Biocat, BioRegion of Catalonia

🔝The Barcelona Deep Tech Summit tech returns to Fira Barcelona this year! 📅 5-7/11 The edition joins the Smart City Expo World Congress, creating a more integrated platform to drive innovation in #DeepTech and urban development. 🗣️ The Barcelona Deep Tech Summit will focus on finding solutions for four global challenges through conferences, panel discussions, workshops, and more: 🛜 Connectivity 💻 Deep Tech ❤️🩹 Advancements in health technology 🔋 Energy transition 🔗 More information: https://lnkd.in/dRb5nXNz

🔝 #Barcelona avança com el gran hub de salut del sud d’Europa, liderant projectes capdavanters en hospitals, centres de recerca, universitats, biotecnologia i més. 🚀   📅 Avui, el DG de #Biocat, Robert Fabregat Fuentes, ha compartit els reptes i oportunitats del sector en la jornada "Barcelona: Claves para convertirse en el hub más importante del sector salud en el sur de Europa", organitzada per Expansión, dins el Barcelona Polo Europeo de la Salud. 🗨 "A Barcelona hi ha una combinació de factors que contribueixen a situar la ciutat entre un dels ecosistemes punters en innovació en salut en Europa. En primer lloc, tenim talent local i internacional de primer nivell als nostres centres de recerca i hospitals. En segon lloc, tenim una ciutat atractiva i competitiva a nivell empresarial; i finalment, conflueixen factors que impacten positivament en la qualitat de vida i el benestar dels professionals que s'hi dediquen i venen a treballar a Barcelona.", ha explicat Fabregat.   👥 Amb Montse Puig Ponsico (Barcelona & Partners), Lluís Juncà (Generalitat de Catalunya) i Marta Villanueva (Ajuntament de Barcelona)   🔗 Sumem esforços per fer de #Barcelona un puntal internacional en salut! #Barcelona2030EXP

👥 💬 El DG de #Biocat, Robert Fabregat Fuentes, s'ha reunit aquesta setmana amb el conseller del Departament d'Empresa i Treball, Miquel Sàmper Rodríguez, i el secretari d'Empresa i Competitivitat. Departament d'Empresa i Treball, Jaume Baró Torres, per abordar reptes i oportunitats de la #BioRegió de Catalunya. També amb el conseller d'Unió Europea i Acció Exterior, Jaume Duch Guillot, per seguir posicionant la BioRegió de Catalunya com a referent internacional.

🆕📰 L'startup catalana INBRAIN Neuroelectronics tanca una ronda de finançament sèrie B de 46,2 milions d’euros per impulsar la seva tecnologia neurològica d'avantguarda. 🔝 Aquesta empresa innovadora es basa en un implant cerebral de grafè amb el qual busca competir en el mercat dels implants neurològics avançats, al costat de grans competidors com #Neuralink d'Elon Musk. 🧠 Amb aquest nou capital, INBRAIN Neuroelectronics continuarà desenvolupant una tecnologia que podria revolucionar la interacció entre el cervell i les màquines, oferint noves opcions de tractament per a diverses condicions neurològiques. Aquesta fita reafirma la #BioRegió de Catalunya com a ecosistema capdavanter en #innovació i #recerca en ciències de la vida i #salut! Més informació a La Vanguardia 👇 https://lnkd.in/d3mirkYS

🔬 🔝 The #BioRegion is moving towards a future of #innovation and #research in life and #healthsciences with ambitious projects! #Biocat continues to promote the health and life sciences sector in #Catalonia, promoting strategic infrastructures that will transform the research and innovation ecosystem of the BioRegion. 🔺 One of the most anticipated projects is the new Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, on Avinguda Diagonal. This new infrastructure will include the hospital, the Faculty of Medicine and several research centers. 🏥 + 300,000 m² 🔺 The Parc Científic de Barcelona is preparing to host a new emblematic building: the MIES-UB. This work will be intended for the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), the Fraunhofer Institute (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) and several research groups at the Universitat de Barcelona (UB). 🏥 New building: 2,520 m² 👥 700 workers 🔺 The Innovation and Health BioCluster is another outstanding project that seeks to create a unique business park for entrepreneurs, research institutions, companies and health centers to become an international benchmark. 🏥 556,000 m² 👥 50,000 new jobs 🔺 Outside the metropolitan area of Barcelona, in Badalona, the Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, known as Can Ruti, is preparing an urban transformation. 🏥 Increase of 95,000 m² of building space (the 142,000 m² of health facilities will expand to 237,000 m² in the future). 🔺 Also the new Girona Campus of Health will mean a significant expansion of health services outside the metropolitan area of Barcelona, where assistance, research and knowledge will come together. 🏥 With 175,000 m² of new construction, which will be added to the 43,000 m² already existing in the Parc Hospitalari Martí i Julià. + details on the new scientific hubs and infrastructures in Catalonia at the service of talent and innovation 👇 https://lnkd.in/dsZRAEUf

