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 20.03.2017

The Barcelona Science Park has strong presence at BIO-Europe Spring

BIO-Europe Spring (BES) –the spring edition of the most important partnering congress in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry in Europe– returns to Barcelona in 20-22 March 2017 at the CCIB Convention Centre. After the success of the 2010 and 2013 editions, more than 100 companies and organizations from the BioRegion will be participating in the fair, twice as many as the previous year. This edition features remarkable presence of the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) and a large number of companies and entities from PCB Community.

 

For the third time, Barcelona will be hosting BIO-Europe Spring from 20 to 22 March. It is doing so with unprecedented numbers: 110 companies and entities and 195 delegates from the BioRegion including distinguished representatives from the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) and a large number of companies and entities of PCB Community: AromicsAvizorex Pharma, BiocatBioingenium, CataloniaBio, Cebiotex, ChemotargetsCentro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG)EsteveFundació GaemIBECRB BarcelonaIDP PharmaInsights in Life Sciences (ilS)Intelligent PharmaIproteos, Fundació Bosch i Gimpera (FBG), LeanBioProLeitatMind the Byte, Minoryx Terapheutics, ProteoDesign, Readycell and SOM Biotech.
 

A key opportunity to move towards business goals

Attendees will have three days to hold 30-minute private meetings with other international executives and business developers, with the option to have up to 20 meetings each day. The BioRegion of Catalonia will have a booth with more than 50 m² of space (number 41) coordinated by Biocat, where local and international delegates can network.

Although the strong point of BIO-Europe Spring is the partnering meetings, there’s also a program of more than 120 conferences and debates on key topics in the sector featuring many Catalan speakers and activities to foster networking among attendees. The most innovative start-ups will also have the chance to showcase the potential of their projects in two activities to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday. Furthermore, as value added, eight Catalan companies will have the opportunity to present their enterprise to global leaders in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and the financial industry. 

BIO-Europe is organized by the EBD Group – a company that specializes in partnering among key stakeholders in the life sciences sector around the world – with collaboration from Biocat and ACCIÓ heading up the Host Committee, which also features the following members: Asebio, Barcelona Activa, Cataloniabio, EIT Health, Farmaindustria, Government of Catalonia, ITEMAS and Invest in Spain. 

According to EBD Group, this year the fair is expected to bring together executives from 1,400 companies generating 12,500 one-to-one meetings and more than 3,500 licensing opportunities.
 

• For further information: Biocat website [+]