European Union Horizon 2020 FET Open funding awarded to Cecília Roque

Congratulations! The PURE project, coordinated by Prof. Cecília Roque, was awarded a financial funding by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 FET Open programme.

This project is coordinated by Prof. Cecília Roque within UCIBIO, FCT-NOVA but the consortium has the participation of three other institutions: Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (Austria), Universität Bayreuth (Germany) and Institute of Experimental and Technological Biology (Portugal). 

The project started in October and over the next 4 years, this multidisciplinary team proposes to rethink and reprocess the way biopharmaceuticals are produced, which include biological drugs such as antibodies and viral particles, used in cancer treatment and vaccination, respectively. Although biopharmaceuticals are critical in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of many diseases, they are not easily available to those in need, either due to the high cost or to low manufacturing yields. The PURE project reprocesses the way advanced bio-based materials are currently purified, through the design of nanofibres that bind with high precision to biological products.

See how the news were given by the partners:

FCT NOVA: FCT NOVA coordena projeto europeu destinado a fármacos sustentáveis financiado com 3 milhões de euros

UCIBIO: PURE - a new FET-Open Project to innovate biopharmaceuticals manufacturing

See what the media said about the award:

Observador: Projeto europeu destinado a fármacos sustentáveis financiado com 3 milhões de euros

RTP Notícias: Projeto europeu destinado a fármacos sustentáveis financiado com 3 milhões de euros

Visão saúde: Projeto europeu destinado a fármacos sustentáveis financiado com 3ME

Sapo Notícias: Projeto europeu destinado a fármacos sustentáveis financiado com 3ME

Atlas da Saúde: Iniciativa europeia conjunta quer inovar na produção de biofármacos

Green Savers: Projeto PURE recebe 3 milhões para a produção sustentável de medicamentos

Destak: Projeto europeu destinado a fármacos sustentáveis financiado com 3ME

netfarma: Iniciativa europeia conjunta desenvolve produção de biofármacos

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