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Every week a biotechnology company is created and the annual investment is more than 120 MEUR in Catalonia

Jordi Naval, Director General de Biocat, y Judit Anido, Presidenta de CataloniaBio & HealthTechSisemed has attended the presentation of the 2020 BioRegion Report that Biocat organizes every year and that analyzes the life and health sciences sector in Catalonia and its positioning in the international market for biotechnology innovation.

According to the data presented, there is a high degree of competitiveness in Catalan industry: every week a biotechnology company is created and the annual investment is more than 120 million euros in the sector.

The event, which has been inaugurated by the Right Honourable President of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Mr. Quim Torra, has had the participation of Jordi Naval, General Director of Biocat, and Judit Anido, President of CataloniaBio & HealthTech, who presented the report.

The BioRegion of Catalonia is made up of more than 1,000 companies and 89 research entities. It generates more than € 34,000 MEUR each year and represents about 10% of employment in Catalonia, with more than 230,000 workers.