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Prizes. In Biotechnology, the award went to
IPR19, a new drug to treat cognitive deficits
linked to schizophrenia, presented by Teresa
Tarragó and Ernest Giralt from the firm
of Iproteos at Barcelona Science Park.
In the Chemicals category, the prize went to
the project "Antimicrobial Biomaterials for
Bone Substitution and Regeneration",
which proposes a global strategy to resolve
the problem of infections associated with
dental implants. This project was presented
by Xavier Gil and Maria Pau Ginebreda from
the Polytechnic University of Catalonia
Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue
Engineering Research Group.
The scientific programme was completed
by the latest celebrations of the Mediterranean
Congress of Chemical Engineering and
the Seminars on Instrumental Analysis,
as well as seminars on shale gas, water
decontamination, nanomedicine and the
influence of chemicals on food and drink today,
at Expoquimia; the eighth edition of the Eurocar
Congress at Eurosurfas; and the first edition of
the Plastic Transformers Show at Equiplast.
The 392 exhibitors at Expoquimia presented
a total of 2,171 products and 120 technical
innovations. The 197 exhibitors at Equiplast
unveiled 63 technical innovations and 356
products and, finally, the 46 exhibitors at
Eurosurfas presented a total of 593 products.
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