EIT Health selects Droplite, Ninevah and Oxolife for Headstart program Blog Post

Droplite, Ninevah Therapeutics and Oxolife, presents at the Barcelona Science Park, are three of the 16 Spanish startups that will participate in Headstart, the program of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology in Health (EIT Health) that offers support and financing of up to 50,000 € because emerging companies develop their innovations within a unique ecosystem, which gives them access to financing, experts, contacts and knowledge.

 

Oncoheroes Biosciences and the Super Sam Foundation walking together for the pediatric cancer Blog Post

Oncoheroes Biosciences announces the receipt of funding from Super Sam Foundation, a pediatric cancer nonprofit organization. Oncoheroes is a Boston based biotech with its European headquarters at the Barcelona Science Park. The startup was co-founded in 2017 by Ricardo Garcia, a serial entrepreneur from Barcelona, and the Italian scientist Cesare Spadoni, two parents touched by childhood cancer and determined to change the outlook for these young patients.

 

First foal born in Spain using a procedure which enhances reproductive efficiency and genetic preservation in elite animals Blog Post

The first horse conceived as a result of a combination of ovum pick up (OPU) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), two in vitro fertilisation techniques which enhance fertility and enable the genetic preservation of elite animals, has just been born in Catalonia. This birth points to the future of equine assisted reproduction in Spain. It has been made possible by a project carried out entirely in the country led by the Embryotools centre based in the Barcelona Science Park in partnership with CREA Veterinaris and Embriones Equino.

 

The XIII edition of the Board of Trustees of the UB and the FBG Awards is already open Blog Post

The Awards of the Board of Trustees of the University of Barcelona and the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation for the transfer of knowledge and the creation of innovative companies celebrate their thirteenth edition. These awards aim to promote the return to society of the knowledge acquired through study and research, to stress the importance of technology, knowledge, and innovation transfer projects, and to foster the creation of innovative companies and entrepreneurial culture within the UB Group. The Bosch i Gimpera Foundation is the technology transfer office of the UB since 1983 and is based in the Barcelona Science Park.

 

IESE opens a new call for Proposals for the Barcelona Technology Transfer Group Blog Post

IESE Business School opens their 7th Edition of the program of the Barcelona Technology Transfer Group (BTTG), a collaboration program between MBA students and successful mentors with scientists, technologist and entrepreneurs of public and private centres, with the intention of helping create a company or boost their first stages of development. Barcelona Science Park collaborates in this initiative within the strategic agreement set on last January with IESE to promote and support the growth of business initiatives of life sciences.

GalChimia renews the Crédit d’Impôt Recherche (CIR) accreditation Blog Post

GalChimia has renewed the Crédit d’Impôt Recherche (CIR) accreditation from the French Government, which certifies the company as a provider of R&D services in France. The evaluation is related to the company’s participation in the SHIKIFACTORY100 European project, aimed at the production of compounds of high added value in the chemical, food and cosmetic industries. The Galician company has doubled the surface and staff of its R&D&I center at the Barcelona Science Park, which was opened two years ago to accelerate its growth and internationalization strategy.