VES-HI 021 - IBEC - World Medical Innovation Forum (a BIOCAT Mission) - Boston (USA)

The trip is part of a Biocat mission. The trip includes attendance at the World Medical Innovation Forum. It also includes visits to pharmaceutical companies based in Boston, a business accelerator and a research support foundation.



The World Medical Innovation Forum brings together global leaders to address the latest opportunities and challenges in the investment landscape, key technological developments, manufacturing and regulatory barriers. New ideas on the future of patient care will be discussed. Attending the Forum not only allows you to learn first-hand about this need, but also allows you to talk to these doctors and present IBEC proposals that can respond to these needs. In addition, one of the documents that will be presented is the survey promoted by this hospital and in which thousands of doctors have participated, identifying the 10 medical needs worldwide.



This Forum will also feature companies (their CEOs) who will present their approach to generating new solutions to the challenges of achieving global health. This is an opportunity to show them how IBEC's developments or capabilities can be complementary. In addition to attending the Forum, this mission organized by Biocat includes a visit to some pharmaceutical companies based in Boston to whom we will be able to present IBEC, our capabilities and projects.



A visit to a foundation that finances research projects in the form of an incubator is also planned because in addition to funding, they provide laboratory space to develop the project. IBEC is interested in this type of proposal because we can present a project that takes advantage of this initiative to develop the project in a framework of unparalleled opportunities. 

Finally, a visit to an accelerator where companies can develop their projects, starting with a place in a small office and which can host the development of this company until it occupies an entire laboratory, is also planned. IBEC is interested



Destinations

Boston, United States of America

2009

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering

Cambridge, United States of America

2013

LabCentral

Boston, United States of America

2009

MassChallenge Boston

Boston, United States of America

2016

MESH Incubator

Cambridge, United States of America

2002

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc.

Everett, United States of America

2015

World Medical Innovation Forum

CERCA Institutes

CERCA institutes involved

Contacts

ES

Eduardo SalasHead. Technology Transfer and Business Development Office
Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC)

Mobility data

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VES-HI 021-IBEC ES.pdf

Goals

Target

The trip is part of a Biocat mission. The trip includes attendance at the World Medical Innovation Forum. It also includes visits to pharmaceutical companies based in Boston, a business accelerator and a research support foundation.

Knowledge Transfer

New Trends and Internacionalization

The commitment on the part of the center will be, in addition to the corresponding report, to present to the Transfer Community:  

1) Summary of (new) identified medical needs or trends

2) New programs identified (i.e. ARPA or similar). Incubator/Accelerator models identified and differences with the current ones present in Catalonia

3) Advantages of collaborating with missions such as the one organized by BIOCAT (or others such as ACCIÓ)

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