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PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
ASEBIO Selects EBD's partneringONE™ to Power Partnering at the BIOSPAIN Conference
Carlsbad, CA, January 28, 2008 - EBD Group, the leading partnering firm for the global life sciences
industry, today announced that ASEBIO, organizer of the BIOSPAIN biotech conference, has selected EBD Group's partneringONE™
to power BIOSPAIN 2008's partnering track and registration. The 4th annual BIOSPAIN 2008 is an international meeting on biotechnology,
and will be held in Granada, September 17-19. BIOSPAIN 2008 is a bi-annual forum for presenting research, technologies and services,
and for analyzing and monitoring Spanish and international biotechnology product pipelines.
EBD Group's partneringONE is the leading conference partnering solution, enabling delegates to efficiently meet and do business.
Combining the industry's most advanced collaboration software with best practice implementation, partneringONE turns any conference
into a world-class partnering event. Currently the partnering engine for over 10 life sciences conferences, partneringONE utilizes
the most advanced and intuitive software for generating connections that matter. Purpose built, web based and event tailored,
partneringONE helps attendees manage the entire conference partnering process.
"There are over 500 enterprises in Spain that are engaged in the biotech arena, producing a turnover in excess of € 20,000
Million. Some 200 companies cited biotechnology as their main activity, and the annual growth in invoicing, employee numbers and R&D
spending approaches 20%. To ensure the long term growth and prosperity of the industry requires striking alliances with firms around
the world. With the help of EBD's partneringONE, the partnering capabilities at BIOSPAIN 2008 will enable delegates to quickly
identify and engage with potential collaborators across the biotechnology spectrum," said José Luis Tello, BIOSPAIN Executive
Coordinator.
"We are excited that BIOSPAIN has selected partneringONE as the engine behind its partnering track. Partnering activities linked to an
ongoing industry event creates tremendous value, both for the conference organizer and for the delegates participating in that event.
partneringONE offers BIOSPAIN a turnkey solution for generating a world-class partnering event, and for enriching the overall
conference experience," said Carola Schropp, Managing Partner of EBD Group.
About EBD Group
EBD Group is the leading partnering firm for the global biotechnology industry. Since 1993, firms in the life sciences have leveraged
EBD Group's partnering conferences, technology and services to identify business opportunities and develop strategic relationships
that drive their business. EBD Group's conferences (run in collaboration with leading industry partners and international trade
associations include BIO-Europe the preeminent stand-alone or ex-U.S. partnering conference for the biotechnology industry
(co-organized with the Biotechnology Industry Organization, BIO); BIO-Europe Spring®; BioFusion (EBD's new North American partnering
event); and the investor conference, BioEquity Europe (co-organized with BioCentury Publications and BIO). EBD's novel, web-based,
partnering service partneringONE™ is also used at numerous third-party events around the world. Outside of the conference
format, EBD Group's consultants can provide hands-on assistance for firms seeking to in- or out-license products and technologies.
EBD Group has offices in San Diego, Munich and London. For more information visit www.ebdgroup.com.
About ASEBIO
ASEBIO is the Spanish Association of Bioenterprises.
ASEBIO brings together companies, associations, foundations, universities, technology and research centres that undertake their
activities either directly or indirectly related to biotechnology in Spain.
ASEBIO has acted as a meeting and promotion platform for those organisations interested in the development of the national
biotechnology scene since 1999. ASEBIO therefore works in close collaboration with regional, national and European governments
together with all those social organisations interested in the use of biotechnology for improving the quality of life, the environment
and the generation of skilled employment.
Its broad membership base makes ASEBIO the most appropriate scenario for meeting the challenge of developing the biotechnology
sector and taking advantage of the innovation opportunities presented through biotechnology as an economic and social growth vector
in Spain.
Contacts:
Constantine Theodoropulos
EBD Group
+1 617.292-7319
ctheodoropulos[at]ebdgroup.com
Lisa Methely
EBD Group
+44 7971 404427
lmethley[at]ebdgroup.com
José Luis Tello
ASEBIO
+34 91 210 93 74
jltello[at]asebio.com
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