Second meeting of Technology Transfer Offices
It brought together more than 65 people from the sector, mainly from research and technology centers, universities, hospitals and healthcare research institutes in Catalonia.
In February, Biocat hosted Tech Transfer Day, the second annual meeting of Technology Transfer Offices in Catalonia, with over 65 people from the sector attending. They were mainly from research and technology centers, universities, hospitals and healthcare research institutes in Catalonia, in order to raise awareness of what they need to bring health technology to the market.
The event, held at CosmoCaixa in Barcelona, featured presentations of three success stories from the BioRegion of Catalonia: Swan Medical, Integra Therapeutics and Mimark.
One of the main topics discussed was the lack of connection between startups or projects and investment funds. Another aspect debated in this first session was the funding model startups or projects need. There was also a session on “Techniques for negotiating offers in technology transfer” given by Kandarp Mehta, senior lecturer at IESE Business School.
At this event, Biocat took advantage to share its strategic projects and, in general, those of the whole BioRegion of Catalonia, including the advanced therapies hub. Others included entrepreneurship and acceleration programs like d·Health Barcelona Part Time and CRAASH Barcelona, as well as Biocat’s new “Invest BioRegion Portal”, which facilitates virtual interactions between investors and international companies and the portfolio of investable and licensable opportunities from research centers, universities and hospitals, as well as the whole ecosystem of startups in the BioRegion of Catalonia.
Tech Transfer Day was held as part of the first Barcelona Health Innovation Week, a week organized by Biocat focusing on innovation, acceleration, technology and transformation in the healthcare sector, from February 13 to 16.