Previous Press Releases
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November 14, 2011 BIO-Europe® 2011 accelerates partnering in the life science industry Life science dealmakers from around the world engaged in thousands of partnering meetings and shared insights on strategies for building new and productive partnerships at BIO-Europe® 2011, Europe's largest partnering conference, held October 31–November 2 at the CCD Congress Center in Duesseldorf, Germany. "BIO-Europe was once again the defining partnering industry event...more ►
October 12, 2011 BIO-Europe® 2011 workshop to discover which biotech "has talent" Promising biotechs will have a unique opportunity to pitch their best assets to a star-studded panel of business development executives in a special competition at BIO-Europe® 2011, being held October 31–November 2 at the CCD Congress Center in Duesseldorf, Germany. In the workshop, "The Perfect Pitch: Biotech Has Talent," attendees will have a chance to win a one-to-one ...more ►
October 6, 2011 BIO-Europe® 2011 program to highlight non-traditional partnerships and the year's transformational deals Non-traditional healthcare alliances and the year's prominent transformational deals will be the topics of in-depth discussion in the opening and keynote plenary sessions at BIO-Europe® 2011, being held October 31–November 2 at the CCD Congress Center in Duesseldorf, Germany. In the opening plenary session, "Non-traditional Partnerships in the New Healthcare Ecosystem," mo...more ►
September 19, 2011 World leaders in the life science industry to gather in Duesseldorf for the 17th annual BIO-Europe® partnering conference From October 31 to November 2, the world's life science leaders and dealmakers will gather in Duesseldorf, Germany for BIO-Europe® 2011, Europe's largest partnering event serving the global biotechnology industry. Now in its seventeenth year, the three-day conference will host more than 3,000 attendees representing about 1,800 companies who will engage in more than 15,000 one-to-o...more ►
2010
November 22, 2010 BIO-Europe 2010 continues to break records for attendance and partnering productivity Munich was the center of dealmaking activity in the life science industry during BIO-Europe 2010. Held at Munich's International Congress Center from November 15–17, the event broke all previous records for attendance and partnering productivity. Over 2,900 executives from 1,660 companies engaged in close to 15,000 one-to-one meetings to discuss deals, many of which were focused around the 3,243 unique partnering opportunities posted in EBD Group's partneringONE® system.more ►
October 26, 2010 EBD Group Announces BIO-Europe Day 2 Program In its 16th year, the BIO-Europe 2010 conference, November 15–17, in Munich, Germany appears likely to smash its previous record for attendance and partnering productivity established last year in Vienna, Austria. With three weeks still to go to the start of the conference, BIO-Europe is on track to host more than 2,700 life science executives representing approximately 1,500 companies who will engage in over 15,000 one-to-one partnering meetings.more ►
October 18, 2010 EBD Group Adds Updates to BIO-Europe Day 1 ProgramIn only four weeks, life science industry leaders will descend upon Munich, Germany as BIO-Europe 2010 assembles for the 16th consecutive year. The three-day event will welcome more than 2,700 attendees representing about 1,500 companies and will feature panels and workshops on effective partnering and development strategies.more ►
October 12, 2010 EBD Group Unveils BIO-Europe 2010 Day 1 WorkshopsEBD Group today announced program highlights that will be featured at the BIO-Europe 2010 partnering conference to be held November 15–17 at the International Congress Center Munich. Each session features top industry leaders from across the globe who will discuss and share their insight on growing trends and will analyze and compare key strategies for building strong and effective partnerships.more ►
September 28, 2010 Industry Leaders to Gather in Munich for the 16th Annual BIO-Europe Partnering ConferenceLeaders of the life science industry will gather in Munich, Germany, November 15–17 for the 16th annual BIO-Europe partnering conference. The three-day event will host more than 2,500 attendees representing about 1,400 companies who will engage in over 13,000 one-to-one meetings. more ►
September 21, 2010 Partnering is the deal in Biotechnology 15 years ago when we started our first conference, BIO-Europe, the notion of getting two companies from opposite ends of the biotech-pharma spectrum to co-develop was novel. Such relationships were rare. Pharma still thought they could do it alone. more ►
2009
November 10, 2009 BIO-Europe 2009 Sets New Record for Attendance and Partnering Productivity 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 in 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. more ►
October 26, 2009 Industry Leaders to Gather in Vienna for the 15th Annual BIO-Europe Partnering Conference Biotech industry leaders will descend upon Vienna, Austria next week as BIO-Europe 2009 assembles for the 15thconsecutive year. The three-day event will welcome more than 2,500 attendees representing about 1,350 companies and will feature panels and workshops on effective partnering and development strategies in an uncertain economic landscape. more ►
October 19, 2009 BIO-Europe 2009 Announces Program Highlights Less than two weeks remains before BIO-Europe 2009, the world’s largest stand-alone partnering conference, takes place in Vienna, Austria on November 2–4. In response to the continuous growth and popularity of this well established biotechnology partnering event, EBD Group is announcing additional conference program highlights to offer even greater insight into a variety of important industry topics. more ►
October 9, 2009
BIO-Europe 2009: World’s Leading Biotech Companies, Pharmaceutical Firms and Financiers
Get Ready for Three Days of Intense Partnering in Vienna
With partnering deals still driving drug development markets, this year’s BIO-Europe conference is set to establish new standards for generating quality partnering meetings and providing the insights needed to successfully operate in an era of dramatic biotech industry change. Many of the most respected industry thought leaders and decision makers will once again travel to BIO-Europe to examine the issues, new business approaches and policy trends that are vital to biotech’s successful long term future. To date, there are already 2,002 licensing opportunities, an impressive 1,170 companies from 46 countries registered, and over 2,000 delegates actively booking one-to-one meetings.
