This week marked the start of the INNOPAU program, the idea incubator of IB Sant Pau, which aims to promote an innovation culture and provide value-added tools within the IIB Sant Pau ecosystem.
This immersive program will work on eight selected projects from among all those presented by the research groups of IIB Sant Pau and will conclude with the “Innovation Day” in November, where all participating teams will showcase their projects to a public audience that will bring together key actors from the innovation ecosystem.
The program, coordinated and organized by the Transfer and Innovation Unit of the institute, has a duration of 6 months and is framed within the objectives established in the ITEMAS platform of the Carlos III Institute (2021-2023), whose goal is to effectively stimulate the industrial capacity generated from the National Health System and the real transfer of results.
This week, the first kick-off presentation was held online, and the first module’s Hackathon-format training sessions were held at the Barcelona Health Hub facilities by scientific consultant Iolanda Marchueta. During this module, teams will work with the core of the project, the clinical need.
Of the 8 selected teams, half are biologically-based and the other half are technology and digital-based. The therapeutic areas they address are: oncology, neurodegenerative medicine, respiratory health, kidney pathologies, neuromuscular disorders, cardiovascular, and reproductive systems.
The organizers want to thank the collaborators who have already interacted with the program and evaluated the different projects. These are the external and internal Evaluation Committee formed by: Arvor, SDLI i Connectem, the Sant Pau Hospital (Més Sant Pau Office), and the Sant Pau Research Institute (Transfer and Innovation Unit).
