“To improve our competitiveness is essential to create ecosystems of innovation through partnerships”.

-In the words of Antoni Esteve, President of ESTEVE, this will help boost definitely a model based on the economy of knowledge in our country

-develop new scientific vocations and retain and attract talented young people scientific, main objectives of la Ciència Setmana

Barcelona, November 2011- last Friday 18 morningin the Parlament of Catalonia, during the opening ceremony of the sixteenth week of science in Catalonia, the President of ESTEVE, Antoni Esteve, has stated that in our country need insight into comprehensive and long-term that allows to create ecosystems of innovation to promote research and above all the generation and attraction of scientific talent. The key is in the creation of networks of collaboration between the industry and experts from different fields of science and the improvement of policies in these areas by the administration.

Is about innovation in the innovation process, in a disruptive strategy that should lead to further research ”, according to Antoni Esteve, who believed that collaboration, partnerships and public-private partnerships should not be as exceptional cases or a sign of weakness in any of the parties, but as the best way of combining talent, experience and capacity in the various stages of the research process and in a gear which bring benefits to all and with a competitive target.

Before the President of the Parliament, Nuria Gispert, and the Secretary-General’s d ’ universities i Recerca de la Generalitat of Catalunya, Antoni Castellà, and parliamentarians, Esteve has claimed a bet firm by what the European Union has already defined in the year 2000 and that it had ratified in Europe 2020 innovation strategy: a path towards competitiveness based on the knowledge economy and innovation, improving policies related to the society of information, research and scientific development ”.

He has also highlighted the role of the young entrepreneurs, creating projects and realities of success, that no talent, no ideas or innovation ”. In this sense, has pointed out that must see the current economic crisis as a lever of opportunities. Especially those young people with scientific interests, who must not be carried away by the temptation of the victimism, because they are the generation better educated history and need to know identify and exploit opportunities generated ”.

Antoni Esteve has highlighted the situation of Catalonia, with a university system and first-order and with a strong industrial sector, public research has privileged conditions to become a cutting-edge innovation ecosystem. Always with the support of the management and sustainability will depend on the ability to create new talent and to move between the academic and business sector ”.

This is a key to continue to invest heavily in knowledge, spending still further efforts both at the institutional level as a private to enable young people who have talent to develop it in our country, thus closing this indispensable virtuous knowledge competitiveness, motor cycle to make Catalonia an power of world-class research and innovation ”.

Currently, it is responsible for 1% of the world scientific production, with universities, private companies and Government agencies working together to incorporate the best facilities, equipment and technologies to develop r & d, leading research centres and science parks.

About ESTEVE

ESTEVE is a leading pharmaceutical group in Spain and with a significant international presence. Since its founding in 1929, maintains a strong commitment to excellence, devoting all its efforts to promote health and improve the quality of life of people.

ESTEVE research constitutes their main hallmark and boasts a portfolio of highly innovative projects whose final purpose is to provide answers to medical needs not covered properly.