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September 22, 2009 Top 20 Pharma Firms to Hunt for Deals at BIO-Europe 2009 In order to seek out new partnering opportunities, the top 20 big pharma companies will be in attendance on November 2–4 in Vienna, Austria for BIO-Europe 2009, the largest dedicated partnering conference in Europe. Teams of scouts from the likes of Abbott, Amgen, Astellas Pharma, AstraZeneca, Baxter, Bayer HealthCare/Bayer Schering Pharma, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly and Company, Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Serono, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi Aventis, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will attend the conference to examine industry issues, learn new business approaches, and most importantly, network with biotechs and other organizations toward successful business deals.more ►
2008
November 24, 2008 BIO-Europe 2008 Sets New Record for Partnering Productivity 2,400 leaders from the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry gathered last week for the 14th annual BIO-Europe partnering conference, which saw an astounding 10,250 one-to-one partnering meetings between industry dealmakers. More complete coverage of the event can be found at www.ebdgroup.com/partneringnews.more ►
November 20, 2008 Vienna to Host BIO-Europe 2009At the closing of BIO-Europe 2008 in Mannheim/Heidelberg which saw 2400 life science executives engage in an astounding 10,250 one-to-one meetings, EBD Group today announced that next year’s BIO-Europe partnering conference will pay a visit to Vienna, Austria. The 15th annual edition of BIO-Europe, the world’s largest stand-alone partnering event will gather leaders of the life science industry at the Wiener Messe on Nov. 2–4, 2009 to take dealmaking to a new level. This represents the first time in the conference’s 14 year history that it will venture outside of Germany, and is testimony to the recognition of the Vienna region’s emergence as a robust cluster of biotech innovation.more ►
November 3, 2008 BIO-Europe 2008 VIPs Share Insights on Keeping Innovation Moving in Turbulent Financial EconomyThe stage is set for BIO-Europe 2008, November 17–19 in Mannheim/Heidelberg, Germany, to be the largest and most productive stand-alone partnering event on record. On the minds of executives in the biotech industry is the current financial crisis and its effects on innovation and business. In anticipation of the conference, some of the most respected names in the industry, all featured speakers at BIO-Europe 2008, share their insights on how to keep the wheels of innovation turning in a world gripped by financial turbulence. Bill Ringo, keynote panelist and Senior VP of Strategy and Business Development at Pfizer, comments that "The economic crisis doesn't change the need for increasing new product flow and access to new technologies. Therefore, partnering continues to be an extremely important component of our strategy."more ►
October 27, 2008
BIO-Europe 2008 to Get Biotech Industry Partnerships Started in Challenging
Economic EnvironmentIn order to seek out new partnering opportunities, the top 20 big pharma companies will be in attendance on November 17–19 in Mannheim/Heidelberg, Germany for BIO-Europe 2008, the world’s largest stand-alone partnering conference. Accompanied by their teams of scouts from research and business development, many of the most respected industry leaders will travel to the conference from around the world to examine industry issues, learn new business approaches, and most importantly, begin networking with organizations toward successful business deals.more ►
October 14, 2008 BIO-Europe 2008 Announces New Program Highlights Only a month remains before BIO-Europe 2008, the world’s largest stand-alone partnering conference, takes place in Mannheim/Heidelberg, Germany, November 17-19. In response to the continuous growth and popularity of this well established biotechnology partnering event, EBD Group is announcing additional conference program highlights to offer even greater insight into a variety of important industry topics. more ►
September 30, 2008 BIO-Europe 2008: World's Top Pharmaceutical Firms to Gather in Force Seeking Partnerships and Discovering New Ways to Enhance Deal ValuesAs partnering transactions continue at record-breaking rates and deals continue as the defining industry trend, the critical question confronting big pharma is not if they should embrace earlier stage deals, but how to best take advantage of them. As the top 20 big pharma companies attend BIO-Europe 2008 in Mannheim/Heidelberg, Germany, November 17–19, they will confront this and other critical industry issues in a comprehensive series of panels and workshops.more ►
September 2, 2008 BIO-Europe 2008: The World’s Leading Biotech Companies and Deal-Makers Get Ready for Three Days of Intense Partnering in Mannheim/HeidelbergCarlsbad, CA and Washington D.C., -- September 2, 2008 – The leaders of the biotechnology industry will once again gather for BIO-Europe, the world’s largest stand-alone partnering conference, in Mannheim/Heidelberg, Germany, November 17-19. With biotech deal-making still the thrill in drug development markets, this year’s BIO-Europe promises to set new standards for generating quality partnering meetings and providing the information required to successfully navigate opportunities in an era of significant biotech industry change. Many of the most respected industry thought leaders and decision makers will come to the Rhein-Neckar biotech super cluster to examine the issues, new business approaches, policy trends that are vital to biotech’s successful long-term future.more ►
