The new edition of the New Aquitaine – Euskadi – Navarre meetings has already been scheduled

This year the 7th New-Aquitaine / Basque Country / Navarra Biohealth Industries Meeting will take place in Bilbao, and unlike last year’s edition, in person. We will be joined at the opening by Arantxa Tapia, Minister of Economic Development, Sustainability and Environment of the Basque Government; Mikel Irujo, Minister of Economic and Business Development of…

Lourdes Verdes-Montenegro, researcher at IAA-CSIC, wins the Ada Byron Award from the University of Deusto

The researcher Lourdes Verdes-Montenegro, from Granada (Spain), has won the ninth edition of the Ada Byron Award for Women in Technology, organised by the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Deusto. The Junior Ada Byron Award went to Julia Guiomar Niso, from Catalonia. This award includes Microsoft’s gold sponsorship, sponsorships from the Provincial Government…

New antimicrobial drugs effective against multidrug-resistant bacteria

The RESIST project, in which GAIKER participates, will develop new drugs based on nanoparticles to combat infections caused by multiresistant and difficult to treat bacteria. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), or the ability of a microorganism not to respond to the action of an antimicrobial agent, is currently a serious problem facing public health worldwide. The World…

Collaboration and business opportunities with Johnson&Johnson

On July 6, Wednesday, at the Central Building of the Science and Technology Park of Gipuzkoa, the face-to-face meeting with Johnson&Johnson (J&J) will be held, starting at 09:30 am: organized by the Euskadi Technology Park and Johnson&Johnson, and in collaboration with Bioef and Basque Health Cluster. Innovative science, adequate funding, intellectual property protection and a…

AI for Digital Health and Personalized Medicine

Vicomtech organizes, together with several companies and technology centers, a conference on artificial intelligence in the field of digital health and personalized medicine. The aim of this conference is to present realities and prospecting to help identify opportunities for the application of Artificial Intelligence in Digital Health and Personalized Medicine for both Companies and Health…

Game-Changing Research Project “SINPAIN” Starts: Developing a Next-Generation Advanced Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is among the leading causes of physical disability with numbers rising. Currently, seven percent of the global population is affected. Patients mostly suffer from chronic pain, stiffness, tenderness and limited flexibility. From the current studies available, no specific cure for osteoarthritis exists and its severity varies from patient to patient. Besides the social burden…

The Polepharma-GIPSO cluster and the Basque Health Cluster formalize their partnership to promote cross-border cooperation in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry

A strategic approach in favour of cross-border cooperation in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry.   The partnership started back in 2013, focusing mainly on the organisation of Meetings for the Biohealth Industries of New Aquitaine, Basque Country, and Navarre (RNAEN). Last Thursday, 12 May 2022, the French pharmaceutical industrial cluster Polepharma-GIPSO and the Basque Health…