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The Secretary of State for Universities and Research of the Ministry of Education and Sciences visits the PCB

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 11.02.2005

The Secretary of State for Universities and Research of the Ministry of Education and Sciences visits the PCB

On 11th February, the Secretary of State for Universities and Research of the Ministry of Education and Science, Salvador Ordóñez, and his assistant, Ramón Coy, visited the Parc Científic de Barcelona (PCB, Barcelona Science Park) while attending a meeting with representatives from Catalan pharmaceutical companies. The visitors were shown around the park by the rector of the Universitat de Barcelona (University of Barcelona), Joan Tugores, and the director of the PCB, Màrius Rubiralta. In addition, the distinguished visitors were accompanied by the director of Merck Farma y Química, Alberto Bueno, the director of the Bioinvestigation Laboratory of the same, Jaume Piulats, Antoni Esteve, from the Executive Council of Esteve, and by the vice-president of Grup Ferrer Internacional, Rafael Foguet.


The group went on a guided visit to the facilities of the pharmaceutical enterprises at the PCB, such as Merck Farma y Química, Esteve, the Lilly-PCB Joint Laboratory, and the enterprises in the CIDEM-PCB Bioincubator, Oryzon Genomics and Crystax Pharmaceuticals. The group was also shown around the laboratories of the Barcelona Institute of Molecular Biology (IBMB-CSIC), the Institute of Biomedicine Research (IRB-PCB) and the following technology platforms: Crystallography, Combinatorial Chemistry and Nanobioengineering.