BIO-Europe SpringŪ Launches in Milan: Business Leaders, International Biotech Industry and Italian Government Welcome New Springtime Biotech Partnering Conference
Milan, Italy, January 16, 2007: At a press conference held today at the Palazzo Marino (Sala Alessi), leaders from the Italian government, the city of Milan (with the Mayor, Miss Letizia Moratti) and luminaries from both the Italian and global biotechnology industry officially inaugurated BIO-Europe Spring. Held at the Milano Convention Center (MIC), March 5-7, 2007, BIO-Europe Spring will be the preeminent springtime partnering conference for the biotechnology industry as well as a valued counterpart to BIO-Europe, the world’s largest standalone biotechnology partnering conference.
“We are excited that the EBD Group has chosen Milan as the venue
to unveil its latest biotech partnering conference, BIO-Europe Spring.
When leaders of the global biotech industry gather here in March they
will discover a city and region poised to become a leading center for
scientific knowledge and discovery, adding to Milan’s well-known
reputation as the center of the design and fashion world,” said
Alessandro Sidoli, Chief Operating Officer of Axxam and Vice President
of Assobiotec, the Italian Bioindustry Association, that organizes
the event in partnership with EBD.
Strategic partnering is becoming an increasingly important element
for companies operating in the biotechnology industry. In this highly
competitive and rapidly globalizing industry, successful partnering
strategies help companies gain access to new markets, funding, and
identify new intellectual property for in-licensing. BIO-Europe
Spring and its sister conference, BIO-Europe, use EBD Group's proprietary
state-of-the-art web-based partnering software platform that enables
firms from every part of the biotechnology value-chain to quickly identify,
engage and enter into strategic relationships that drive their business
successfully forward.
“We are proud to inaugurate our new partnering event in Milan, a city
that throughout history has seen the technological innovations giving shape
and meaning to the modern world,” said Carola Schropp, Founder of the
leading partnering firm in the biotechnology industry, the EBD Group. “Designed
as the counterpart to our flagship conference BIO-Europe, the BIO-Europe Spring
event will feature the powerful combination of one-on-one partnering meetings
and company presentations characteristic of all of EBD’s partnering events.
It will bring together international decision-makers from all biotechnology
sectors, pharmaceutical companies and financial firms.”
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.
BD 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
- Partnering for Global Impact®, a new partnering conference providing an innovative forum to partner, identify and generate social and philanthropic investment and funding opportunities
- 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, and partnering360® is the open online community of life science dealmakers that enhances partnering experiences at industry events.
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 please visit www.ebdgroup.com or contact:
Constantine Theodoropulos
EBD Group
+1 617 816 4637
ctheodoropulos@ebdgroup.com
