EuroMedtech™ 2012 looks to set new benchmark for productive partnering
Zurich, Switzerland and Grenoble, France – December 5, 2011: Leaders from the international medical technology industry will gather May 31 to June 1, 2012 in Grenoble, France for the fourth annual EuroMedtech™ partnering conference. In 2011, the conference played host to more than 260 delegates representing 205 companies from 27 countries who engaged in 741 one-to-one partnering meetings. In addition, there were eight workshops and panel sessions and 45 presentations by medtech companies seeking financing, licensing opportunities or partners for advancing product development.
"Shifts in the world's population and new therapeutic breakthroughs have affected healthcare priorities for medical technology companies," said Carola Schropp, President, EBD Group. "With EuroMedtech, we want to help companies face these growing challenges now and for the road ahead."
EuroMedtech 2011 exceeded expectations with a 14% increase in the number of one-to-one meetings over 2010, facilitating participants' ability to meet with numerous potential partners and discuss in- and out-licensing, financing and other collaborative programs. EuroMedtech 2012 will again feature the popular Next Generation Presentation track for young companies and the Medtech Leaders Presentation track for large medtech corporations
"We are very happy to welcome the medtech industry leaders to Grenoble next year. The Grenoble region has a dynamic medtech sector with young innovative companies as well as international leaders who are excited to host EuroMedtech 2012, to exchange ideas about the future of the industry and to build fruitful partnerships with all attendees," said Cécile Real, President of Adebag.
EuroMedtech is Europe's leading medical technology partnering conference, providing collaboration opportunities to medtech decision makers and investors. EuroMedtech caters to companies involved in all parts of the advanced medical technology industry, from those serving mainline therapeutic categories such as drug delivery and augmented intervention in medicine, through diagnostics, imaging and eHealth to those involved in platform technologies such as micro and nanotechnological tools and implantable devices.
For more information, visit the EuroMedtech website: ebdgroup.com/emt
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 throughout the year.
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.
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EBD Group
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About Adebag
Adebag: an accelerator for innovative projects and a key player in local economic development by gathering and representing public and private actors of the bio-industry ecosystems, of medical technology and technology and services for healthcare, well-being and autonomy in the Isere Department.
ADEBAG: the Grenoble Health Cluster:- Gathers and represents public and private actors in bioindustry, medical technology and services for healthcare, well-being and autonomy
- Animates the community to design and spread information, and integrates its members in local and international dynamics
- Supports companies in the medtech/biotech ecosystem through their different development steps
- Promotes and develops the technological offerings and the attractiveness of our territory toward exogenous companies or research entities
Today, Adebag represents:
- 4 universities and research centers
- 1 university hospital
- 50 companies and start-ups
- 3 major diagnostics companies: BD, Roche Diagnostics and bioMérieux
- 1 major IT company: Open Group
- The world leader in development of wireless platforms and semiconductors: ST Ericsson
- 1 social protection group: Prémalliance
- 2 major European facilities: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility and Laue Langevin Institute
- 2 local authorities: Grenoble Alpes Metropole, Isère Department>
About Grenoble Chamber of Commerce and Industry
The Grenoble Chamber of Commerce and Industry, beyond public services, has defined strategic missions for its territory:- Make the Grenoble region attractive
- Consolidate the industrial base, source of innovation
- Help actors of commerce to increase their performance
- Facilitate the expansion of services
- Promote Grenoble as a touristic destination
- Answer companies expectations for skilled personnel
In order to achieve these goals, the Grenoble Chamber of Commerce and Industry relies on more than 700 employees mostly dedicated to:
- Starting, developing, taking over or transferring business activities in any field of activity.
- Educating students and employees or managers with Grenoble Business School (Institute of Higher Education, Masters programmes, continuing education, etc.), Grenoble Graduate School of Business (MBA, MIB, BIB, MSc, etc.), Grenoble Graduate School of Information Systems Management (specialised Masters, Level 1, Level 2), Doctoral School (DBA, Ph.D, etc.), training centre for business directors and employees, 4 study colleges educating to more than 80 professional qualifications.
- Promoting the international development of business and offers with GREX (support programmes tailored to each level of international development, advice and training on the techniques of international trade, EU regulations survey, potential to exploit the opportunities offered by the single market, one-to-one support on how to approach overseas markets, access to professional networks, procedures for easing overseas trade).
- Welcoming domestic and foreign companies with meeting rooms for professionals at the Grenoble World Trade Centre.
- Informing company managers about the economy of the Grenoble region with the "Présences" magazine.
- Developing networking business and exchange of experience through ECOBIZ, an extensive professional network including more than 2,500 companies of the Grenoble region.
