A total of 27 companies and organizations to represent BioRegion of Catalonia at BIO-Europe 2015
<p>From 2 to 4 November, the fair will feature workshops and parallel debates on current topics of interest in the sector, with some companies like Oryzon Genomics giving presentations</p>
A total of 27 companies and organizations and 46 delegates will represent the BioRegion of Catalonia at BIO-Europe 2015, held 2 to 4 November in Munich (Germany). The Catalan delegation makes us more than half of all Spanish participation in the fair, with 52 companies and organizations and 81 delegates from around Spain represented under the Spainbio brand at a booth coordinated by ICEX.
The 27 Catalan exhibitors include 20 companies (Ability Pharmaceuticals, Almirall –which will have its own booth–, Anapharm Europe, Anaxomics Biotech, Bioingenium, Ferrer Internacional,Gebro Pharma, INKEMIA IUCT GROUP, Intelligent Pharma, Iproteos, ISDIN, LACER, Minoryx Therapeutics, Oryzon Genomics, Osborne Clarke, READYCELL, Reig Jofre, Recerca Clínica,Spherium Biomed and ZECLINICS), 2 investment funds (Caixa Capital Risc and Ysios Capital) and 5 organizations (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Fundació Bosch i Gimpera, Fundació Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG), IDIBAPS and UPF).
Bio Europe, organized by the EBD Group, is one of the most important biotechnology and partnering fairs: the 2014 edition saw 3,234 delegates from 1,772 companies in 54 countries, who participated in more than 17,900 partnering meetings. The fair program features different parallel workshops covering current topics of interest like the microbiome and human health or big data and digital health. There will also be an opening plenary discussion entitled How big can be small, moderated by Mark Edwards of BioScience Advisors.
Over the three days of the fair, there will also be parallel discussions on business development, advanced therapies and other topics like global vaccination and reimbursement in Europe. At the same time, the fair also sets aside a space for selected companies to give presentations, showcasing their products and corporate strategies. Oryzon Genomics, which has recently announced significant changes, is one of the companies presenting.
Follow all the fair activity on Twitter with the hashtag #BEU15.