AIBILI - Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image is a Research Technology Organisation (RTO) in the health market dedicated to help the development of new products for health imaging, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. It is a private non-profit organisation, founded in 1989, established to support technology transfer.

AIBILI is certified by ISO 9001 since 2004. Clinical trials are performed in accordance with ICH Good Clinical Practice Guidelines (GCP) and the pharmacology studies are also developed in compliance with the OCDE Principles of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP).

AIBILI has the following Centres:

• Centre for Clinical Trials (CEC)
• Centre of Clinical Pharmacology (CFC)
• Centre of New Technologies for Medicine (CNTM)
• Coimbra Coordinating Centre for Clinical Research (4C)
• Health Technology Assessment (HTA)

Other Units:

• Coimbra Ophthalmology Reading Centre (CORC)

The Administrative Services (SA) as well as the Quality Management (UGQ) and the Technology Transfer (UTT) are supporting units.

AIBILI is located at the Health Campus of Coimbra University since 1994 and has 15.296 sq. feet with state-of-the-art equipment. Regarding human resources the permanent staff includes eight researchers, 13 technicians, four study coordinators and five administrative. Also collaborating regularly with AIBILI are 45 investigators, 7 technicians for diagnostic procedures and 8 nurses for a total of 53 research persons.

Please download here the AIBILI Annual Report 2010.

AIBILI Members

Honory Members:

• Universidade de Coimbra
• FLAD - Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento
• Fundação Champalimaud

Founding Members:

• Departamento de Farmacologia da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra
• Hemoportugal, Lda.
• IAPMEI - Instituto de Apoio às Pequenas e Médias Empresas e à Inovação
• José Cotta, S.A.
• Laboratório EDOL, S.A.
• Laboratórios Químicos - Farm. Chibret, Lda.
• OM Pharma, S.A.
• Serviço de Biofísica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra
• Serviço de Dermatologia dos Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra
• SUCH - Serviço de Utilização Comum dos Hospitais

Sponsor Members:

• Alcon Portugal - Prod. e Equip. Oftalmológicos, Lda.
• BIAL - Portela & Cª., S.A.
• Centro de Oftalmologia da Universidade de Coimbra
• Laboratórios Pfizer, Lda.
• Medotec - Dist. Medicamentos, Lda.
• Novartis Farma, S.A. – Ophthalmics

AIBILI Board of Directors (2011-2014):

• José Cunha-Vaz, President
• Joaquim Murta, Vice-President
• BIAL - Portela & Cª, SA (Rep. Tice Macedo)
• Fundação Champalimaud (Rep. João Silveira Botelho)
• José Cotta - EMS, SA (Rep. Conceição Lobo)
• Novartis Farma, SA (Rep. Cristina Morgado)
• Laboratórios Pfizer, Lda (Rep. José Aleixo Dias)

Contacts

Azinhaga Sta. Comba, Celas
3000-548 Coimbra
Portugal

Geographical coordinates:
40º 13' 06,24" N
8º 24' 54,83" O

Telephone: +351 239 480100

Fax: +351 239 480117

E-mail: aibili@aibili.pt