In order to promote, maintain and invigorate knowledge and technology transfer at the Institute the main objectives of the Innovation Unit are: to establish a culture of innovation, valorisation and translation of results among professionals; to promote the effective transfer of the research results for the benefit of health especially for leukaemia patients, and to align the technology produced with the market and the industry.
To this end, the Innovation Unit explores the development of collaborative projects with centers and companies; providing specific training actions to research staff and management to improve and enhance the efficiency of public-private co-operation; systematizing communication both internally and externally; giving support to research in terms of intellectual property and innovation-related competitive calls, developing regulations according to current legislation, and promoting the diffusion and commercialization of its technology portfolio.