Leaders from the international medical technology industry will gather May 31 to June 1, 2012 in Grenoble, France for the fourth annual EuroMedtech TM 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.
EBD 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 TM, the fastest growing partnering event in North America
- EuroMedtech TM, 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
- Biotech Showcase TM, a unique forum in San Francisco for presenting to investors and business development executives, co-produced with Demy-Colton Life Science Advisors
- Partnering for Global Impact TM, a new partnering conference providing an innovative forum to partner, identify and generate social and philanthropic investment and funding opportunities
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 at industry events.
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.
For more information please visit www.ebdgroup.com.