The project “Inter-regional platform for new radiotracers development in personalized medicine (TRACE-MED)“, coordinated by the IMAGO-MOL Cluster and facilitated by the North-East Regional Development Agency will benefit from consulting within the Technical Assistance Facility (TAF), instrument of the European Platform for Intelligent Specialization (S3P-Industry).

The project gathers the members of the cluster:  University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa” from Iasi, the “Sf Spiridon” County Emergency Clinical Hospital from Iasi, the “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, but also national collaborators, respectively the National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering “Horia Hulubei ”. They are joined by partners from the European Platform for Intelligent Specialization in Personal Medicine (S3P4PM): Clust-ER Industrie della Salute e del Benessere from the Emilia Romagna region with its member Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Slovenian Innovation Hub together with the University Clinical Center Ljubljana and the Josef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana. The National Center for Nuclear Research, Polatom, the Radioisotope Center in Poland is also part of the S3 P4PM consortium.

On May 27, the kick-off meeting of the project took place with the key experts of the project as well as with the team of consultants from Ecorys and CSECOE to establish the schedule and working methods.

The Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) is a European project funded by the COSME Program that offers project promoters the opportunity to benefit from consulting from top companies to improve business plans and prepare for public-private investment.