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The female talent in the CataloniaBio & HealthTech Gala Dinner (Foto: © CataloniaBio & HealthTech, Anna Mas).
 11.03.2019

More than two hundred people attend the CataloniaBio & HealthTech Gala Dinner

Yesterday, the CataloniaBio & HealthTech Gala Dinner brought together at the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site in Barcelona more than 200 entrepreneurs, executives and professionals from the association’s member companies and organisations, as well as politicians and important figures from benchmark institutions in the biomedicine and healthcare arena in Catalonia. Once again, the Barcelona Science Park had a wide representation in this annual 'dinner-networking', organized by the Catalan business association to foster relationships and cooperation between business and science.

 

At the Gala Dinner, President of CataloniaBioHT Jaume Amat spoke to the members, stressing: “We have a privileged 360º view of the sector because, as an association, we bring together the whole valorisation cycle: knowledge generators (universities, research centres and hospitals); start-ups, SMEs and large corporations developing products; the whole network of companies offering science and non-science services; and the users. We have to harness this to advance development of innovative, transformative solutions to consolidate Catalonia as an international hub for research, healthcare and business.”

The, CataloniaBio & HealthTech has given the Biosuccess Award to the Ysios Capital fund for the milestones achieved in 2018 in the healthcare and biomedicine arena in Catalonia, and an honorary award to Antonio Parente recognising his career in business. 

At the closing, Catalan Minister of Health Alba Vergés explained that the Government favours a productive model in which the industrial fabric is an essential part of generating wealth. As such, “We are firmly committed to investment in research and innovation, with actions like PERIS and innovative public procurement.” The 2019 PERIS call is endowed with €38 million (€9 million more than in 2017-2018).

► For further information: CataloniaBio & HealthTech website [+]