GE Healthcare Russia and CIS

Company Key Markets and Competitors

At the beginning of 2019, in the segment of diagnostic equipment, such as CT, MRI, PET/CT, X-ray surgical equipment, the company has three main competitors - Siemens Healthineers, Philips Healthcare, Canon Medical Systems.

Russian companies are widely represented in the production of X-rays and mammographs. If we are talking about the segment of ultrasonic equipment, then Korean and Chinese manufacturers are also represented here. If you look at resuscitation, life support systems, monitors, anesthesia machines, cardiographs, and so on, then there are dozens of suppliers. About a hundred manufacturers of cardiographs alone, including fifty Russian ones.

History

2024: Requesting radio frequencies in Russia for the operation of medical equipment

GE HealthCare has requested radio frequencies in Russia for the operation of medical equipment. This application, filed by the State Commission on Radio Frequencies (GKRCH), became known in December 2024.

According to Izvestia, we are talking about a frequency in the 101 MHz range, which can be used in medical equipment operating on the principles of interaction with electromagnetic waves. These can be magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines with a range from 1 MHz to 300 MHz.

2021

Agreement with AstraZeneca aimed at developing training programs for healthcare professionals

On 19 November, GE Healthcare and AstraZeneca entered into a cooperation agreement aimed at developing training programs for healthcare professionals to continuously improve their competencies and increase access to the world's best practices in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Cooperation involves increasing awareness of the clinical advantages of drugs and advanced technologies for the diagnosis and treatment of CVD. The parties also agreed to jointly organize and conduct a series of educational events for cardiological specialists on the basis of medical institutions, as well as within the framework of scientific and practical conferences, seminars and online webinars.

The pandemic has had a major impact on the availability of cardiac care, while at the same time causing an increase in complications from cardiovascular pathology. The development of the system of care for such patients is one of the priority areas of Russian health care. Together with our partner AstraZeneca, we are pleased to launch a project that will allow us to combine pharmacological and technological expertise, providing doctors with the opportunity for comprehensive training in the best world practices in one place and at the same time. We are sure that this approach will help specialists increase confidence in the diagnosis, and patients - quickly receive the necessary care, said Ekaterina Soboleva, Marketing and Strategic Development Director for GE Healthcare in Russia/CIS.

AstraZenek's strategic priority is to build an innovative ecosystem aimed primarily at solving patients' problems. At the same time, our efforts are concentrated on those therapeutic areas that carry the greatest burden on health systems and in which there are high unmet medical needs. Cardiovascular diseases are one of such areas that are relevant both for Russia and for the whole world. In solving problems to combat cardiovascular diseases, the qualification of cardiologists, in whose hands are the lives of patients, plays a large role. We are confident that our joint project with GE Healthcare will help Russian specialists learn more about scientific achievements in the field of cardiovascular diseases, which means it will open up other diagnostic and therapy opportunities for patients. noted Natalia Toropova, director of the business unit "Cardiology and Metabolism" "AstraZenek," Russia and Eurasia.

Educational events for cardiologists are not the first joint project of AstraZeneca and GE Healthcare in Russia. A number of solutions developed by GE Healthcare in such areas as chronic heart failure and lung cancer are presented at the Center for Innovation and the Internet of Things in Healthcare, opened by AstraZeneca at the Skolkovo Innovation Center. In 2021, the companies worked together as part of the iLab Innovation Laboratory acceleration program for startups-developers of innovative technological solutions in the field of medicine.

In Russia, heart and vascular diseases occupy the first place among the causes of mortality of the population, accounting for 47% of all deaths by November 2021. At the same time, every seventh case is people of working age.

Improving care for CVD patients through a continuous system of physician training and the implementation of the "seamless care" principle, based on the use of echocardiography capabilities combined with digital solutions for receiving, analyzing, storages and safe transmission, data can make an important contribution to the implementation of the federal Cardiovascular Disease Control Project program.

The acquired knowledge and skills of applying high-tech medical solutions will allow specialists to increase the accuracy of diagnosis, ensure a higher level of detection of the disease in the early stages, determine the optimal routing schemes for patients, drug therapy, and therefore improve the effectiveness of the treatment and save more lives.

