BioPharm America™ 2010 Gets Partnerships Started in Boston

Event grows by over 30 percent from previous year

CARLSBAD, Calif. and BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Boston was the hub of dealmaking for the life science industry during the BioPharm America™ partnering event, September 15–17, 2010 at the Marriott Boston Copley Place. This high powered event saw 900 executives representing 500 companies from 30 countries engage in 2,550 one-to-one partnering meetings.

“The event reinforced what we say every day—that Massachusetts is the world-leading life sciences supercluster and the place to be for partnering”

The event also featured 21 panel discussions and 82 presentations by emerging and established biotech firms and big pharmaceutical companies.

In addition to pulling together the active participation of the international and US-based life science community, BioPharm America 2010 featured a dynamic program that included the MassBio Investors Forum, first-ever Translational Medicine Day, and the Defined Health Therapeutic Insight track. One-to-one meetings were powered by EBD Group’s partneringONE®, the industry’s most advanced partnering system.

These powerful elements worked together to create a singular platform where companies were able to efficiently identify and then meet with potential partners from across the biotech value chain, while gaining the intelligence to make better decisions and better deals.

“The event reinforced what we say every day—that Massachusetts is the world-leading life sciences supercluster and the place to be for partnering,” said MassBio President & CEO Robert K. Coughlin.

“This year’s edition saw attendance increase by over 30 percent compared to last year,” said Carola Schropp, President of EBD Group. “Partnering continues to drive innovation forward in the life science industry. BioPharm America is an important part of our expanding partnering conference platform that life science companies of any size can rely on to help further their strategic plans.”

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™, 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
• 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. 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 visit www.ebdgroup.com