{"id":187796,"date":"2025-04-28T10:04:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T08:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/?p=187796"},"modified":"2025-08-26T10:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T08:22:12","slug":"eurecat-expands-its-nutrition-and-health-clinical-studies-with-a-new-facility-in-cerdanyola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/eurecat-expands-its-nutrition-and-health-clinical-studies-with-a-new-facility-in-cerdanyola\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurecat expands its nutrition and health clinical studies with a new facility in Cerdanyola"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1424.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>In May, the <a href=\"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/\">Eurecat<\/a> technology centre is to open a health centre at its Cerdanyola site to expand its nutrition and health clinical studies addressing nutritional intervention and health promotion for agri-food and biotechnology businesses specialising in nutraceutical and nutricosmetic products along with research projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new health centre Eurecat is to open at its Cerdanyola site will have a multidisciplinary team of health professionals made up of doctors, nutritionists and nurses, researchers and skilled technicians,\u201d says Sara G\u00f3mez, director of the Nutrition and Health Unit. \u201cIt will also be equipped with the technology needed to conduct all phases of clinical studies in compliance with regulations and the highest quality standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eurecat\u2019s new health centre in Cerdanyola \u201cwill make it possible to step up activities and the pace of performance of the clinical studies carried out by the Nutrition and Health Unit, which until now were largely at Eurecat\u2019s Reus facility,\u201d adds Antoni Caimari, director of the Biotechnology Area.<\/p>\n<p>This expansion \u201cwill also make us more competitive in our services to agri-food, biotech and pharmaceutical firms looking to evaluate the beneficial effects of dietary and supplementation-based interventions with ingredients, nutraceuticals and functional foods, including the bioavailability of their products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEurecat has significantly increased its clinical trials business in both number and scope, and the new facility to be opened in Cerdanyola is a response to this surge while also broadening participation opportunities for a larger number of people,\u201d points out Anna Crescenti, head of the Clinical Trials Line in the Nutrition and Health Unit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Partnership with the Reference Laboratory of Catalonia\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccreditation of the new health centre includes the Reference Laboratory of Catalonia as a referral centre for analysing samples taken from volunteers involved in clinical studies,\u201d adds Anna Crescenti. \u201cThis is a significant breakthrough in our partnership and bolsters our ongoing commitment to research.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Nutrition and Health Unit is supported by the Reference Laboratory of Catalonia with Bonaventura Ruiz as Laboratory Director. 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