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EFE and Europa Press have reported on the presentation of the Severo Ochoa Awards of Excellence held in Madrid. The director of IRB Barcelona, Joan J. Guinovart, attended the ceremony, along with representatives of other awarded research centres. During the event, the director praised the initiative as a "magnificent experiment in science policy," but added that "there is still room to improve the quality of Spanish science."
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).
