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24.03.2021

This March is ending with a sudden sad farewell to Josep Baselga, a major global touchstone from the BioRegion in oncological research and the treatment of breast cancer and one of the prime driving forces behind the concept of personalized medicine.

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Goal €500M: BioRegion investment milestone for 2025

Will the BioRegion reach €500 million in annual investment by 2025? To answer this ambitious goal, we have developed the analysis 'The BioRegion of Catalonia: road to €500M in investment per year" which presents questions and answers about this possible ecosystem scaling.

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25.02.2021

This February has been marked, to a large extent, by the European recovery funds that are keeping a close eye on the BioRegion. And in hospitals, activity continues to keep up the pace of research.

Destaquem gener 2021
25.01.2021

During January the vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna have been administrated. In the BioRegion, the year got off to a strong start for a good number of startups, which have received funding, and for some local pharmaceutical corporations.

22.12.2020

Covid-19 pandemic has boosted cutting-edge research and innovation, reaching a record investment for companies in the BioRegion 

6 ‘made in Catalonia’ Covid-19 prediction and prognosis methods

Predicting and establishing the prognosis of diseases is key to controlling them. Biocat will provide support for the 19 research projects in the BioRegion awarded €4 million from the Catalan Ministry of Health to research the pandemic, 6 of which are looking into possible prediction or prognosis methods for this disease. Let’s look at how the centers are focusing their research.

3 Catalan Covid-19 vaccines

A few days ago, the 19 research projects in the BioRegion awarded €4 million from the Catalan Ministry of Health to research the pandemic, with technical support from Biocat, were announced. Of these projects, 3 are researching potential vaccines for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Let’s look at the preventive strategies they propose.

5 existing drugs that could be used for Covid-19

Five research projects in the BioRegion of Catalonia are investigating how to take advantage of therapies already in use for other diseases to treat Covid-19. They have received funding from the Catalan Ministry of Health to study this new path towards a possible cure to the pandemic. Let’s look at what they’re working on.

28.04.2020

Advances in Covid-19 research and devices mark the news in the BioRegion in April

Will Covid-19 affect investment in the biomedical sector?

The BioRegion of Catalonia has a solid local investment fabric and the number of international investors has grown tenfold over the past 5 years. How will the pandemic affect their activity? Companies are seeing some operations postponed, but investors, for now, are optimistic: activity won’t stop, quite the opposite, this will boost interest to attract more investment.