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The newspaper El Mundo, published an article on the situation of the Spanish patents. Among the experts consulted is Modesto Orozco, head of the group “Molécular modelling and bioinformatics” at IRB Barcelona. Modesto complains that “The difference in our country between the number of scientific articles published and the number of patents is enormous. This means that in some way, this is throwing money because it is generating lots of knowledge others are taking advantage of.
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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).
