The Foundation of the Research Institute of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau joins the Aliança Instituts de Recerca i Innovació en salut de Catalunya (IRISCAT). The main objectives of this agreement are the creation of a cooperative workspace that operates under the name IRISCAT to better take advantage of the advantages conferred by the dimension and high level of standards of the healthcare and research organization in which they operate, with the vision of improving the translational and clinical research of the Catalan Health System; also the preparation of a strategic Plan for its development that considers the needs and implications necessary for its implementation and the achievement of the objective of exploitation and integration of economies of scale in the different fields of action and the creation of a Technical Office, with the objective to coordinate the implementation of the execution process of the actions contemplated in the Strategic Plan of the IRISCAT Alliance.