Mikrobiomik closes €1.1 million capital increase

In a huge step towards the evolution of medical research, Mikrobiomik, the pioneer company in the human microbiome, has confirmed a capital increase of 1.1 million euros. This milestone happens thanks to the exclusive contribution of its current partners, who are determined to accomplish their initial mission: to launch their investigational biological drug, MBK-01, on…

TECNALIA takes its technological solutions in healthy eating to Alimentaria FoodTech

The research and technological development centre will have a stand at the Food Industry Fair, which takes place from 26 to 29 September at the Fira de Barcelona exhibition centre, and will present different production trends and needs, such as samples of food resulting from the application of innovative technologies. The TECNALIA research and technological…

Vicomtech and Biobizkaia organise in the framework of the European project LUCIA, the workshop “Understanding lung cancer” in San Sebastian

The event, held together with the 22 international partners of the project, clinical specialists and representatives of the administrations and local companies of the sector, has presented the contributions of the LUCIA project to advance in the prevention and early screening of lung cancer. In Spain and the Basque Country, Lung Cancer is one of…

OWL Metabolomics contributes to MASEF Score for Identifying At-Risk MASH Patients

The prestigious journal Hepatology has just published a cutting-edge study in hepatology. The research, conducted by Dr. Mazen Noureddin, Dr. Emily Truong and Dr. Arun J. Sanyal, with Dr. Rebeca Mayo, Ibon Martínez and Itziar Mincholé from OWL Metabolomics, in collaboration with scientists from institutions and hospitals in Europe and America, has found a metabolic…

Regulatory 2.0 Expert Course: a course composed of a panel of key experts in the field of regulation!

Following the success of the “Expert Course in Regulatory Affairs 2022-2023”  regarding the new Regulations on medical devices (MP) and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical devices under the new European Regulations (EU) 2017/745 and 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on this type of products, the Basque Health Cluster is…

Basque Health Cluster participates in the second edition of the Smart Woman Awards

The award-winning professionals were: M.ª Ángeles Ibarrondo, director of Health Research and Innovation of the Basque Country; María A. Blasco, Scientific Director of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO); Susana Marcos, Director of the Visual Optics and Biophotonics Laboratory of the Optics Institute of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC); Gema Climent, R&D Director…

Double triumph for Mikrobiomik: SME Bizkaia and Toribio Echevarria Award!

On Tuesday, July 4th, Mikrobiomik, a biotechnology company, was honored with the “SMEs Bizkaia” award in the category of Social Responsibility. In a high standard competition with 1800 other SMEs, Mikrobiomik presented its project at the contest sponsored by Banco Santander. Its revolutionary proposal is based on a biological drug developed from intestinal microbiota, still…

Abyntek Biopharma designs and validates a protocol for the production of tailor-made polyclonal antibodies

The Basque biopharmaceutical company, a specialist in the design and distribution of bioreagents for scientific research, offers to the research community a new solution to obtain quality custom-made polyclonal antibodies at a reduced cost.   Thanks to the standardization of polyclonal antibody production and purification processes, it is possible to reduce costs without losing the…