Dr. Fátima Núñez, director of the Technical & Scientific Support Area at Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR), presented the new European biomedical translational research infrastructure, "http://www.eatris.eu/SitePages/home.aspx" EATRIS-ERIC, at the VII Annual Conference of the Biomedical Research Technological Platforms, held in Barcelona the 4 and 5 of March.More than 70 prominent academic institutions are involved in the new European consortium EATRIS-ERIC, which aims to use close-knit European cooperation in order to provide the infrastructures and the know-how needed to turn the huge progress that has been made in the field of biomedical research into medical innovations with substantial benefit for patients. In Spain, VHIR coordinates together with the ISCIII this new project that will give to the participants opportunities of cross border collaboration with the aim of expediting the sharing of expertise and the faster and more efficient development of new drugs and therapies.The conference was focused on the new European programme of research, Horizon 2020, and the national and international projects that facilitate the cooperation of all public and private actors that have been promoted from the Biomedical Research Platform.