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On World Health Day, the newspaper El Mundo prepared a special supplement to various aspects related to biomedicine. One of the pieces focuses on research. In this regard, Spain boasts leading centres such as "CNIO, CNIC, VHIR and IRB Barcelona, which have ridden out the crisis thanks to internationalization", says the article.
The same piece includes statements made by the director of the centre, Joan Guinovart, who, in reference to fund-raising, says, “it is necessary to promote donations from individual citizens, in addition to increasing support from private foundations. The creation of a law governing philanthropy that stimulates this support would be most welcome”.
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).
