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EuroTransBio is a joint initiative of 11 European countries and regions including Italy- working to supporttrans-national R&D private/private and private/public co-operations between companies, especiallySMEs, and academic labs by coordinating their national or regional public funding programs. The goal isto allow economic and academic biotech players to share risks, costs and skills related to innovation inorder to develop more efficiently new products and technologies that could reach the market in the shortto medium term. Consortiums consisting of at least two SME partners from two different ETB membercountries can bid for the joint calls for industry-driven trans-national R&D projects launched by thecountries and regions involved. From 2004 to 2009 ETB has launched four calls and the next will open inOctober 2009 and close in February 2010. An entity from a non-member country can participate in thebidding consortium -at its own costs- as long as it is offering a significant technical scientific contributionand there are already at least 2 participating entities from 2 member countries; In some case it could alsobe included as a subcontractor and managed under the national/regional financing regulations of theeligible participant. For further information: www.eurotransbio.netItalian Trade Commission - New York200930