CNC, Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, is the main biomedical research centre of the Center Region of Portugal. The CNC is committed to high-quality, international competitive, interdisciplinary research in the Biomedical area, provides advanced training in modern biology and biomedicine through an international doctoral programme and supports several outreach programmes to hospitals and the society.

AIBILI, Association for Biomedical Research and Innovation on Light and Image, is a private non-profit organisation, established to support technology transfer to Industries in the health market. AIBILI is a research technology organization (RTO) prepared to carry out Phase I, II, III and IV clinical trials in accordance with Good Clinical Practice Guidelines and to develop new technologies for medicine in the area of opto-electronics and informatics.

Bluepharma is a pharmaceutical company of Portuguese ownership located in Coimbra. Its production plant acquired to Bayer is considered one of the most advanced and well designed in the country. Operating according to the highest standards of quality, Bluepharma considers R&D as an important part of its strategic development.