First Edition of EuroBiO 2006 Paris Surpasses Estimates

"Palais des Congres" conference center in Paris - Axel Kahn,
President of EuroBiO 2006, and Eric Poincelet, Commissioner General of
EuroBiO 2006 (www.eurobio2006.com), announce successful attendance on
EuroBiO 2006, Paris, with almost 5,000 attendees from 23 countries
including Malaysian and Brazil delegations!

EuroBiO 2006 will close this afternoon, Friday October 27th with
keynote speakers Ellis Rubinstein, President, the New York Academy of
Sciences and former editor in Chief, AAAS/Science; Jim Greenwood,
President BIO; and Philippe Archinard, Chairman, France Biotech, who
will be capping three days articulated around four axes - an
exhibition, a conference, a business convention and a career fair -
highlighting the domains of sciences, business, health and politics.

"We are extremely pleased to announce that EuroBiO 2006 was a
great success. We achieved our main objective: showcase the European
ambitions in biotechnology and the contribution of this industry in
global economic growth and employment," says Eric Poincelet,
Commissioner General. "Biotechnologies are already providing
improvements in terms of health and will lead to unprecedented new
tools to strengthen environmental protection - through the use of
bio-fuels and alternative energies, biochemistry, biomaterials,
etc...". "We will continue increasing public awareness about health
and environment's issues "concludes Eric Poincelet.

EuroBiO 2006 in some figures:

-- The conference attracted 202 high-caliber speakers whose 3/4
were international and participated in 40 symposia,
round-tables, and plenary sessions

-- Within 2,500 square feet net, the exhibition hall welcome:

-- over 764 companies, organizations, and institutions
representing every biotechnology field, who attracted
2,225 visitors

-- 250 booths including 18 countries and 12 French regions

-- The Business Convention welcomed over 252 companies and 300
professionals who participated in 1000 one-to-one pre-arranged
meetings in one day and a half.

-- The Career Fair attracted 63 HRDs who met with 220 young
professionals

-- One hundred registered international editors

-- National and international bioclusters

-- Federations and industry bodies

-- Multinationals

-- Research organizations from around the world

-- Patient associations

Next EuroBiO Paris will be held in 2008 and will be called EuroBiO
2008.

EuroBiO 2007, next year, will be held in Lille on September 26,
27, and 28 2007.

For the press:

Pictures, slides, and abstracts are available on the EuropaBiO web
site on www.europabio2006.com

About EuroBiO

In 2006, the European Biotech Crossroads took place in Paris for
its 10th anniversary and adopted the name "EuroBiO".

EuroBiO is an international event, with a prime focus on European
issues and dedicated to biotech's four major fields of application -
industry, health, environment and food sectors.

Founded in 1997 on the initiative of the French Ministry of
Research, the European Biotech Crossroads has succeeded in bringing
together all the biotechnology actors: life science companies,
start-up projects, students, researchers, private & public-sector
research organizations, industry bodies, investors, consulting firms,
multinationals from the biotech, pharmaceutical, diagnostics, agrifood
& environmental sectors, local authorities, clusters, bioparks,
bioincubators, public authorities and regulatory bodies.

Organization of the European Biotech Crossroads was attributed to
(i) the city of Lille and the Eurasante cluster for the 2005 edition
and the odd-numbered years to come and (ii) Paris, its Regional
Economic Development Agency for Paris Ile-de-France (ARD) and their
partners for the even-numbered years from 2006 on.

For more detailed information, visit the EuroBiO 2006 web site at:
www.eurobio2006.com "EuroBiO".