Agreement with Rusatom Healthcare on localization of MR tomographs production in Russia

GE Healthcare and Rusatom Healthcare JSC (Rosatom State Corporation integrator in the field of radiation technologies in medicine and industry) on June 4, 2021 informed Zdrav.Expert about the creation of a local production of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in order to meet the growing need of the Russian population for affordable high-tech medical diagnostics. Read more here.

Elena Legezina - the new CEO of the company

At the end of March 2021, Elena Legezina was appointed CEO of GE Healthcare in Russia and the CIS. She took over from Nina Kandelaki, who ran the company for four years and left the company at the end of 2020. Read more here.

2020: Start of production of ultrasound devices for cardiovascular diagnostics in the Russian Federation

As it became known on August 25, 2020, GE Healthcare launches the production of ultrasound devices for cardiovascular diagnostics Vivid S60N and Vivid S70N in Russia. These devices will be produced at a plant in the Moscow region. The start of deliveries is scheduled for autumn 2020. Read more here.

2019

Opening of the training and simulation center in Tashkent

On May 21, 2019, it became known that a training and simulation center for healthcare specialists was opened in Tashkent, organized by GE Healthcare together with the Tashkent Institute for Advanced Medical Studies (TashIUV) in order to develop an effective system of continuing education and training of qualified medical personnel in the Republic. Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan Elmira Basitkhanova and rector of the Tashkent Institute for Advanced Medical Studies Khabibulla Akilov took part in the ceremony.

According to statistics, in recent years, the number of clinics in Uzbekistan has more than 2 times increased, and the number of medical specialists has increased by 12% and continues to grow. This, in particular, is due to the country's high need for active integration of medical practice with educational and scientific activities, which will help accelerate the introduction of advanced medical achievements in the medical and diagnostic process. The open training area will allow combining the international experience of GE Healthcare and local expertise, providing Uzbek doctors with timely access to the best world practices and the opportunity to regularly improve their professional knowledge and skills. This initiative meets the tasks determined within the framework of the decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On comprehensive measures to fundamentally improve the health care system of the Republic of Uzbekistan," and will help meet the growing needs of the country in providing high-quality medical care.

GE Healthcare President and CEO in Russia/SNGNA Kandelaki noted:

The scale of projects implemented in Uzbekistan to modernize the healthcare system and the high pace of development of modern medical technologies determine the particular importance of training doctors who will subsequently work on high-tech diagnostic equipment. GE Healthcare is pleased to be able to apply the company's global experience in the field of training and contribute to the development of postgraduate education for healthcare professionals of the Republic of Uzbekistan. We are confident that the knowledge gained at the center will help improve the quality of care for patients across the country.

The training program of the center is primarily focused on the formation of practical skills for effective and safe work on advanced ultrasound diagnostics systems and meets the urgent needs of Uzbek specialists. It includes basic and expert-level courses in the following areas: obstetrics, gynecology, cardiology and general imaging.

The training format includes lectures and practical trainings for which the center is equipped with a state-of-the-art Voluson P6 ultrasonic diagnostic medical system manufactured by GE Healthcare, an interactive anatomical atlas and a fetal ultrasound phantom. Thus, training in the center makes it possible for doctors to combine the acquisition of theoretical knowledge and the development of practical skills in conducting research on high-tech equipment. In total, the center is designed for more than 150 listeners per year.

The classes will be conducted by teachers of the Department of Ultrasonic Diagnostics of TashIUV and highly qualified GE Healthcare specialists in the field of modern diagnostic imaging and training methods. Leading Uzbek and world health experts will be invited to participate in lectures and master classes.

Khabibula Akilov stressed:

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GE Healthcare is actively involved in projects to modernize the healthcare system. In Uzbekistan particular, within the framework of state the program to increase the level of perinatal diagnostics in the country, as of May 2019, 200 multidisciplinary clinics in Uzbekistan were equipped with advanced GE Healthcare ultrasound scanners. In addition, the first positron emission center in the Republic opened in 2018 tomographies is equipped with a single line of high-tech GE Healthcare equipment, including a cyclotron, modules for the synthesis of radiopharmaceuticals CT ^[1] scanner^[2]

Agreement with Sberbank and Sberbank Leasing on cooperation in the field of medical equipment leasing

On February 4, 2019, Sberbank, Sberbank Leasing and GE Healthcare entered into a cooperation agreement in the field of leasing medical equipment. As stated in the statement of Sberbank, the purpose of the agreement is to provide favorable conditions for the purchase of high-tech medical equipment for public and private medical and preventive institutions, which is expected to contribute to the development and modernization of healthcare in Russia. Read more here.

