EuroMedtech™ Partnering Conference Introduces the Power of Productive Partnering to European Medtech Industry
Carlsbad, CA, USA, Zurich, Switzerland, and Duesseldorf, Germany, June 10, 2009: Leaders from the international medical technology industry gathered last week for the first annual EuroMedtech™ partnering conference. The conference was held on June 3–4 in Duesseldorf, Germany, and played host to over 250 delegates representing 191 companies from 21 countries who engaged in 652 one-to-one partnering meetings. In addition, there were 7 workshops and panel sessions and 43 presentations by medtech companies seeking financing, licensing opportunities or partners for advancing product development.
EuroMedtech received a warm welcome into the heart of Europe’s most intensive region for medical technology, which during four days each November becomes “the center of the world for medical devices at the annual MEDICA trade fair,” according to Prof. Andreas Pinkwart, Minister for Innovation, Science, Research and Technology for the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Minister Pinkwart said, “We are pleased to host EuroMedtech that is an innovative event for its unique focus on bringing together investors and inventors, joining money and ideas. Now more than ever we need to keep the momentum going in the field of medical engineering and research.”
Wilfried Kruse, Commissioner with the City of Duesseldorf, also praised the event producer EBD Group saying, “EuroMedtech is a first-ever event and a new concept we are proud to see being launched in our city.”
By all measures EuroMedtech exceeded delegates’ expectations in facilitating their ability to meet with numerous potential partners and discuss in- and out-licensing, financing and other collaborative programs.
“EBD Group has again hit the mark with the EuroMedtech partnering conference,” said EuroMedtech Advisory Board member, Jeanne Bertonis, CEO, Strategic Biomedical Consultants. “Enhancing industry collaboration is an essential ingredient for the future growth and dynamism of the medtech industry. As a forum dedicated to facilitating industry partnerships and venture capital relationships, EuroMedtech is certain to play an important and growing role in the success of our industry.”
Carola Schropp, President, EBD Group, said, “The medical technology industry is characterized by innovation that helps the healthcare industry respond to the demographics of aging populations. For these reasons medtech, despite the worldwide economic recession, continues to be a growth market. Keeping medtech’s engine of innovation humming is what EBD Group wants to help ensure with the partnering conference EuroMedtech”
Schropp added, “EBD Group is very excited to bring our proven format for partnering to the European medtech sector. Based on the response we received here in Duesseldorf, next year’s event should set a new benchmark for productive partnering in the medtech marketplace.”
For complete coverage of the event, visit the partneringNEWS™ website: http://www.ebdgroup.com/partneringnews/.
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.
EBD Group’s conferences are run with
the support of leading corporations and international
trade associations and include:
- BIO-Europe and BIO-Europe Spring®, the
world's largest stand-alone life science partnering
conferences, supported by the Biotechnology Industry
Organization (BIO)
- BioPharm America™, EBD Group’s North American partnering
event
- EuroMedtech™, EBD Group’s new 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
EBD Group’s sophisticated web-based partnering service,
partneringONE™, is used as the partnering engine at numerous
third-party events around the world. 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.
