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The SOMMa Alliance aims to promote science of excellence and safeguard its competitiveness

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La Vanguardia, El País, EFE, and ABC, among other media, have published an article about the creation of SOMMa, an alliance between Severo Ochoa Centres and Maria Maeztu Units. This initiative seeks to promote science of excellence in Spain and safeguard its competitiveness, thus increasing its impact, fostering collaboration and networking, and enriching the R&D system.

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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).