Institutional Highlights

February

The Michael J. Fox Foundation will finance a research project on new drugs for Parkinson’s disease

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March

The MIMARK project selected to participate in the Health Horizons Conference

April

The VHIR has two PhD students with the INPhINIT scholarship from the Obra Social of La Caixa

Dra. Anna M. Meseguer awarded by the College of Biologists of Catalonia

May

MSD rewards the consultation project to detect comorbidities in patients over 50 with HIV/AIDS

June

VHIR participates in the SAFE-N-MEDTECH project for recycling sanitary devices

VHIR obtains eight PERIS grants for an amount of more than one million euros

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July

The future of research gives a greater role to patients

”La Caixa” Foundation gives Vall d’Hebron the first radiological robot in the world to be used in an endoscopy service

View the news in the media El Periódico

September

Ariadna Laguna obtains the Junior Leader Retaining grant by “la Caixa” Foundation

View the news in the media Diari Ara

Vall d’Hebron will coordinate three Horizon 2020 European projects

October

Vall d’Hebron and ”la Caixa” Foundation present a pioneering space to study the brains of migraine patients: the Migraine Adaptive Brain Center

View the news in the media La Vanguardia

Modis Therapeutics, a startup with VHIR-licensed technology, is acquired by Zogenix for $250M

View the news in the media Biotech Spain

VHIR participates in the Immune-Image project to develop new diagnostic diagnoses to detect the dynamics of immunological cells in vivo with PET / CT

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VHIR receives almost € 700.000€ from La Marató 2018 for two research projects in pediatric oncology

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November

Two VHIR researchers awarded a Gilead Scholarship

View the news in the media Redacción Médica

Four professionals and a medical team from Vall d’Hebron receive the COMB Professional Excellence Awards

The Government distinguishes Dr. Josep Ordi with a Josep Trueta medal for health merit

December

Green light to IRISCAT, the alliance of research and innovation centers in health in Catalonia in which VHIR participates

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Vall d’Hebron and Janssen lead the EU-PEARL project that will define the future of clinical trials in Europe

View the news in the media Betevé