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BIO-Europe

Name: BIO-Europe
Location: Rotating

Europe largest partnering conference for the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and life science investment sectors.

When: November, Early November
Where: RotatingView on Google Maps
Format: In person
Organiser: EBD Group
Region: Europe
Scale: About 5,000 attendees
Founded: 1995

The Signal

BIO-Europe is the largest life science partnering event on the continent, designed to facilitate licensing and investment deals. Organized by EBD Group, the event revolves around a proprietary partnering system that schedules thousands of one on one meetings. Startups, biotech firms, and large pharmaceutical companies attend to negotiate drug development rights and pipeline acquisitions. For healthtech and life science investors, it is a critical hub to discover high potential clinical pipelines.

What to expect

Licensing and asset acquisition announcements
Early stage biotech venture capital deals
Discussions on clinical trial outsourcing and design

Who is in the room

Biotech executives, pharmaceutical business development directors, life science venture capitalists, and academic technology transfer officers attend.

Background

Established in 1995, BIO-Europe was created to replicate the intensive partnering formats of United States biotechnology meetings in a European context. It rotates among major European life science clusters each autumn.

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