Post on 27-Jul-2015
February 28th, 2014
HOUSING COMPANIES IN A RESEARCH
CENTER:
THE CIPF EXPERIENCE
Óscar David SánchezCentro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe
THE CENTER
• Private non-for-profit foundation– Attached to the Regional Ministry of Health of
Valencia• Basic and translational Biomedical research
– Genes, targets, molecular and cellular processes– Nanomedicine, regenerative medicine and
computational medicine (-omics and biomedical imaging)
– Translational: cancer, rare diseases, metabolic diseases, aging and cognitive and functional declining
– Scientific and technological expertise applied to: agrofood, environment, cosmetics…
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMES
•Developing new diagnostic and therapeutio aproach for high prevalence/impact diseases
Advanced Therapies
•Using genomic data to gain insight in the processes by which the genotype shapes the phenotype, with particular interests in the study of disease mechanisms
Computational Genomics
•Investigating at the molecular and cellular levels the mechanisms underlying the essential cellular processes and their changes in human pathologies
Molecular Mechanisms
•Advancing in the biological and clinical knowledge of the RD, promoting research on diagnostic tests, biomarkers and therapies in the context of genomics and personalized medicine
Rare and Genetic Diseases
•Basic and translational research on cognitive, motor, sleep and circadian rhythms alterations in different pathological situations
NeurologicalImpairment
RESULTS
• ≈ 100 research projects/year
• ≈ 100 international publications/year
• Growing patent portfolio
• 3 spin-off companies
THE FACT
Hey! You’re a research center!
You’re not a technology park!
Why are you housing companies?
THE QUESTION
What does a (new) biotech company need?
1. Money2. A good team
3. Sound science4. Technology
OUR APPROACH
We offer to companies what we offer to (our) research
labs1. Lab space and equipment
2. Access to technological services and expertise
3. Collaborative environment with research groups
THE MODEL
Collaboration Agreement• Monthly fee depending on what
the company is using• Technological and scientific
infrastructure as a service• If a company needs something,
they ask for it and they get it
THE OFFER
• Office and lab space• Scientific equipment
• Technological services: animal facilities, cytomics, screening,
genomics and genetics, confocal and electron microscopy,
proteomics, NMR, GMP facilities…• Participation in research and
innovation projects
OUR GOALS
• Put together early stage spin-off/start-up with big/leading
companies• Aligned with the CIPF research
mission• Make technology transfer happen:
– CIPF Company – Company + CIPF Market