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The newspaper devoted to economics, Expansión, analyses the need to strengthen technology transfer in the centres of excellence in Catalonia. The article informs that IRB Barcelona, which has already set up three spin-off companies, has an innovation office that monitors the research underway at the institute and seeks to detect those lines with potential market interest. According to Joan J Guinovart, director of IRB Barcelona, it is a double challenge, namely that the researcher patents the idea and also finds funding for the company.
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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).
