This year the Sport Connect Forum, organized by Interros Group and the Russian International Olympic Committee, gathered more than three hundred attendees from the sports industry. The main themes were Global Market Changes and Best Local Projects.

At the sixth annual Russian Pharma Awards 2017, Polyoxidonium, a Russian combination product that is an immunomodulator, detoxifier, and antioxidant, took the prize for «Product of choice for treating and preventing acute viral respiratory infection in children».

Boehringer Ingelheim has concluded phase one of their localization effort aimed at manufacturing their innovative thrombolytic medicines in Russia: the first batches of Metalyse (tenectaplase) for acute heart attack treatment were produced at NPO Petrovax Pharm facilities.

The Master of Sport Administration course, run by the Russian International Olympic University (RIOU), has been placed the second best European course in the 2017 by SportBusiness International Postgraduate Sports Course Rankings.