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Other transfer actions
An agreement was signed in 2014 with the company, B-ABLE, which dedicates itself to the creation of spin- off companies based on potentially marketable technologies obtained in research centres .
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV) is currently negotiating the grant of a license for a patent co- owned by CIBER (of which UPV holds majority of the rights) with a company that Fundación Botín invested in as it has been chosen in the Mind the Gap selective programme promoted by this entity .
A new transfer initiative has been launched in 2014 in order to seek sponsorship for more mature technolo- gies identified in the previous year during the CIBER-BBN patent and project portfolio prioritization process .
6 confidentiality agreements have been signed with several companies which are interested to learn more about the many different technologies and projects of CIBER-BBN .
Collaborative projects with clinical entities
A joint initiative between CIBER-BBN and Fundación para la Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba/Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (FIBICO-IMIBIC) has been launched in 2014 to create new translational projects in different areas of interest for Hospital Reina Sofía de Córdoba . 2 multidiscipli- nary collaboration proposals were received of which funding is being given to the proposal rated best based on the opinion of independent specialists making up the evaluation panel .
As a continuity to the first collaboration initiative in the scope of respiratory pathologies (in the year 2012), the 2nd edition of this collaboration between CIBER-BBN, CIBERES (Respiratory Diseases) and Fundación SEPAR (Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica) has been promoted in 2014, to support co- llaborative projects with the participation of research groups from the 3 entities . Of the 7 eligible projects, the 3 best evaluated projects (based on evaluation made by evaluators from the 3 institutions without any conflict of interest) have been selected to obtain funding .
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