Short Program 2025/26 - The Life Sciences: Unveiling the Future of Health

The lecture on the Digital Health Industry will provide an overview of the current state of the industry. This includes discussing trends, challenges, and opportunities for growth. Moreover, it will focus on how digital health is transforming the way healthcare is delivered and the potential impact it can have on healthcare providers, payers, and patients helping all the stakeholders in increasing efficacy, reducing costs and improving patients outcomes.

This session explains what a medical device is, and provides key statistics regarding the sector's stakeholders: number and type of companies (in Europe, 95% of medtech companies are SMEs), investment in R&D, employment, expenditure on medical technology, number of patents filed, VC deals, etc.

This lecture sheds light on factors that will influence the development of the life sciences sector over the coming years. Discover how groundbreaking approaches like gene therapy, cell therapy, and tissue engineering are reshaping the landscape of healthcare.

This lecture will provide you with a general overview of the industry and discuss the key concepts and principal agents that drive it. You'll learn about the value chain, business models, main trends, challenges, and opportunities that shape the pharma landscape.

We offer a 50% discount (for any category, but not accumulative) to students who are in their final academic year at university, or who are studying a Masters degree related to the following fields: business, engineering, life sciences or design. If interested, please send an e-mail to polivella@biocat.cat, with the subject "Short Programs Discount", providing your details and attaching a copy of your university registration. Promotions are limited and will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.

To withdraw from a session you must send an e-mail to polivella@biocat.cat. If cancellation is received more than one week (7 working days) before the date of the Short Program session, you will be reimbursed for 100% of the registration fee. If cancellation is received during the week prior to the date of the lesson, you will be reimbursed for 50% of the registration fee. If no notice is given, participants will not be reimbursed even if they do not attend the session.