First steps to become a health research institute
On July 29, 2003, a scientific collaboration agreement was signed in order to regulate scientific cooperation in biomedical research and in health and life sciences, the training of research staff and the publication of publications, among the different organisms.
The signatory entities were: the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, the Blood and Tissue Bank, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the Institute of Diagnostic Imaging and the Institut Català Foundation of Pharmacology.