The director of Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR), Dr. Joan X. Comella, and the director of the Instituto de Investigación 12 de Octubre, Dr. Joaquín Arenas, participated in the program Pont Barcelona-Madrid at Onda Cero Catalunya, to talk about the current situation and the challenges of biomedical research in Spain.For Dr. Comella, thanks to the public effort “it has been created in Spain a basis to develop knowledge transfer. This basis will make possible the establishment of biotechnological companies that could benefit from the knowledge, otherwise, if we don’t take advantage of it, international competitors will do it”. In that sense, he assured that entrepreneurs “are not yet convinced that biomedical research can generate wealth”.On the other hand, both directors made an appeal to the government for not reducing the funds for research: “Over the last years, biomedical research has grown very significantly in Spain. This research needs economic support for the maintenance of its infrastructure, so any cut of the public funds could worsen the future of our research”, warned Dr. Arenas.Clinical trials, translational research and the profile of the scientists were some of the topics also discussed in the program broadcasted the 4th of April.