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Article about the situation of the biomedical research in Catalonia in the international section of the Catalan News Agency (CNA). The article highlights the high level of the research performed in Catalonia as well as the total volume of publications, 10 times higher from the volume expected by population. Among the consulted sources, there is the director of the IRB Barcelona, Joan Guinovart.
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).
