Partnering increases by 22 percent to over 12,500 one-to-one meetings
CARLSBAD, Calif. & ZURICH & VIENNA--(Business Wire)--
Leaders from the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries gathered last week
at the Vienna Messe for the 15th annual BIO-Europe partnering conference.
The conference drew 2,500 delegates, representing 1,400 companies from 50
countries, who engaged in 12,504 one-to-one partnering meetings. In addition,
there were 22 workshops and panel sessions, and 170 presentations by biotech
companies seeking financing, licensing opportunities or partners for advancing
their product development.
The event also featured glamorous networking evening events at the Schoenbrunn
Palace`s Orangery, the imperial Redoute Halls at the Hofburg and the ballroom of
Vienna`s Rathaus.
More complete coverage of the event can be found at
www.ebdgroup.com/partneringnews.
"The BIO-Europe events continue to be the place for getting biotech partnerships
started," stated Carola Schropp, President of EBD Group. "In good times and bad,
it will be alliances, licensing agreements, co-development programs and other
forms of collaboration between companies that will ultimately take the industry
forward."
Commenting on the high level of meeting productivity, Schropp added, "The vast
majority of companies engaged in partnering. 60 percent of them held from 6 to
as many as 20 one-to-one meetings, while 30 percent had more. One company even
had scheduled a record 215 meetings."
The success of BIO-Europe 2009 sets the stage for EBD Group's highly anticipated
BIO-Europe Spring® 2010 in Barcelona, Spain, March 8-10.
About EBD Group
EBD Group is the leading partnering firm for the global life science industry.
Since 1993, biotech, pharma and medical device companies have leveraged EBD
Group`s partnering conferences, technology and services to identify business
opportunities and develop strategic relationships essential to their success.
EBD Group`s conferences are run with the support of leading corporations and
international trade associations, and include:
* BIO-Europe and BIO-Europe Spring®, Europe`s largest life science partnering
conferences, supported by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
* BioPharm America, the fastest growing partnering event in North America
* EuroMedtech, EBD Group`s partnering event for the innovative medical
technology industry
* BioEquity Europe, the investor conference co-organized with BioCentury
Publications and BIO
* ChinaBio® Partnering Forum, the first dedicated biotech/pharma partnering
conference in China, co-produced with ChinaBio® LLC
* Biotech Showcase, a unique forum in San Francisco for presenting to investors
and business development executives, co-produced with Demy-Colton Life Science
Advisors
EBD Group`s sophisticated web-based partnering service, partneringONE®, is used
as the partnering engine at numerous third-party events around the world.
Outside of the conference format, EBD Group`s consultants provide hands-on
assistance for firms seeking to in- or out-license products and technologies.
EBD Group has offices in the USA and Europe.
For more information visit www.ebdgroup.com.
EBD Group
Constantine Theodoropulos, +1 617-292-7319
ctheodoropulos@ebdgroup.com
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