09/10/2024 - Innovation, Projects, Success Stories

The European Innovation Council provides €3 million in funding for a project with IGTP involvement

The European Commission has granted €2,999,101 in funding to the NanoBiCar project, coordinated by Universitat Politècnica de València, with the participation of the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP). The grant falls within the EIC Pathfinder Program of the European Innovation Council (EIC), a highly competitive program aimed at identifying, developing, and scaling up breakthrough technologies and disruptive innovations.

02/07/2024 - Innovation, Projects, Research, Success Stories

IGTP and DevsHealth join forces to develop new antibiotics against hospital-acquired infections by multi-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

DevsHealth, a leading company in artificial intelligence (AI) driven drug discovery, and the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), a public research centre in biomedical sciences, have announced a new partnership to develop new antibiotics for multi-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.

14/06/2024 - Campus Can Ruti, Innovation, Success Stories

Innomed Awards drive biomedical innovation

The Innomed Awards, held at the Can Ruti Campus, celebrated significant advancements in biomedical innovation and reinforced the commitment to collaboration among the leading healthcare and research institutions of this health ecosystem and its surroundings.

11/06/2024 - Innovation, Institutional

IGTP joins the Advanced Therapies Network of Catalonia

IGTP presented yesterday, 10 June, the initiative with a total of 45 companies and entities participating, which will promote the research and development of these medicines to generate an economic and social impact in Catalonia.

17/04/2024 - Innovation, Institutional, Success Stories

CMCiB renews its certificate of compliance with Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) for the preclinical validation of medical devices

CMCiB-IGTP has renewed its certificate of compliance with Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) in accordance with Directive 2004/9/EC.

18/03/2024 - Innovation, Research

Progress in developing specific immunotherapies for type 1 diabetes

Researchers from IGTP and Ahead Therapeutics have been exploring a treatment based on liposome-type nanoparticles to address the autoimmunity of type 1 diabetes for years. A study recently published in the Journal of Autoimmunity examines the response of macrophages to this immunotherapy, serving as a preliminary step before clinical trials.

13/03/2024 - Campus Can Ruti, Innovation, Projects

Innomed programme kicks off

The Innomed programme has been launched with the ambition of transforming the landscape of health innovation at the Can Ruti Campus, creating synergies between the public and private sectors. With a structured approach around three key axes - nurturing the culture of innovation, fostering project incubation, and facilitating cross-sector collaboration - Innomed aims to turn knowledge into action to achieve tangible impact on the healthcare community.

11/01/2024 - Campus Can Ruti, Innovation, Projects

The Innomed programme is launched to boost health innovation

Institutions in and around the Can Ruti Campus have come together to develop Innomed, a programme aimed at sharing skills, knowledge, and resources to boost innovation. The initiative has recently received support from the ITEMAS platform.

31/10/2023 - Innovation

Nimble Diagnostics secures a €2.5 million grant from the EIC Accelerator programme

Nimble Diagnostics has been awarded a €2.5 million grant from EIC Accelerator, a funding programme of the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). This spin-off from the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), the Polytechnic University of Catalonia - BarcelonaTech (UPC) and the University of Barcelona (UB), is among the 47 selected companies from 15 countries, chosen from a pool of 648 proposals.

25/10/2023 - Conferences, Innovation, Institutional

IGTP and EATRIS hold a workshop on translational research and innovation

On 23 October, the "Translational research and innovation through EATRIS" workshop was held at IGTP. The purpose of this event was to discuss the advances and perspectives of EATRIS both in Spain and in Europe, highlighting the research and innovation activity of the IGTP.