Signing of a roadmap with Rusatom Healthcare on the localization of technologies for nuclear medicine in Russia

On February 14, 2019, Rusatom Healthcare (RCK), an integrator in the field of radiation technologies in medicine and industry, and GE Healthcare signed a roadmap on the creation of local production of high-tech medical equipment in order to meet the growing need of the population of the regions of the Russian Federation for high-quality medical diagnosis and treatment of oncological diseases. The document was signed by Alexander Shibanov, General Director of Rusatom Healthcare JSC, and Nina Kandelaki, President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Healthcare in Russia/CIS. Read more here.

2018

Denial of appeal to GE Healthcare dealer in medical cartel case

On August 1, 2018, information appeared that the Eleventh Arbitration Court of Appeal refused to satisfy the appeal of Modern Medical Technologies (SMT), upholding the decision of the Arbitration Court of the Samara Region. The proceedings ended in one session, which lasted about 4 hours.

During the meeting, the appellants repeatedly drew the court's attention to the fact that the OFAS in the Samara region did not provide specific evidence of violations, referring to the fact that they "are in the case file." Representatives of the manufacturer of medical equipment GE Healthcare for their part declared the absence of an anti-competitive agreement. Read more here.

A fine of 100 thousand rubles for aiding in organizing a cartel

GI Helskea LLC, the Russian representative office of GE Healthcare, a member of General Electric, was fined 100 thousand rubles for complicity in organizing a large medical cartel in 2016. The cartel conspiracy was attended by Modern Medical Technologies LLC (SMT), Medsimvol LLC and Center for Effective Surgery - Health LLC, and the accomplices, in addition to JI Helskea, were employees of the Ministry of Health of the Samara Region and an employee of the Samara Regional Clinical Hospital named after V.D. Seredavin. Leonid Pak, head of the Samara OFAS, spoke about the identification and suppression of the cartel's activities on July 23, 2018.

According to him, in connection with the decision of the Samara OFAS of Russia on the complaint of the Center for Effective Surgery - Health in 2015, the results of a competition organized by the Samara Regional Clinical Hospital named after V.D. Seredavin, were canceled for the performance of work on the maintenance and repair of medical expensive equipment for 23 institutions of the Samara region in the amount of 772.7 million rubles.

Nevertheless, already in 2016, SMT, Medsimvol and CEH-Health entered into a cartel agreement. The initial (maximum) contract price (NMCC) was set at just over 768 million rubles, while the total NMCC of spare parts, consumables and services reached 4.2 billion rubles, the head of the Samara OFAS specified. As a result of the cartel conspiracy, Modern Medical Technologies won the auction and concluded state contracts with 23 medical institutions in the Samara region in the amount of over 768 million rubles, which brought the company income in the amount of more than 250 million rubles.

However, materials testifying to the organization of the cartel came to the disposal of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee (SU SC) of the Russian Federation in the Samara region. Among the materials received by the department are the statement of CEH-Health on the conclusion of a cartel agreement and exemption from administrative responsibility, protocols of investigative actions.

In addition, the evidence in the case was certificates for deciphering conversations held during personal meetings of officials, where models of behavior were discussed when participating in the auction and a potential technical task was worked out. As it turned out, the parties to the conspiracy discussed the form of the agreement of intent, the possibility of attracting other participants, behavior at the end of the auction and other provisions of the documentation.

This information was then provided to the Samara OFAS by the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the Samara Region, along with electronic trading platforms, telecom operators, tax authorities, credit institutions, TFCMI of the Samara Region and the customer of the electronic auction - a regional health care institution. Based on the data presented, the Samara Department of the FAS Russia opened a case of violation of antimonopoly legislation (under paragraph 2 of part 1 of article 11 and article 16 of the Law on Protection of Competition). Thanks to the inclusion of this information in the case file, a number of anti-competitive agreements were identified, Leonid Pak noted.

