PALERMO (ITALPRESS) – UniCredit and the Mediterranean Health Innovation Hub have signed an agreement aimed at strengthening the development potential of the company and its consortia and partners. In detail UniCredit will make available specific products in order to support companies in the realization of investments and in the path of growth also through credit interventions.
The Consorzio Mediterranean Health Innovation Hub (M.H.I.H.) is a limited company that has for main activity the acquisition and performance, both in favor of its own consortia and of third parties, services and activities in the health and biomedical field, including: professional, university and post-university training, also in the healthcare sector; the development of industrial research and development programmes in healthcare and biomedical, with particular attention to health, robotics, artificial intelligence technologies; consultancy and assistance for research and access to regional, national and European funding and contributions both in an autonomous and associated form, as a leader, partner or subcontractor, through the presentation of project proposals or questions, as well as for the coordination, management and reporting of the same in case of financing admission.
Salvatore Malandrino, Regional Manager Sicily of UniCredit: “The agreement with the Consortium is aimed at making it easier to access the credit of enterprises and is in line with the goal of supporting the digital transition of the healthcare and biomedical sector in Sicily to confirm our role as a reference bank of the territory”. Marco Ferlazzo, President of the Mediterranean Health Innovation Hub, said: “The agreement with UniCredit represents a further step in the growth path of the M.H.I.H. Consortium and in the construction of an ecosystem of innovation in the healthcare and biomedical sector that was born in the Mezzogiorno but is expanding throughout Italy. Collaboration with a leading banking partner is an important recognition of the value of our model.”.
Flavio Corpina, CEO of the Consortium, added: “For us this agreement is not only financial support, but a recognition of the value of a shared vision: with UniCredit we want to give more strength to companies and researchers who every day turn ideas into concrete solutions to improve people’s lives.”.
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