UJ looks for backers for its biotech park

JCI is looking for a company which would not only prepare the project from the functional and architectural side, but also would supervise the construction works. JCI plans to have a complex of research laboratories ready by the beginning of 2008, and start renting it out. The value of the project is zł.50 million. PKO BP will ensure financing worth zł.12.8 million, zł.38 million will come from EU funds, while UJ will spend zł.5.5 million on the project. "This is a commercial project, which will join scientific and research with industrial activities," said JCI president Paweł Błachno. The company plans to attract western corporations to Kraków, which seek scientific personnel for researching new drugs abroad. The center can welcome 25 different companies. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 11) A.K.