Celtarys Research, a company of the Bioincubatech incubator promoted by the USC, finalist in the competition of the Royal Society of Chemestry of the United Kingdom

• Finalist firm, Celtarys Research, develops technology to accelerate drug discovery
• The English institution, a worldwide reference in the chemistry sector, recognizes the work of the Galician company, created with the support of the Galician Innovation Agency (Gain)

Celtarys Research, a Galician company that develops technology to accelerate drug discovery, has been finalist in the Entrepreneurial Technologies Contest of the Royal Society of Chemestry of the United Kingdom, in which they valued different international projects related to health, the environment and feeding.

The English institution, with 175 years of history and one of the mainchemical communities in the world, thus recognizes the work of Celtarys Research, which designs and produces fluorescent, sensitive and specific chemical tools, using environmentally friendly technology that allows to replace the use of radioactivity. In this way, Celtarys’ Fluorotools tool helps pharmaceutical companies to be more competitive, accelerating the discovery of better drugs.

The success of the presentation of their project has positioned them as a benchmark company in the sector, enhancing contacts and collaborations with international entities in Germany and even Japan, according to the entity itself.

The firm, promoted by researchers from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) has had the support of the Galician Innovation Agency (Gain), the Second Vice Presidency and the Ministry of Economy, Business and Innovation.

BioIncubaTech, the bet for health

Celtarys is one of the companies promoted by BioIncubaTech, the high-tech incubator for the promotion of innovation, promoted by the USC in collaboration with Uninova and the Santiago Chamber of Commerce, and co-financed by the Xunta de Galicia through the Galician Innovation Agency (GAIN) and by the FEDER.

Projects in the health sector, such as treatments for heart disease or spinal injuries to solutions related to covid-19, are some of the proposals in which the incubator companies are working, in which there are also projects related to agri-food focused on providing solutions for the sector, such as improvements in farm management or contamination detectors in the food industry.