He Barça Innovation Hub (BIHUB) has made a new investment move by becoming a shareholder in the start-up Rimbarlata company that develops a therapy that advances muscle regeneration times in acute injuries of elite athletes. This project will enter the clinical trial phase in the coming months and thanks to the agreement with BIHUB The scientific study team will be able to use the facilities and equipment of the medical services of the Barça club and will have the advice of its professionals.
Potential 50% reduction in recovery time
The new therapy has already shown in the early stages of the study a good potential for muscle regeneration that can lead to a reduction of up to 50% in recovery time. From there, Rimbarlat has developed a viable project that could become a common treatment for professional sports clubs to help solve one of the great challenges of sports medicine, which is shortening the recovery processes after an injury. The project has attracted the interest of BIHUB because it can provide great value in the field of regenerative therapies, both for FC Barcelona for the football world in general.
“Deepening the knowledge of the recovery of muscle injuries is becoming a strategic pillar for FC Barcelona Medical Services in the face of the reality of increasingly busy calendars. Consequently, the entry of the Barça Innovation Hub into Rimbarlat’s shareholding means keeping the Club at the forefront of research that should allow us to offer the best and most effective treatment to our athletes that shortens recovery times in muscle injuries,” said the president Joan Laporta after the announcement of the merger of BIHUB in the shareholding of Rimbarlat.
“My partner Jorge Martín and I are pleased with our strategic alliance with FC Barcelona. We believe that the Club has a strong and committed commitment to advancing knowledge and supporting biotech companies. We are convinced that all technical and human support that they are Giving us, will help us achieve our goal, which will mean a change in the paradigm of sports injuries,” he declared. Luis Santiago, CEO of Rimbarlat.
Rimbarlat It is a company created in 2020 in Barcelona by the people of Coruña Luis Santiago and Jorge Martin which currently has its headquarters at Cosymbio Labs del Poblenou, in Barcelona. Dedicated to the development and provision of scientific-technical and research services in the field of biomedicine and physiology, it bases its work on basic and applied innovation research projects.
Rimbarlat, seventh start-up participated by BIHUB
Rimbarlat becoming the seventh start-up participated by BIHUB after the announcement, in the last year and a half, of entering the shareholding of Visualfy, OLIVER, Onalabs, CeleBreak, Made By Genes and Phyxbody.
Source: La Verdad
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