PURPOSES

Driving research to improve well-being
At Jané Mateu Foundation, we are guided by a clear purpose: to improve people’s quality of life and ensure the continuity of a socially impactful business project.

Giving back to society through health research and innovation
With responsibility, humanity, and transparency as our core values, we promote health research and innovation projects that make well-being accessible to everyone.
We support initiatives in oncology, metabolism, and dermatology, fostering advances that create real change for those who need it most.

We collaborate with professionals and institutions to develop R&D&i projects, facilitate access to innovative treatments, and contribute to the dissemination of scientific knowledge, encouraging continuous education and healthcare system improvement.

We are driven by the belief that health goes far beyond treatments: it is care, empathy, and real impact in people’s lives.

Securing the future to keep growing together
We strive to guarantee the independence and future of the STE group of companies, ensuring its stability, innovative capacity, and sustainable growth over time.
We commit to a business model that combines excellence and responsibility, so that the knowledge and advances generated benefit both the sector and society.

Because only by securing a solid and independent future can we continue driving research, innovation, and progress in health.

THE FOUNDATION’S AIMS

The Foundation’s main aim is improving citizen’s well-being and quality of life via R&D&I activities designed to promote, develop, advocate for and foster scientific, medical and pharmaceutical research, health services and all issues related to health, sanitation and technological innovation.

The Foundation’s main aim is improving citizen’s well-being and quality of life via R&D&I activities designed to promote, develop, advocate for and foster scientific, medical and pharmaceutical research, health services and all issues related to health, sanitation and technological innovation.

Additionally, the Foundation will have a secondary purpose focused on the
restoration, enhancement, promotion, maintenance, and comprehensive management of movable and immovable assets
of cultural interest or those with unique architectural, artistic, historical, or heritage value.
It will also work to foster their awareness and dissemination by promoting activities
that support these objectives, thereby contributing to the
cultural, social, and economic development of Catalonia.

In pursuit of these aims, and as long as they comply with the characteristics described above, it will be irrelevant whether or not the movable and immovable assets mentioned in this paragraph are classified as historical heritage, inventoried or of cultural interest, as declared by the General State Administration, the Autonomous Community of Catalonia or the corresponding local authority, as the case may be.

The definition of the foundational purposes outlined in these statutes should not be interpreted restrictively but rather understood as encompassing any activity related to the Foundation’s objectives, as well as the individuals, resources, or actions that may directly or indirectly contribute to their promotion and development.

The Board of Trustees may extend the Foundation’s corporate purpose, provided that this extension is directly or indirectly related to the Foundation’s activities.