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The Biosalud business sector in the Basque Country generated almost 1,000 new jobs in 2021 and now totals a workforce of almost 10,000 professionals / El sector empresarial de Biosalud en Euskadi generó casi mil nuevos empleos en 2021 y suma ya una fuerza de casi 10.000 profesionales

Posted on June 28, 2022August 12, 2022 by info

Employment in the sector in the Basque Country increased last year at a rate of 11%, more than doubling the evolution recorded in the previous year.

El empleo del sector en Euskadi aumentó el pasado año a un ritmo del 11%, más que duplicando la evolución registrada en el ejercicio anterior

In 2021, the Basque Country’s bio-health business sector consolidated the strong development experienced in recent years. The data on turnover and exports, investment in R&D&I, but above all new jobs created, reflect the sweet moment that the sector is experiencing and which already generates more than 2% of the Basque GDP. 

The business sector linked to Biohealth in the Basque Country generated almost a thousand new jobs last year, reaching a workforce of almost 10,000 professionals. Moreover, this employment is highly specialized and professionalized (doctorates, master’s degrees in life sciences and engineering, above all), with a significant proportion of female employment.

The annual meeting of the Basque Biocluster -which brings together almost a hundred firms in the sector in the Basque Country- served to show the significant increase in sales abroad of products and services related to health. Exports increased by 18% after the standstill recorded in 2020 due to the crisis caused by the Covid19 pandemic. In fact, 24% of the turnover of these companies (except those involved in healthcare) already comes from exports. This year, all the exporting companies in the Basque Health Cluster are expected to increase their sales in foreign markets once again.

Challenges and bottlenecks

The director of the Basque Health Cluster, María Pascual de Zulueta, identified as a ‘bottleneck’ for firms in the sector, both in the Basque Country and in the EU as a whole, “the regulatory collapse with the new regulatory requirements for medical devices for CE marking, which are much more demanding than they have been to date”. Pascual de Zulueta also highlighted the lack of accreditation bodies following the requirements of the new EU regulations. He also highlighted the problems that have arisen with the shortage of laboratory equipment and the rise in the prices of raw materials.

Renewal of BCH’s Board of Directors and challenges for 2022

The Basque Health Cluster Assembly approved the renewal of the Board of Directors, whose president will now be Asier Albizu, CEO of Biolan Health, replacing Mikel Álvarez, president of Mondragon Unibertsitatea. In addition, Julio Font, from Histocell remains for another two years as vice-president of the cluster.

Looking ahead to 2022, the newly appointed president of the Basque Health Cluster, Asier Albizu, insisted on the challenge of addressing the new Medical Device Regulations (MDR) and in vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDR), which although they have come to re-establish the confidence of economic operators and users, “it is also true that their implementation is involving a great effort of human and economic resources in the companies of the sector and a path not without difficulties to put new products on the market or adapt existing ones to the new regulatory requirements.”

Among other challenges, Asier Albizu highlighted the need to strengthen cooperation, both public-private and private-private, to achieve greater competitiveness and positioning of the sector. And obviously all of this within the framework of environmental and social sustainability, seeking maximum efficiency and productivity and betting on digitization, keys that logically require significant investments”.

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El sector empresarial de la Biosalud en Euskadi ha consolidado durante 2021 el fuerte desarrollo experimentado en los últimos años. Los datos de facturación y exportaciones, inversión en I+D+i, pero sobre todo nuevo empleo creado, reflejan el momento dulce que vive el sector y que genera ya más del 2% del PIB vasco. 

El sector empresarial ligado a la Biosalud en Euskadi generó el pasado año casi mil nuevos empleos, hasta sumar una fuerza laboral de casi 10.000 profesionales. En términos relativos, la evolución representa un notable crecimiento del 11% frente a crecimientos medios del 5% al 8% de los años anteriores. Además, se trata de un empleo con un elevado nivel de especialización y profesionalización (doctorados, master en ciencias de la vida e ingenierías, sobre todo) y con un significativo peso del empleo femenino.

El encuentro anual del Biocluster vasco -que agrupa a casi un centenar de firmas del sector en Euskadi- sirvió para exponer el significativo incremento de las ventas al exterior de productos y servicios ligados a la salud. Las exportaciones aumentaron un 18% tras el parón registrado en 2020 debido a la crisis por la pandemia del Covid19. De hecho, el 24% de la facturación de estas empresas (excepto las englobadas en los cuidados asistenciales de la salud o healthcare) procede ya de las exportaciones. Para este año se prevé de nuevo que todas las empresas exportadoras del Basque Health Cluster vuelvan a incrementar sus ventas en los mercados exteriores. 

Desafíos y ‘cuellos de botella’

La directora del Basque Health Cluster, María Pascual de Zulueta, identificó como un ‘cuello de botella’ para las firmas del sector, tanto de Euskadi como del conjunto de la UE, “el colapso regulatorio con las nuevas exigencias normativas de productos sanitarios para marcado CE, mucho más exigentes que hasta la fecha”.Pascual de Zulueta destacó además la carencia de organismos de acreditación tras las exigencias de las nuevas regulaciones de la Unión Europea. Igualmente, destacó los problemas acaecidos con la escasez del material de laboratorio o el alza de los precios de las materias primas.

Renovación de la Junta Directiva del BCH y retos para 2022

La Asamblea del Basque Health Cluster aprobó la renovación de la Junta Directiva, cuyo presidente será a partir de ahora Asier Albizu, CEO de Biolan Health, en sustitución de Mikel Álvarez, presidente de Mondragon Unibertsitatea. Además, Julio Font, de Histocell permanece por otros dos años como vicepresidente del clúster.

De cara a 2022, el recién nombrado presidente del Basque Health Cluster, Asier Albizu, insistió en el reto que supone abordar los nuevos Reglamentos de productos sanitarios (MDR) y de productos sanitarios para diagnóstico in vitro (IVDR), que aunque han venido para reestablecer la confianza de los operadores económicos y de los usuarios, “también es cierto que su implementación está suponiendo un gran esfuerzo de recursos humanos y económicos en las empresas del sector y un camino no exento de dificultades para poner nuevos productos en el mercado o adaptar los existentes a los nuevos requisitos regulatorios”.

Entre otros retos, Asier Albizu, destacó la necesidad de reforzar la cooperación, tanto público-privada como privada-privada, para lograr una mayor competitividad y posicionamiento del sector. Y obviamente todo ello en el marco de la sostenibilidad medio ambiental y social, buscando la máxima eficiencia y productividad y apostando por la digitalización, claves que lógicamente requieren de inversiones importantes”.

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