One-liner: the innovation unit (UCIE) of Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe's research institute — a clinical testbed that links hospital R&D with companies for real clinical validation of health technologies. Backed by AVI. One of the strongest hospital-innovation gateways in the region.
What you get
- A structured clinical validation testbed: access to clinicians, patients, hospital settings and real-world data to test and validate a device, digital-health solution, diagnostic or therapy in a real clinical environment.
- Co-development with hospital researchers, support building clinical evidence, and connection to trials/registries.
- A route into hospital procurement / CPI and AVI-funded health-innovation projects.
Who it's for
- Healthtech, medtech, digital-health and biotech startups that need clinical access and validation at a large university hospital.
How to engage (routes)
- Contact the UCIE innovation unit via iislafe.es/innovation to propose a validation/collaboration.
- Clinical validation project or research contract — scope a study with the relevant clinical service.
- Combine with device certification at IBV Medical Device Testing Lab and public-health research at INCLIVA FISABIO Health Innovation; use as validation partner in VIC Innovation Grants 2026 (AEI 03 digital health) / IVACE PIDI-CV 2026.
- Funded/supported by AVI as part of the Valencian innovation system.
Key facts
- Hospital La Fe clinical testbed (UCIE) · AVI-backed. The clinical-validation keystone for Valencian health startups. Cost = collaboration/project based.
Relations
- Run by: IIS La Fe UCIE
- Funded by: AVI
- See also: INCLIVA FISABIO Health Innovation
- See also: IBV Medical Device Testing Lab
- See also: Biotech-Health (niche)