On the occasion of the BIO-Europe Spring 2017 event in Barcelona, the newspaper “La Vanguardia” has published an article about the campaign to host the new headquarters of the London-based European Medicines Agency (EMA) after Brexit.
The article also includes a reference to the participation of IRB Barcelona’s Innovation Department in this three-day partnering conference for the biotechnology industry.
The economic newpaper Expansión reports on the 20th anniversary of the Barcelona Science Park (Parque Científico de Barcelona (PCB). In the article, it mentions that, in addition to hosting biomedical start-ups like Oryzon Genomics, PaloBiofarma, Som Biotech and Kymos Pharma, it is also home to prestigious organisations such as the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), the Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC), and large companies linked to innovation, such as Esteve and Grupo Ordesa.
El Punt Avui and La Vanguardia have published an article about the European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept grants. Five of them were given to centres belonging to the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), two corresponding to researchers Eduard Batlle and Angel R. Nebreda at IRB Barcelona.
EFE has published an article on the “BIO International Convention”, one of the main fairs organised by the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) and that takes place in Boston from today until Thursday, 7 June. In this event, special emphasis will be given to topics such as fundraising and new gene therapies, among others. IRB Barcelona, represented its Innovation Department is one of the institutions participating in this event.
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