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The section named ‘Interview’ in the last issue of the magazine published by the Official College of Pharmacists of Barcelona is devoted to Joan Guinovart, Director of IRB Barcelona and group leader of the Metabolic Engineering and Diabetes Therapy Laboratory. The extensive interview covers diverse topics such as the current state of science, the most significant discoveries made by his lab and the nature of drugs in the future.
About IRB Barcelona
The Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) pursues a society free of disease. To this end, it conducts multidisciplinary research of excellence to cure cancer and other diseases linked to ageing. It establishes technology transfer agreements with the pharmaceutical industry and major hospitals to bring research results closer to society, and organises a range of science outreach activities to engage the public in an open dialogue. IRB Barcelona is an international centre that hosts 400 researchers and more than 30 nationalities. Recognised as a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence since 2011, IRB Barcelona is a CERCA centre and member of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).
