ITH5 -Emilia Romagna
Innovation Performance Group (2021) : Strong
Total population (2019): 4,459,477
Population per kmĀ² (2019): 202
Proportion population older 65 year %: 23,95%
Background
The region has a focus on the emerging fields of regenerative and restorative medicine, as well as pharmaceutical and omics sciences and inclusive services and usable technologies for healthy living and active aging.
Emilia-Romagna is involved in a number of major initiatives in the field of personalised medicine including Hologene, Custom Implants, Italian Infrastructure for Regenerative Medicine, SUPER HPC and Big Data and Italian Biobanks network.
Is the region looking for international/European/interregional collaboration opportunities? Yes - Identification of standard protocols to collect data and support on how to overcome the barriers about privacy regulation.
Policy documents
National level: SNSI - National smart specialization
National level: ALISEI applied life science national cluster strategic plan
Regional Strategy for Research and Innovation for Smart Specialisation (RIS3)
Policy document PM@RIS3: Yes
Major initiatives
Hologene 7 2.0
SUPER HPC and Big Data
BBMRI.it Italian Biobanks network
Collaboration with Piedmont Region
BIOGEN - Genetic Biobank
LTTA Biobank (Laboratory for Advanced Therapy Technologies)
Digital Innovation Hubs:
SMILE-DIH (Smart Manufacturing Innovation for Lean Excellence center - Digital Innovation Hub)
Is the region represented in: Horizon2020; Regional Smart Specialisation Strategy Platforms/Partnerships (RIS3); EIT Health/InnoStars/Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS); other?
BBMRI EUS3 Platform - Personalized Medicine
H2020 - SMEINST - Oncosmart - ONCOlogic patient profiling and personalized treatment through SMART bedside diagnostics
H2020- SMEINST- BIOFOSTE - Clinical validation of a BIOmarker panel For OSTEoarthritis diagnosis: BIOFOSTE
H2020 - SC1- ADIPOA2 - Clinical trial of autologous adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (ASC) in the treatment of mild to moderate osteoarthritis
Membership status
Member Euregha
Adriatic-Ionian MacroRegion
InnoStars Region
S3MedTech region
S3P4PM region
Regions4PM region
Central Europe
1M+Genome initiative - country level member
European Regions Research & Innovation Network (ERRIN)
Vanguard Initiative
S3ClusSport member
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