Collaboration:

XXVII IASP 2010 Daedeok - KOREA

June 2010

Barcelona Science Park,

from Knowledge to Innovation

Dr. Fernando AlbericioDr. Jesús Purroy

Barcelona Science Park

Parc Científic Barcelona University Campus

After the 2008 economical crisis, most of the developed countries are immersed in a change of their own productive model. This change has a main goal to reach:

a dynamic knowledge-based economy, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs.

Universities and research centres are maybe the only places where there is a overbooking of knowledge. In those countries with a more obsolete industrial

model, the change to knowledge-based economy should contribute to economic development of the country.

Examples of successful partnership between industry and academia:

Cambridge ( UK)Boston’s Route 128California’s Silicon ValleyThe Research Triangle in north Carolina The Nordic Medicon Valley Bangalore-India

Introduction:

Introduction

TalentToleranceTechnology

According to Richard Florida*, Science Parks are the perfect culture media to create a creative class, which should be the driving force for the knowledge-base economy

Expensive Critical mass is needed to be developed

Talented technical staff The technological equipment needs to be renewed on a regular basis

Must be applied to solve the right kind of questions

in the science parks will build a bridge between Academia and Industry. Technological platforms should allow Academia to be part of the economical environment and industry, specially SMEs in a knowledge-based economy.

* Richard Florida: “The Rise of the Creative Class: and How it’s transforming work, leisure, community and everyday life.” 2002 New York: Perseus Book group), Science

The creativity index is defined by the 3T’s

Technology is:

Introduction

The creation of technological platforms

Barcelona Science Park

The Barcelona Science Park is a meeting point for universities, companies and society to foster innovation,

mainly in life sciencies

Barcelona Science Park

Objectives: To foster high-quality research backed with a wide range of

technology support

To bring dynamism to relationships between business and university

To drive the creation of start-up companies and new institutes

To promote the science in society dialogue and the scientific vocations

With the support:

Fundació Parc Científic Barcelona:

PCB Model of Science Parks

High-Quality research

Spin-offs and start-ups

Collaborative research

Joint laboratories

Mobility of personnel

Joint ventures and alliances...

Companies

Platforms

Laboratories

The PCB, today

2.200

professionals working on R+D+I

Collaboration:

The technology platforms,

a key feature of theBarcelona Science

Park model

Jesús Purroy

Barcelona Science Park: The Model

Location of the company: determines how easy is to access to expensive equipment

Access protocol: not reliable (not straightforward procedures to access to it)

Access rates: too high for start-up Companies Proof of concept: essential for star-up companies

Standardization: absence of regulation in either Proof of concept or technology validation experiments.

The Barcelona Science Park (PCB) has developed a model of technology platforms to address the difficulties faced by start-up companies as:

Public research institutionsPrivate: Start-up and Consolidated Companies

High value Technology facilitiesPCB investment figures

Million EurosEquipment (since 2001) 20Expansion of the Applied Research Platform for Laboratory Animals( in 2011)

18

Assigned to other platforms >1

The PCB model involves

The Model

9 Technological PlatformsCombinatorial Chemistry Transcriptomics Proteomics Nanotechnology Crystallography Animal research Experimental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Drug Discovery

Other scientific services Core Scientific Services Radioactivity Unit Special Reactions Services Scientific-Technical Services UB

National Genome Analysis Centre

9 Technological Platforms

Bioincubator PCB-Santander

Space for the creation of new technology-based companies

Based in a high-level research environment Provides the scientific and technical infrastructure Business management consulting Assistance and financial support Internationalization and networking

2007-2010: 18 companies

2002-2006: 5 graduated companies

Examples Bioincubator

Examples: Toxicology:Crystax/Oryzon

Nanotechnology: Philippines-based company

Combinatorial Chemistry

Proteomics Platform: Proteored

Applied Research Platform for Laboratory animals

Drug Discovery: Chemiobank

Own pipeline with new molecules and early diagnostic system of high innovation. 20 M€ new investment plan in R+D during 2008-2012 Alliance with the most important pharmaceutical spanish companies 6 consecutive years with profits and 6,5M€ incomes in 2008 Oryzon became a large biotech business company with 80 person after the aqcuisition of

Crystax Pharmaceuticals 46 patents published or in process Expert management team International high-level facilities

First drug discovery biotech company on Oncology and

CNS field

Oryzon, CSIC and UB spin-off, a case of success

ChemBioBank

The ChemBioBank project developed by the Barcelona Science Park and the University of Santiago de Compostela and the Municipal Institute for Medical Research (IMIM), aims to build a public bank with a large, freely accessible, collection of compounds with annotated biological profiles. In addition, by means of chemoinformatic tool, molecular descriptions are also obtained..

Expanding the model: European consortia and beyond

1. ABC Europe:

2. INTERBIO

3. Consulting Services:This combination of technology and research offers to private sector and in particular to SMEs a wide range of technology services linked to biomedicine, nanobioengineering and pharmaceutical chemistry

14 science clusters( parks and biotechnology clusters)Length: 3 years

Tools devoted to help biotech SMEs (Spin off of a previous European funded project: “BIO-CT”( Biotechnology Common

tools)- SHARING EXISTING FACIITIES-

3 Countries: Spain, France and Portugal Open access to academic and industrial communities. Exchange

of researchers and technicians working at different platforms to share:TechnologyKnowledge

Research results

European projects

Conclusion: the tools are there, they need to be networked

The Barcelona Science Park is a model of technology platforms success in the creation and consolidation of SMEs in Barcelona. We contribute to the new economy and to the consolidation and growth of new start-up companies.

Core values:

Importance of information flow

Easy access for external companies to internal resources

Exchange agreements between parks and incubators

Flat rates( better use of existing facilities..)

Internal triple helix: public and private research and Technological platforms, is a good model for those parks associated to the universities.

Conclusion

The 2011 PCB

96.000 sq m

Year 2011

New available space

4.000 m2

new laboratories in 2011

Public institutes

Companies

Start up incubation

Soft landing spots

The 2011 PCB