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High technical skills for the development bio-artificial pancreas: a successful FP6 project

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Julie Koeltz
  on  October 12, 2005
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Statice Santé , a French SME specialised in micro-technical transformation and biomaterials has taken part in two different FP projects for the development of a bio-artificial pancreas for diabetes therapy thanks to its high technical expertise and its networks with research organsiations.

The first project named BARP was a Craft project within the 4th Framework programme. The second project, BARP +, in the continuation of BARP was launched within the 6th framework programme (Priority Nan technologies and Nan sciences ) and is still active. BARP + is a Specific Targeted Research Project and is coordinated by the European Center for research on diabete. It includes 14 partners.

The project aims at developing artificial pancreas for human application and integrates various types of skills from clinical research to advanced technologies (including nano-technologies).

Beyond an undisputable scientific and research excellence, success of this project essentially lies in complementarities of skills, cooperation and alliances, which have been built between partners. This project was made possible thanks to the links established between research organisation and the industry. Statice? highly technical skills in the use and moulding of silicone and Biodegradable and composite materials for medical use and research was a central factors for its participation. Besides, international dimension of the French SME and European “culture” facilitated the partenship.

It is important to say that BARP project was put together with the support of a French consulting company, Essor Europe specialised in R&D, and demonstration or technology transfer projects. Essor Europe got involved in the selection and the preparation of the project as well as in the management of the project, acting as a general secretariat (technical and and strategic management). Participants in BARP+ built on their previous experience of BARP.

The total cost of the project amounts to 3.62 million euros and the European funding allocated to this project to 2.5 million euros.

A CRAFT Project for Competitive and sustainable growth

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  on  October 4, 2005
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ROVIMA SA, a French SME specialised in paint manufacture was involved, along with 7 other partners from 6 European countries overall, in a FP5 Craft Project aiming at developing a new type of paint made of enzymes based on antifouling agents. This material is used in marine coatings for ships and other offshore constructions and gives ships and offshore constructions an improved aero-dynamism while being less toxic for the environment.

This project was carried out in the framework of the specific research and technological development “Competitive and Sustainable Growth”.

This project, initiated by the industry, can be considered as very successful as the underlying concept was to gather - ex-ante ? innovative ideas coming from several European SMEs. In other words, this project was based on clustering in a view to build European partnerships.

Thanks to a strong networking effort, bringing together SMEs which worked in their specific area but on similar projects targeting niche markets application processes this project was made possible.

Concerning in particular ROVIMA’s involvement, the company has developed over the years important research activities in order to elaborate innovative products and new applications. It not only takes part in European projects but also collaborates with French universities and research laboratories of big French companies.

Countries involved in the Project: Denmark (Co-ordinator), France, Portugal, UK, Greece, Netherlands.
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