- The editor of the magazine Change16 has unanimously decided to reward Dr. Catalina Fernández de Ana Portela, valueing his constant commitment "for human health, quality and respect for nature."
- The Change Awards delivery16 2023 took place at the Mandarin Eastern Ritz Palace Hotel in Madrid.
- Hifas da Terra was founded in 1998 by the hand of Dr. Catalina Fernández de Ana Portela, Biologist, Mycologist and Doctorate in Oncological Clinical Research at the University of Santiago de Compostela. The company is a pioneering biotechnological project born in Galicia, has become an international leader in the development of natural products for human health based on medicinal fungi.
The editor board of the Change Magazine16 has rewarded A. Catalina Fernández de Ana Portela, CEO of Hifas da Terra, in the Madre Tierra category, which has been delivered, as usual, at a gala on November 22 at the Mandarín Oriental Ritz Palace Hotel in Madrid.
The jury has valued its commitment to a “Pioneer biotechnological project born in Galicia, which has become the Biotech International leader in the development of natural products for human health based on medicinal fungi ”.
"The commitment to health, quality and respect for nature are the basis of its business philosophy. These differential values are reflected both in the formulas that it develops and in the research and work done every day", they point out from the Board editor of Change16.
Dra. Catalina Fernández de Ana Portela is responsible for the company's success Hifas da Terra That, like Founder and PresidentApplies a Know How, based on more than 20 years of experience, together with a broad and international team of experts.
From his youth he was aware of The importance of Medicinal fungi properties For the scientific community, since his father Francisco de Ana Magán is a researcher and reference for mycology in Europe. The fungi were in their day to day and soon understood that the investigation It was the way to follow if what I wanted was to demonstrate the world as The use of these fascinating organisms could change the history of medicine and health care.
Biologist, Mycologist, and Doctorate in Clinical Research in Oncology at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Fernández de Ana states that for her “The world of fungi is where the large molecules of medicine of the next century are going to come from. Let's think about the great drugs that save lives. The most important of all, penicillin, which has changed the history of humanity, is a fungus. It is an immense world to discover. Fungi have been there since the dinosaurs and have been able to adapt. That is just what they offer us, that ability to adapt. ” Words that perfectly summarize the pillar that sustains and moves hyphae.
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Hifas da Terra has a team led by Catalina Fernández de Ana Portela, which add up to groups of National and international scientific advisors From the universities of Santiago de Compostela, Leuven (Belgium), Lucian Blaga (Romania) or Colorado State (USA), among others. These develop formulas that help health care from the bioactive substances of medicinal fungi, which investigate, produce, extract and purify. Thanks to these exhaustive investigations, Hifas da Terra has a Wide Vademécum of Natural Products for Human Welfare inside and out.
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Therefore, it focuses its work on the ecological cultivation of fungi with medicinal properties, which they use for the elaboration of nutraceutics (also called food supplements or, colloquially, as supplements) and natural cosmetics. One more evidence of the company's commitment to the environment and the Galician environment in which it is located. In his commitment to sustainability And to be able to create these products following their ethical values, HDT has Major Cepario Mycological in Europe located in Pontevedra.