BIO-Europe Previous Press Releases
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 ►