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L’Econòmic, the weekly supplement if the local newspaper El Punt Avui, has pinpointed Ona Therapeutics, the new spin-off from IRB Barcelona, as one of the ten Catalan start-ups with greatest projection. The company, which was founded by IRB Barcelona, ICREA, and the researchers Salvador Aznar Benitah and Valerie Vanhooren, with funding from Sabadell Asabys, focuses on the development of a new drug for the treatment of metastatic cancer.
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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).
