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Collaboration agreement between the CIDEM-PCB Bioincubator of the Parc Científic de Barcelona and an incubator in Québec

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 12.09.2003

Collaboration agreement between the CIDEM-PCB Bioincubator of the Parc Científic de Barcelona and an incubator in Québec

On 12th September, the CIDEM-PCB Bioincubator of the Parc Científic de Barcelona (PCB, Barcelona Science Park) and the business incubator Quebec Biotechnology Innovation Centre (), located in the of Laval Island (Quebec), signed a collaboration agreement which aims to strengthen new cooperation models that support the creation of new enterprises.


Held in the “Sala Laval” (Laval Room) of the PCB, the signing was attended by the mayor of the city of Laval, Gilles Vaillancourt; the director of the QBIC, Normand de Montigny; the President and CEO of the Biotech City, Pierre Bélanger; the second vice-president of the PCB and vice-rector of Research of the Universitat de Barcelona (UB) (University of Barcelona), Antoni Juárez; the general director for Industry of the Centre for Innovation and Business Development (), Antoni Gurguí; the director of the PCB, Màrius Rubiralta, and the director of the Interdepartmental Committee for Technological Research and Innovation (CIRIT) and representative of the Department of Universities, Research and the Information Society () of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia, Antoni Oliva.

Created in 1996 and located in the Biotech City, the QBIC was the first business incubator specialized in biotechnology in Quebec. Initiative of the Armand-Frappier Scientific Research Institute and the Laval Technopole project, the QBIC has developed a model programme for the incubation of biotech companies and offers entrepreneurial researchers an appropriate setting in which to carry out activities devoted to technological development and commercialisation.

The CIDEM-PCB Bioincubator is an initiative promoted by the Autonomous Government of Catalonia, through the Technology Springboards of the CIDEM, and by the UB, through the PCB and the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation (FBG). Set up in June 2002 and located in the Parc Científic de Barcelona, the main aim of the CIDEM-PCB Bioincubator is to facilitate a quality setting in which to promote the creation of biotech enterprises, by providing scientific and technological support infrastructure and services for business management, and financial support.

This agreement shows the interest of the two bioincubators in establishing international links related to innovation and technology transfer. The agreement arose as a result of the relationship established in the first meetings held between the Biotech City project and the PCB, which occurred during a programme of visits that the Park has made to Quebec over the last two years. This relationship was later strengthened with the opening in the PCB, last May, of the “Sala Laval” (Laval Room), named after the island in Quebec.

The similarity between projects has facilitated this agreement, which aims to provide an international perspective to the creation of new biotech spin-offs from university research groups. The agreement ensures technology development and transfer, the hosting of public and private laboratories and large academic institutions, and thereby contributes to the socio-economic development of two countries.