The Road Show visiting a number of Italian science and technology parks made a stop today at AREA Science Park. Its aim is to introduce potential United States investors to national companies and centres active in the field of biotechnology applied to health, the so-called 'red biotech'.

The initiative, sponsored by the Ministry of Economic Development within the context of the special 'Made in Italy' Promotion Initiative for the United States and organised by the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade (ICE - Istituto nazionale per il Commercio Estero), aims to encourage partnerships, the various forms of scientific and technological collaboration and an improved flow of information on Italian excellence in this sector.

Six venture capitalists from the United States responsible for the investment decisions of American companies and development centres within the biotechnology field, accompanied by Paola Bellusci of ICE, met a panel of AREA companies and centres, introduced by the Managing Director of AREA, Enzo Moi.

The organisations from the Science Park that participated in the meeting were: CBM, Adriacell SpA, TBS Group, TECNA Srl, Euroclone SpA and Centro Studi Fegato (CSF). Michela Cattaruzza, vice-president of Confindustria Trieste, also participated in the day's meetings.

The Road Show, which ends on 17^th June with a visit to the Parco Tecnologico Padano, a science and technology park based in Lodi, aims to encourage various forms of foreign investment in the Italian biotech sector, represented in the network of Italian Science and Technology Parks.