The event, organised by Navarra Health Cluster (NHC) and ADItech, brought together representatives from 11 entities of the Navarra R&D&I System (SINAI), as well as 34 organisations including companies, patient associations and healthcare centres. The Regional Ministers of Health (Fernando Domínguez), Innovation (Patricia Fanlo) and Industry (Mikel Irujo) also took part. In this way, the attendees reaffirmed their commitment to promote, through multidimensional collaboration, the biomedical industry of the Autonomous Community of Navarre in order to make it a benchmark at European level.
During the conference, the scientific and technological capacities of various public and private entities committed to the generation and transfer of knowledge in Navarre were presented. Laura Corcuera, managing director of NHC, stressed that this process is ‘crucial’ and that it requires greater investment to transform research into industrial innovation that directly benefits patients.
Corcuera also pointed out that technology transfer is essential to convert research and innovation into tangible economic and social benefits. Against this backdrop, Councillor Fanlo highlighted the role of the Navarra Health Cluster in the Personalised Precision Medicine Strategy as an engine for knowledge transfer to companies. She also stressed the importance of incorporating Artificial Intelligence in the management of health data as one of the main challenges facing her department.
Irujo, for his part, highlighted the need for greater alignment between the agents of the Navarra Innovation System (SINAI) and companies to consolidate Navarra as a benchmark in health, proposing to explore new topics in digital health, biotechnology and silver economy research.
Domínguez emphasised that technology transfer benefits the health sector not only through new products and knowledge, but also through its capacity to attract talent and prestige to institutions, as well as its contribution to the local economy.
The biomedical sector in Navarre employs 31,508 people in the region. Most of them work in healthcare services (27,981), although we should also highlight the 2,465 jobs linked to the health industry and the 1,065 researchers. Precisely, in one of our latest reports we detailed the level of growth as well as the growing strength that this sector is achieving in its efforts to become a benchmark at European level. This is detailed in this link.
Source: Diario de Navarra