Beyond specific activities, Catalonia.health offers specific training programmes for associated companies and institutions. The aim of these initiatives is to condense knowledge and skills into short training programmes to improve competitiveness within the sector. The programmes are designed ad hoc by Catalonia.health, either exclusively or in collaboration with external agents.
Catalonia.health promoted the IVD Accelerator Programme, with the support of ACCIÓ (Government of Catalonia), to help accelerate projects from start-ups and companies in the field of in vitro diagnostics (IVD).
IVD Accelerator Programme lasts 4 months and is structured in three blocks focused on three areas of knowledge and key capacities in in vitro diagnostic projects:
The program will work on each of these three blocks through:
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28 July 2026
Catalonia.health has celebrated Committee Day, the face-to-face meeting in which the association's five working groups (Innovation, Digital, Shared Value, Talent and Business Development) meet to take stock of the year and define the priorities for the coming year. The meeting took place on July 7 at the Barcelona Science Park.
28 July 2026
The second vice-president of Catalonia.health and director of GoodGut (HIPRA), Mariona Serra-Pagès, participated last week in the conference "CIMTI Connect: From innovation to adoption", organized by the Center for Medical and Digital Innovation and Technology of Catalonia (CIMTI), which brought together more than 60 professionals from the country's health innovation ecosystem.
27 July 2026
Barcelona, July 2026 – Catalonia.health has completed the first edition of the IMPULS program, a business growth initiative for health companies developed with the support of ACCIÓ.
Aimed at Catalonia.health member companies and start-ups that are part of the segment dedicated to the development of R&D products and services, the IVD Accelerator Programme ran for 4 months and was structured in three blocks focused on three key areas of knowledge and capabilities in in vitro diagnostic projects:
The program worked on each of these three blocks through:
Catalonia.health led three editions of the BIOMED ScaleUP programme, in collaboration with Lead To Change and with the support of ACCIÓ, to support the growth of biomedical and health companies in Catalonia. The programme brought together CEOs and business development directors from a total of 20 participating companies across the first two editions, who highly valued the quality and practical usefulness of the content. The editions took place in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
In 2025, Catalonia.health launched the first edition of the PROGRES. Shared Value for the Health Industry programme, in collaboration with Cliclab and with the support of ACCIÓ, to guide sector business leaders in implementing sustainability and shared value strategies within their organisations. Aimed at functional area leaders and members of executive committees, the programme was structured around 8 participatory training sessions complemented by individual business strategy development work, with personalised mentoring throughout.
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