital's health care, and cooperation with federal institutions and scientific and practical centers will spread innovations throughout the country. "The emphasis is on practical solutions that can significantly affect the processes here and now. Yes, fundamental things are important and necessary, of course, but we are more in favor of ensuring that everything that can be implemented quickly, that already has some developed aspects, is implemented as correctly as possible and in a short time," Maryana Lysenko stressed.
Grants for clinical and experimental research, as well as for the creation of high-tech products for their further implementation in the capital's healthcare can be received by scientific teams of medical institutions. A total of 186 applications were received from 46 medical organizations. Of these, the Council of Chief physicians at the Moscow Department of Health approved 80 applications (43 percent) from 35 institutions. Among the recipients of grants are research teams of the city Clinical Hospital No. 52, City Clinical Hospital No. 40, the Sklifosovsky Research Institute of emergency medicine, the Moscow Clinical Research Center named after A. S. Loginov, City Clinical Hospital No. 67, children's City Clinical Hospital No. 13 named after N. F. Filatov and other medical institutions.
Sergei Sobyanin presented grants to clinics and thanked their staff for their work. "I think it will be a good help, a good contribution to your scientific and practical work for the benefit of patients, for the benefit of Muscovites. And for the whole country, this is also an important story, " he said.
34 applications will be carried out jointly with the best Russian and foreign universities and research organizations.
Chief urologist of the Moscow Department of Health Dmitry Pushkar noted that grants for the development of innovative projects in medicine are a chance for young professionals. "These are young people who have recently graduated from institutes. Their startups, if you will, and today it is a Startup Platform, go into further scientific development thanks to grants that Moscow has established. And in the future, they have a platform, as it is now fashionable to say, for testing these startups," said Dmitry Pushkar.
5G-landfill based on Botkin hospital
The Moscow Center for innovative technologies in healthcare, together with Rostelecom and the Department of Information Technology, launched the first test site in Russia for the use of innovative medical solutions in the 5G network on the basis of the Botkin City Clinical Hospital. Here, breakthrough digital technologies and health services will be tested, for which high speed of collecting, processing and transmitting large amounts of data is important.
Currently, the search and selection of the most promising solutions is underway.
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