Mission
To promote, coordinate and support activities in the areas of clinical and translational research (CI&T) and biomedical innovation, contributing to the optimization of Portugal’s clinical, scientific and technological potential.
Vision
AICIB aims to be a national and European reference as an entity capable of creating the essential conditions to stimulate clinical research and biomedical innovation in Portugal.
Objectives
To Carry out activities of national interest in financing and promoting IC&T and biomedical innovation through support for its development and internationalization.
Streamline R&D activities and cooperation between health care units, other health institutions (DGS, IPS, ACSS, SPMS, INSA, among others), scientific and academic institutions, and the various stakeholders involved in the process. The aim is to synergistically stimulate their potential, increasing value for society, patients, the health system and the training of health professionals in IC&T.
To Promote a scientific culture and the creation of economic value in the area of health, ensuring its sustainability and the adoption of best practices established nationally and internationally.
Organisation Chart
General Assembly
President
Paula Alves
Vice-president
Paula Macedo
Secretary
Carlos Lima Alves
President
Emília Alves
Vice-president
Miguel Andrade
Certified public accountant
João Careca
President
Catarina Resende Oliveira
Vice-president
Nuno Sousa
Member of the Board
Anabela Isidro
Member of the Board
Heitor Costa
Member of the Board
João Cerqueira
Advisory Board
AICIB’s Constitution and By-Laws
Resolution of the Council of Ministers – Authorization for the constitution of AICIB – Agency for Clinical Research and Biomedical Innovation and the Statutes of AICIB are available for consultation in the Republic’s Diary.
Beatriz Silva Lima
Cristina Sampaio
Júlio Oliveira
Oncologist and Clinical Pharmacologist, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil (IPO Porto).
Joaquim Murta
Ophthalmology specialist. Professor of Ophthalmology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University Coimbra, Chairman Department Ophthalmology at Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, and President of Centro Clínico Académico de Coimbra (CCAC).
José Dinis
Paula Martins de Jesus
Medical Director at Merck Sharp & Dohme, Chairwoman of the Portuguese Pharma Industry Medical Professionals Association (AMPIF) and member of the General Council of NOVA University Lisbon.
Nuno Marques
Patrício Soares da Silva
R&D Director at BIAL. Full Professor at the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of Porto, and Coordinator of the Center for Drug Discovery and Innovative Medicines (MedInUP).