Catalunya proposes the creation of a “hub” of personalized medicine with European funds

Catalonia proposes the creation of a “Hub” of emerging therapies and personalized medicine with European funds “The next generation of the EU” which Spain will receive to alleviate the crisis caused by the pandemic coronavirus. This is just one of the three axes of “Hello 4.0” project presented on Thursday by the Ministry of Health, which is trying to mobilize 2,000 million euros to transform the Catalan health system. European funds must be approved in April 2021.

“Hello 4.0” is one of the 27 projects selected by the Government to aspire to these funds which, in total, will involve investment 42,467.8 million euros. In addition to the “hub” in emerging therapies and personalized medicine, “Hello 4.0” aims to transform infrastructure and equipment of the health system so that “hospitals are more flexible and adaptable and have a more connected “, in his words Director General for Health Research and Innovation, Robert Fabregat.

“This would also allow emergency systems to be better prepared and equipped”, so that hospitals are “the last place” where the patient goes, which would facilitate “Decongestion” of the system. Better infrastructure and equipment would also make possible a “more agile distribution” of logistics. “Now we see the difficulties, for example, of distributing covid-19 vaccines. There are intelligent systems to distribute better “, Fabregat explained by videoconference.

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Another axis of “Hello 4.0” is “Digital transformation” which will allow the exchange of data, in a more agile way, between different hospitals. “It is necessary to change the connection of the system,” Fabregat said. 5G connection would play a key role in this transformation.

According to the Director-General for Health Research and Innovation, “European funds are looking for large projects involving Great resources and which generates a change in society. “That’s why he’s looking for initiatives that are transforming the whole system and not so many specific hospitals. Asked about the statement by Spain’s vice-president for economics, Nadia Calvin, that the week said the government would only accept “national-scale” projects, Fabregat said the Basque Country presented its project a month ago and that it was “normal for the autonomies to put their needs on the table.” for a moment election campaign.