The head of the Samara OFAS also gave a transcript of part of the conversations of representatives of SMT, JI Helskea and the Ministry of Health of the Samara Region:

I am always ready to negotiate. JI has a position: everything is ours, in general, everything is ours<…>. Therefore, we will have to sit down and decide who can do what, decide there and so on. As far as I know, you have some opportunities for the FAS, we have some opportunities for GUOT, so you need to jointly connect and solve this whole matter <…>...

You were given, in fact, great powers, you were told - you are integrators, you have 65% of the equipment in the region. Only you claim more, as it were, for equipment for this year - for the Pirogov hospital you claim to supply equipment, for the Seredavin hospital you claim to supply equipment. And we see that they don't understand us at all, in fact, they present us later.

No, in general there is no conversation about understand, do not understand. We understand you very much and are terribly grateful to you in everything. <…>

Following the consideration of the case, the Samara OFAS Commission decided to find the defendants in the case guilty of violating antimonopoly laws and impose a fine on Modern Medical Technologies in the amount of 26 million rubles, at JI Helskea - in the amount of 100 thousand rubles, at Medsimvol - in the amount of 4 million rubles and at an official of Medsimvol - 20 thousand rubles (in accordance with Article 14.32 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation).

According to the indictment, officials of the SMT, JI Helskea, the Ministry of Health of the Samara Region and the Samara Regional Clinical Hospital named after V.D. Seredavin were charged with "commercial bribery of a significant size and attempted restriction of competition, committed using official position and entailed the extraction of income on an especially large scale" (from 250 million rubles).

In addition, the Samara OFAS filed a lawsuit recognizing the joint electronic auction and state contracts concluded on its results as invalid. SMT tried to influence the decision on state contracts in its favor, unsuccessfully appealing against the decision of the Samara OFAS of Russia in the Central Office. FAS Russia The Arbitration Court of the Samara Region also supported the position of the antimonopoly department, said the representative of the Samara OFAS.

According to Leonid Pak, criminal cases of commercial bribery, abuse of office and restriction of competition were then combined into one proceeding (Article 153 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation), the materials of which were transferred for investigation to the Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Samara Region on the basis of the prosecutor's determination (part 7 of Article 151 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation). The approval of the indictment (over 6 thousand sheets) was eventually transferred from the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the Samara Region to the Prosecutor's Office of the Samara Region. Subsequently, the criminal case was sent to the Samara District Court for consideration on the merits.

Opening of the second GE Healthcare Academy training center in Russia

On June 5, 2018, it became known that Novosibirsk the second Russia Academy training center was opened GE Healthcare in. According to the company's calculations, it will create an expert platform in the city for training X-ray laboratory assistants and diagnostic doctors using the global experience of GE.

The second GE Healthcare Academy training center in Russia has opened in Novosibirsk. Photo: infopro54.ru

Thanks to the center, doctors in Siberia and the Far East will be able to receive timely information about the latest achievements in medical science and practice and regularly improve their level of professional training. The GE Healthcare Academy curriculum primarily aims to build practical skills for efficient and safe operation of high-tech medical equipment and meets the urgent needs of clinicians in Siberia and the Far East. It includes specialized courses in various areas of medical imaging, training workshops aimed at improving the quality of medical care for patients and their satisfaction, as well as modern management solutions for health managers. Subsequently, the course portfolio may be expanded, GE said.

GE Healthcare Academy is equipped with console and workstation simulators of more than 20 types of equipment, so that doctors can simultaneously learn the features of the operation of various types of systems and gain experience with them. This approach to training is becoming most relevant due to the increased demand for medical diagnostics of hybrid systems, such as PET/CT, PET/MRI, SPECT and others, the company said.

Classes at the center will be conducted by highly qualified GE Healthcare specialists with applied clinical experience and teaching experience in accordance with Russian and European standards. Leading Russian and world health experts will also be invited to participate in lectures and master classes of the center.

