Innovation Biomedical Center
The Innovation Biomedicine Center has three components
Center of Support for Competitiveness in Biomedicine – provides offices and a small conference room for activities focused on training, consultation and legal support in biomedicine.
Center of Applied Research in Biomedicine – offers laboratories for applied research and scale-up technologies, focused on regenerative medicine, cell therapy, the development of biomaterials and pharmaceuticals as well as the design of clinical studies.
Business Incubator (office area, GMP-certified clean rooms) for spin-off companies. The companies housed in the incubator benefit from shared consultation, patent, tax and other services and take advantage of opportunities to participate in applied research projects run in the IBC facility
Work in the clean rooms
The first spin-off companies have already moved their offices into the IBC
BioInova, s. r. o.
BioInova, s. r. o. is a subsidiary of the IEM, charged with the transfer of the IEM’s intellectual property into practice. It mainly focuses on the operation of the new Innovation Biomedical Center (IBC) facilities and its Business Incubator for spin-off companies planning to develop innovative medical products based on current advances in cell therapy. The IBC is positioned in the high-end market as a specialized Business Incubator equipped with cutting edge clean rooms. Moreover, BioInova provides all necessary Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) services for various companies and institutions for the development of modern medical products.
The mission of BioInova is to stimulate the startup, dynamic development and commercial success of innovative spin-off companies commercializing the scientific outputs of the IEM.
Chondros, s. r. o.
Chondros, s.r. o. provides complex solutions in the field of the biomedical treatment of locomotor injuries and cartilege replacement implants.
TATAA Molecular Diagnostics, s. r. o.
TATAA Molecular Diagnostics, s. r. o. is a TATAA diagnostics facility providing diagnostic detection and analysis of circulating tumor cells in the blood of breast cancer patients.
Student Science, s. r. o.
Student Science, s. r. o. is a spin-off company that emerged from the scientific output of the IEM in the field of autologous cartilage replacement therapy. The company’s know-how includes methods for the cultivation of autologous cartilage cells and the production of innovative cartilage replacement implants.
CB Bio, s. r. o.
CB Bio, s. r. o. performs contract research under GLP requirements on small laboratory animals and is well established among Czech CRO’s and small pharmaceutical companies.
MRsuport, s. r. o.
MRsuport, s. r. o. provides magnetic resonance software for specialized image enhancing, suitable, e. g., for visualizing cells labeled with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in a living organism.
CellNova, s. r. o.
CellNova, s. r. o. is a spin-off company that emerged from the IEM’s scientific output in the field of mesenchymal stem cell therapy. The company’s know-how extends to methods for the cultivation of mesenchymal stem cells and their therapeutic application.
The Science and Technology Parks (STP) Association of the CR has accredited IBC to join the CR National Network of STP according to these criteria: sorted out issues of the owner-founder-operator, incubator of small and medium innovation companies, technology transfer, education in innovative entrepreneurship, technical and consulting services of good quality, active part of the innovative infrastructure.