🔝 ABLE Human Motion, Doctomatic, GoodGut, and Rob Surgical are the pioneering companies currently piloting the Accompaniment Unit of the Catalan Health System innovation Access Program (#PASS). Presented today at ACCIÓ, this initiative by #Biocat is paving the way for Catalonia-born innovations to make a real impact. 📈 Through this program, Biocat is spotlighting groundbreaking projects that align with the Health System's priorities—offering tailored guidance and support for successful implementation. ⏯ Check out our video to hear directly from these innovators about their journey with the Accompaniment Unit—a dedicated Biocat team that provides hands-on support to guide each innovation along its path. Discover their stories and see what’s possible when health innovation meets opportunity! 👀👇 https://lnkd.in/dH2Jkx9S

📰 La farmacèutica Reig Jofre i l'startup DyCare - Digital Rehabilitation Solutions s'alien per oferir un servei digital de #rehabilitació i d'exercicis a domicili basat en #IA. La col·laboració es va iniciar després de participar a l'Open Innovation Challenge organitzat per ACCIÓ, durant l'Health Revolution Congress (Barcelona Health Hub) del 2023, iniciativa que posa en contacte grans companyies que han de resoldre reptes de negoci amb empreses emergents que ofereixen solucions innovadores. Via La Vanguardia👇 https://lnkd.in/ddJ_FZ_e

🛩 Join the Argentina Mission 2024 and unlock the gateway to Latin America's thriving innovation ecosystem! 📆 From November 25-29, immerse yourself in Argentina's top three innovation hubs, creating new opportunities for #BioRegionCatalonia companies and entities to expand into Latin America. Explore these key locations: 📍 Buenos Aires: A strategic hub for international connections with local leaders and stakeholders from across the Southern Cone. 📍 Mar del Plata: Host of #BioArgentina2024, featuring exclusive networking and partnering sessions. 📍 Rosario: Argentina’s leading innovation hub, where groundbreaking research and major institutions converge to drive cutting-edge advancements. Organized by #Biocat, with the support of the Department of Foreign Affair and the help of Cámara Argentina de Biotecnología. Sign up here to explore all the opportunities waiting for you in Latin America! ➡ https://tuit.cat/t5ieD

🚀 Health Tech Forward 2024 is coming up next November 7th and 8th, an event you can't miss if you're involved in the world of #healthtechnology and #innovation! 🌍 During these two days, you'll connect with top industry leaders, investors, entrepreneurs and global experts, exploring the most disruptive trends and discovering new opportunities that are transforming the future of #healthcare. 🔝 From #biotechnology to digital health, #AI or medical devices, this forum is the perfect place to discuss how new technologies are revolutionizing the way we understand and manage health. 🔎 If you want to grow your network, find strategic partners or stay up to date with the innovations that will mark 2024, #HTC2024 is the opportunity you've been waiting for! 🔴 If you are part of the #BioRegion, #Biocat offers you discounts! 👉 Sign up and don't miss the opportunity to be at the forefront of the sector: https://lnkd.in/dgm3UkBV

🇯🇵 Biocat embarked on a mission to Japan to strengthen ties between #BioRegionCatalonia and Asia, unlocking new business and innovation opportunities! 🔝 The Catalan delegation, featuring Biocat and startups AROMICS, Gate2Brain and Cytes Biotechnologies, participated in a series of impactful events: ✔ #BioJapan24, one of the top biotech partnering events in Asia, where Biocat had a booth for the #BioRegionCatalonia in the exhibition space and also met with clusters of the form Asia, investors and pharmaceuticals companies such as Daichii Sankyo, Takeda and 中外製薬 / Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.. ✔ EU-Japan Biotechnology & Pharma Partnering Conference 2024: where they engaged with universities and pharmaceutical companies like Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation and JT Pharma. #Biocat and AROMICS also pitched their projects. ✔ Session with Life Science Innovation Network Japan (LINK-J): an enriching exchange with Japan's life sciences community in Tokyo. ✔Visit to the Spanish Embassy in Tokyo: With ICEX providing insights on Japan’s healthcare landscape. 🔗 Learn more about the mission’s milestones: https://lnkd.in/dyYE6_NN