The DigiCare4You research project identifies 807 people at high risk of type 2 diabetes
18 June, 2026
The IIS Aragón organizes the 1st Aragonese Conference on Humanization in Head and Neck Cancer
19 June, 2026
The meeting will take place on June 30 at CIBA and will analyze new models for evaluation, financing and access to medicines and health technologies.
The Aragon Health Research Institute (IIS Aragon) is holding the next 30 Juneat 16:30h, the VI IISA Classroom Conference – Menarini Stemline, focused on health technology assessment and public procurement in oncohematology. Under the title “New Formulas for Financing Innovation”The session will take place in the Auditorium of the CIBA, Biomedical Research Centre of Aragon, located at 13 San Juan Bosco Street, in Zaragoza.
The conference will address the new regulatory landscape that directly affects the processes of evaluation, funding, and access to medicines and other health technologies. This context highlights the need to review procedures, timelines, and responsibilities within the Spanish Public Health System, with the aim of moving towards more coordinated, efficient, and sustainable models.
The meeting aims to analyze new perspectives on public procurement of medicines and the development of financing models based on value, health outcomes, and sustainability. To this end, it will incorporate the experience of institutions and the views of various stakeholders involved in the management, evaluation, and access to healthcare innovation.
The event is aimed at drug management managers, healthcare professionals involved in the evaluation and access to therapies, doctors, pharmacists, members of evaluation committees, representatives of health management and professionals from the university field interested in drug procurement policies.
The program will begin at 16:00h with a welcome coffee and reception for attendees. At 16:30h The institutional inauguration will take place, with representation from IIS Aragón, Menarini-Stemline and the Government of Aragón.
Next, from 16 to 45 pmThe first panel discussion will be held, entitled “New models of financing and sustainability of the healthcare system”, moderated by Fernando Fernández CuelloDeputy Director of the Aragonese Health Service. Participants will include Asunción Sanmartín, Director General of Procurement of the Government of Aragon; Iñaki Barquero, Director General of Budgets for the Government of Aragon; and Jose Maria Gimeno FeliuProfessor of Administrative Law at the University of Zaragoza.
the second table, “How to finance innovation in healthcare systems”, will be developed from 17 to 45 pm and will be moderated by Salvador Transit, Head of the Pharmacy Service at the Lozano Blesa University Clinical Hospital. It will include the participation of Lourdes Gil Tornero, Head of the Pharmaceutical Technologies Area of the General Sub-Directorate of Strategy and Industrial Ecosystems of the Ministry of Industry and Tourism; Lara Echarri Martínez, Head of Area of the General Directorate of Common Portfolio of the NHS and Pharmacy of the Ministry of Health; and Manel Fontanet Sacristán, of the Rational Medicine Division of the Catalan Health Service.
The day will end at 19:00h with the conclusions and closing remarks. Coordination is handled by Ana Cristina Bandrés y José María Gimeno Feliú.
