CIBEK

The Counsellor Josep Huguet visits the works of CIBEK

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October 15th 2009

Mr. Josep Huguet, Counsellor for Innovation, Universities and Enterprise (DIUIE) of the Catalan Government, has formed part of the large official delegation that visited today the works of the Biomedical Research Center Esther Koplowitz (CIBEK). This new building, which will be functioning before the summer of 2010, is an opportunity raise research potential of Hospital Clínic - IDIBAPS of Barcelona. It is born with networking vocation and will be integrated in the structures that form the CERCA project led by the Catalan Government (Generalitat de Catalunya), directed by Mr. Ramon Moreno, who also took part in the visit.

The steering committees of the Hospital Clínic IDIBAPS were part of the visiting group, along with representatives of the Esther Koplowitz Foundation, the University of Barcelona, the Fundació Clínic and the Department of Health and the Department of Innovation, Universities and Enterprise of the Catalan Government. All of them showed great interest in the progress of works and the future of this new research center, which will soon become part of Barcelona's biotechnological map.