Its mission is to provide the highest level of quality and cutting-edge services to facilitate and advance the definition of the best therapy for the patient and close the cycle from basic research to the completion of the clinical application.

In 2002, the Oncology Plan of Catalonia promoted the creation of a network of tumor banks in Catalonia that would serve to provide sufficient samples for cancer research and to obtain useful results in the diagnosis and treatment of these patients. One of the most important resources for the development of these studies are tumor tissues and other samples (serum, cell cultures) from patients affected by this disease as well as healthy control tissues. From these types of samples it is possible to obtain DNA, RNA, proteins and other products useful for research.

Mission: Lead the research effort of excellence in diabetes and associated metabolic diseases, as well as accelerate the translation of scientific results into clinical practice to improve the health of the population and people with diabetes and metabolic diseases.

Mission: Assist in advancing the understanding of the mechanisms that contribute to the development of obesity to reduce its incidence and prevalence, as well as complications, in addition to nutrition-related diseases. Through its leadership in translational biomedical research, it integrates basic, clinical, epidemiological and public health research, as well as medical care and education in the public sphere of obesity and nutrition, becoming for all this in a research center of reference with a competitive potential of internationalization and to provide services of consultancy in R&D and companies so much pharmaceutical as of the feeding, as well as the sanitary authorities of the country.

REGIC is the first association of clinical research management organizations created in Spain at the request of professionals, to share experiences and create a space for interaction and training in the management of healthcare R & D & I.