IBM opened the IBM Watson Health Center in Helsinki, Finland, as part of a five-year collaboration agreement between IBM and Tekes, a Finnish funding agency.
The research hub will bring together healthcare organizations, startups, pharmaceutical companies and universities to develop data-driven cognitive applications. These stakeholders will research health imaging, clinical trial matching, drug delivery, application programming interfaces and population health management, with a focus on oncology, genomics and rare disease management.
The IBM Watson Health Center will also provide a space to test these applications prior to deployment, including a simulated hospital, physician practice and home environment.