The opening of the GE Healthcare training center in Novosibirsk is an important step in the implementation of the company's global expertise localization strategy and increasing the availability of advanced medical science and practice for doctors in the regions. We are confident that our center will help medical specialists not only gain the necessary knowledge of the specialization of interest, but also acquire additional competencies in management in the field health care and thus improve the medical process for thousands of patients in Siberia and the Far East, - said the Nina Kandelaki President and CEO of GE Healthcare in Russia/CIS.[3]

Visit of the general director in Europe Catherine Yestramp to Ukraine

Catherine Yestramp

On March 5, 2018, GE Healthcare Europe President and CEO Catherine Estrampes arrived in Ukraine. She held a meeting with the head of the office of the national investment council, Yulia Kovaliv. Meetings are planned with the leadership of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine, as well as the Kyiv City State Administration^[4]

The purpose of the visit of Estramp is to identify opportunities for expanding cooperation in the introduction of the latest technologies and practices in the field of health care in Ukraine. Among the topics discussed were the use of innovative solutions to provide medical care to residents of towns and cities remote from medical institutions.

By this time, more than 500 units of GE medical equipment are already operating in Ukrainian hospitals and clinics. The company hopes for close cooperation with local partners to improve the quality of medical care and life of people in Ukraine.

2017

Launch of medical equipment production in Lyubertsy

On December 21, 2017, a solemn event was held dedicated to the start of production of GE Healthcare medical diagnostic equipment in Lyubertsy. This event was attended by the Governor of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobyov, the Chief Executive Officer of GE Healthcare in Russia/CIS Nina Kandelaki and the President of Medical Technologies Ltd Anatoly Dabagov.

According to the press service of the governor and the government of the Moscow region, computed tomographs and ultrasound scanners, which have no analogues in Russia, will be produced at the production site of Medical Technologies Ltd on the territory of the Leader Technopark in Malakhovka near Moscow. The production capacity of the enterprise is estimated at about 600 units of medical equipment per year.

Andrei Vorobyov, Nina Kandelaki and Anatoly Dabagov launch production of GE Healthcare medical equipment in Lyubertsy

The first equipment produced at this plant under a contract with GE Healthcare is scheduled to be delivered to hospitals and clinics in the region by the end of 2017.

The demand for ultrasound devices, CT, other medical equipment is extremely high in Russia and the fact that localization occurs here is a very pleasant, positive signal. It is no less pleasant that the Russian partner has further plans to invite the largest medical equipment manufacturers here to his site. I have no doubt that the conditions that we are creating, compensation, benefits will allow other successful, world-leading companies to come here, "Vorobyov said.

According to Albina Martsenko, director of GE's Ultrasound Russia and CIS department, the launched production site will significantly expand the range and increase the volume of production of GE Healthcare equipment in Russia. She noted that the company released more than 100 ultrasound devices in the Russian Federation in 2017 and 20 computer tomographs.^[5]

Equipping the Nuclear Medicine Center on Russky Island

Nina Kandelaki, President and CEO of General Electric Healthcare (GE Healthcare) in Russia and the CIS, in December 2017, as part of a meeting with Andrei Tarasenko, Acting Governor of Primorsky Krai, announced that GE Healthcare would like to participate in a project to build a nuclear medicine center on Russky Island. For his part, Tarasenko expressed interest in such cooperation.

According to him, the center on Russky Island should provide the entire range of medical services so that patients can be examined and treated in one place.

Meeting of GE Healthcare President and CEO Nina Kandelaki and Acting Governor of Primorsky Krai Andrey Tarasenko

In response, Nina Kandelaki stated that GE Healthcare Corporation has a full range of equipment necessary to equip such a complex - from production to diagnostic.

We are ready to become a technological stalls that will provide a full life cycle of technology. The productivity of the use of equipment will facilitate the cost of the entire project, so that at the exit the price of services for the compulsory health insurance fund is as affordable as possible, she said.

As of December 4, 2017, GE Healthcare already introduces representatives of the Primorsky Territory to the technological characteristics and clinical features of the equipment, as well as shares experience in the design and commissioning of nuclear medicine centers in Russia.

