Fondazione Filarete was born in 2008 as a public-private partnership to play a leading role in innovation and entrepreneurship in the fields of Life Sciences, Biotechnology and Health.
Fondazione Filarete promotes and integrates itself with a network of companies, researchers and institutions operating in the fields of life sciences and health in order to:

• Accelerate the time to market of academic research through effective technology transfer processes;
• Encourage the creation of new companies based on research results supporting them in their early stages and in business development;
• Support the innovation processes of SMEs through value-added services and technology and knowledge transfer;
• Develop partnerships and networks with scientific and clinical research institutes in Italy and abroad.