The first fruits of the PCB project are now appearing thank to the highly active research environment created in the Park by the companies, business R+D+I units, spin-off enterprises within the PCB-Santander Bioincubator, public sector research groups and technology platforms. Their location within a single setting fosters the creation of mixed units research and joint ventures.

• fostering closer links between researchers of universities and companies
  
• creating new kinds of relationship between the public and private sectors
  
• facilitating the creation of high-level technology platforms able to promote basic research and the technologically-innovative activities of companies
  
• developing procedures which foster the creation of technology-based academic spin-off enterprises