As part of the meeting, the parties also discussed the issue of training personnel to work on GE Healthcare equipment. Andrei Tarasenko emphasized the need to train specialists on the basis of the center of nuclear medicine itself. According to the head of the region, this task is fundamentally important. Tarasenko named the Far Eastern Federal University, which trains specialists in the field of nuclear medicine, as a potential partner for training specialists. Other areas of possible cooperation with the university include research activities on the basis of the center.

In addition, in order to expand the application of medical equipment, which should be installed in the center of nuclear medicine, the university has been trained to organize the training of radiophysicists and radiochemists. In the near future, it is planned to discuss with the FEFU leadership all the possibilities of interaction in this area, said Pavel Serebryakov, vice-governor of Primorye, who was present at the meeting.

Nina Kandelaki, for her part, stressed that the company is ready to assist the region in organizing internships for specialists of the future center on the basis of European medical institutions.^[6]

Proposal of measures to stimulate market development in Russia

In September 2017, President and CEO of GE Healthcare in Russia/CIS Nina Kandelaki spoke about the measures that are necessary for the development of the medical device market in Russia:

"GE Healthcare strives to localize its technologies in Russia. Since 2009, we have been working with our partner JSC MTL"," systematically expanding and updating the line of products produced in Russia. However, in addition to the actual transfer of technologies, it is extremely important to localize high-quality service, as well as train medical specialists to work on high-tech equipment, which for many years the company has been successfully implementing on the Russian market. "

"From the point of view of the availability of innovative technologies, it is important to note the urgent need to introduce modern regulatory models for the public health sector, for example, Trade In. If we improve the legislative framework and combine the supply of new equipment and the fence of old equipment in one subject of bidding, this model could work effectively in Russia, providing medical institutions with significant savings in the purchase of innovative equipment. "

"In addition, to ensure the constant operability of medical equipment, we must not forget about new models of service support. For example, a customer service contract (all inclusive) obliges the supplier to provide any service or replace a faulty spare part within the subscription fee, regardless of their cost. Thus, the legally enshrined possibility of purchasing goods and services by medical institutions on the basis of subscription fees will minimize downtime in the event of a breakdown and maximize the uninterrupted operation of high-tech equipment. "

2016

Localization of production of contrast agents

In November 2016, GE Healthcare announced the Russian localization of the production of contrast drugs for medical diagnostics. These products will be produced at the Bashkir OJSC Pharmstandard-Ufavita (part of Pharmstandard).

GE Healthcare intends to localize the following contrast drugs: Visipak (INN Yodixanol), Omnipak (INN Yogexol) and Omniscan (INN Gadodiamide), which are used in the diagnosis of diseases of various organs and systems, including cardiovascular diseases, malignancies, diseases of the nervous system. In addition, iodine-containing Omnipac and Visipac are used for imaging during endovascular interventions.

GE Healthcare begins production of contrast agents at OJSC Pharmstandard-Ufavita plant

At the first stage of cooperation between GE Healthcare and Pharmstandard-Ufavita, packaging of drugs and releasing quality control will be organized.

The second stage involves deepening localization and industrial production of the finished dosage form in Russia. It is planned to purchase production equipment, transfer production technologies and analytical quality control methods, train production and laboratory specialists, as well as study the quality stability of all three drugs.

Previously, ready-made contrast drugs were delivered to Russia from the GE Healthcare plant in Ireland. According to the manufacturer's plans, the first drugs produced at Pharmstandard-Ufavita will appear on the market at the end of 2016.

We are proud of the opportunity, together with Pharmstandard, to contribute to the development of the Russian pharmaceutical industry and Russian healthcare in general, "says Andrey Demurin, head of biotechnical equipment and contrast drugs at GE Healthcare in Russia and the CIS. - Innovative technologies, knowledge and accumulated experience of GE in the field of contrast drugs will make it possible to establish domestic production of medicines for Russian patients in accordance with the highest international standards.[7]

Negotiations with the Ministry of Health of Ukraine

In May 2016, the US Embassy in Ukraine hosted a meeting of heads of health care, economics, finance, heads of regional administrations and leading medical experts of the country with the leadership of GE Healthcare. The participants of the event discussed ways to optimize the medical industry at the state level, as well as the prospects for partnership in this direction.

