Overview

• CITAC has completed its legal consolidation and administrative structure, including the formation of an external scientific committee.
• Officials are in active negotiations to involve the Andalusian Health Ministry in the foundation’s public governance model.
• The foundation plans to recruit a principal investigator or high-performing research group in cancer and aging within the next year.
• A flagship large-scale liquid biopsy program is set to begin to enable much earlier tumor detection than current methods.
• CITAC aims to establish an Andalusian life-science biocluster aligned with European Commission targets for 70% cancer survival within five years.