Since the opening of the GE Healthcare representative office in Ukraine in 2003, the company has delivered over 500 units of CT, MRI, ultrasound, angiographs, X-ray and mammography systems to the country's clinics, etc. In Ukraine, there are 3 official partners and 2 GE Healthcare service centers.

One of the main aspects of possible cooperation was called advisory support in the preparation of sectoral reforms of the health care system of Ukraine. GE Healthcare is interested in supplying high-tech medical equipment and in developing diagnostic programs and comprehensive turnkey projects.

GE Healthcare implements comprehensive medical projects in the areas of cardiology, oncology, women's health, pediatrics, HIV treatment, tuberculosis and several others.

"With many years of experience in equipping medical institutions with innovative high-tech equipment, we help bring medical care to a qualitatively new level. The GE Healthcare range of products and solutions covers about 70% of the needs of healthcare institutions for complex diagnostic equipment and allows for large-scale complex projects. We will be glad to contribute to improving the quality of medical services for Ukrainians in the framework of cooperation with the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, "said Olivier Bosk, President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Healthcare in the CIS

The meeting participants discussed a number of areas of cooperation between GE Healthcare and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, including the company's capabilities in optimizing the use of resources and medical equipment, in developing turnkey solutions for creating medical centers, in organizing training trainings for medical specialists and managers in the field of healthcare, as well as in helping to attract external funding.

In July 2015, GE Healthcare announced a global initiative to invest more than $1 billion to improve training programs for 2 million healthcare professionals worldwide through 2020.

Over 25 years, more than 3.2 thousand pieces of equipment have been delivered in Russia

By 2016, having worked in Russia for more than 25 years, GE Healthcare supplied over 3295 pieces of equipment, including computer and magnetic resonance imaging, mammography equipment, X-ray machines, as well as 8034 ultrasonic systems to more than 5183 medical institutions in different cities of Russia.

2013: Expansion of the medical equipment assembly partnership with MTL CJSC

In January 2013, GE Healthcare and MTL CJSC during a joint press conference announced the expansion of a partnership for the Russian assembly of high-tech medical equipment. The range of products assembled in Russia has been replenished with new systems: 64-128-link Optima CT660 computed tomographs and Logiq P6 ultrasonic scanners. They are models that have no analogues among the equipment of the Russian assembly in the relevant product segments.

Optima CT660

2010

Establishment of GE Healthcare Nycomed Distribution JV

In 2010, a joint venture (JV), GE Healthcare Nycomed Distribution, was established to sell, promote and distribute contrast drugs manufactured by GE Healthcare.

Agreement with MTL on the production of a BrightSpeed ​ ​ Elite CT scanner in the Russian Federation

In 2010, Medical Technologies JSC (MTL) became the first company in Russia to sign a strategic partnership agreement in the field of production of high-tech diagnostic medical equipment in the Russian Federation with GE Healthcare. As part of the agreement, since 2010, the production facilities of MTL in Moscow have launched the serial production of the GE Healthcare BrightSpeed ​ ​ Elite computer tomograph, which became the first serial computer tomograph produced in Russia in a 16-slice configuration. In 2012, the production of a computed tomograph in a 64-cut configuration and an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus began. Read more here.

The first center of positron emission tomography in Ukraine

In 2010, the company opened the first center for positron emission tomography in Ukraine.

2009

Agreement with MTL on localization of tomographic equipment assembly

In 2009, an agreement was signed between GE Healthcare and CJSC Medical Equipment Ltd (MTL) to localize the assembly of innovative GE Healthcare computer tomography equipment in Russia, and the first implemented project was the production of a 16-piece GE BRIGHTSPEED computer tomograph. At the beginning of 2016, more than 160 devices supplied to clinics in various regions of Russia were assembled, which is a confirmation of the high demand for products.

Opening GE Healthcare Academy

Developing the strategy "In Russia for Russia," in 2009 the company opened a training center GE Healthcare Academy in Moscow for training users based on medical institutions and specially equipped classes. The Academy became the first Russian training center for healthcare professionals, which is managed by a manufacturer of large high-tech medical equipment. At the beginning of 2016, 160 training courses were held, more than 1,100 specialists in Moscow and the regions of Russia underwent extensive technical and clinical training in the field of diagnostic imaging.

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