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Maximise your visibility and develop your innovation

Maximise your visibility and develop your innovation

If you are looking to present your innovation and optimise your connections, visibility and funding, you can’t miss this opportunity, here’s why:

 BioFIT pitch sessions gather the most innovative and promising start-ups, companies, R&D projects and licensing opportunities in the Life Sciences sector.

This is your opportunity to present your innovation to an international audience of 1,000+ key players, including investors, business development executives, heads of licensing and external collaborations, heads of scouting, all to find the right partners to support your development.
>> Discover who is attending BioFIT

What are your application options?

 If you are a young company, and particularly a start-up seeking to raise funds, don’t waste another second and apply for the BioFIT Start-up Slams to have the opportunity to pitch in front of potential partners and investors!

Merck’s Advance Biotech Grant Award
  
 
🏆 Merck is awarding a special prize to the best start-up working on a biopharmaceutical therapeutic during the Start-up Slams:
• €35,000 to be used towards Merck’s Bioprocessing technologies, Process Development Consultation & Services
• 2 hours of consultation time with M ventures

 If you have a collaborative project and/or a licensing deal to entail, don’t miss the opportunity to apply for the Collaborative and Licensing Opportunity Presentations! Any TTO, university, research institute or company is welcome to apply.

 If you are a young company, a TTO, a university, a research institute or an organisation with an innovative project in the Animal Health sector, apply for the Animal Health Presentations!

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⏰ Applications close on September 28th

Sponsors

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Vincent Tavernier

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Merck supports BioFIT this year again

Merck supports BioFIT this year again

We are pleased to welcome Merck as a Platinum sponsor of BioFIT 2023

“We deliver the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of high-quality products, services and testing for biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

We are proud to provide drug manufacturers with process development expertise and technologies, such as continuous bioprocessing.

We collaborate with the world’s leading drug developers to help bring drug therapies to patients. We bring our pharmaceutical and biotechnology expertise and products to improve every step of the manufacturing process, while providing startups with holistic support to build and scale up theirs.”

Join key BioFIT 2023 sponsors such as Genfit, Bayer, Pfizer, Merck, CAPTECH Santé Nutrition, Zoetis, Roche and Boehringer Ingelheim to have the opportunity to:

  • Identify your organisation with the main partnering event in Europe dedicated to tech transfer, academia-industry collaborations, early-stage innovations and seed investment in Life Sciences
  • Highlight your interest in early-stage innovation
  • Present your ideas and technologies to key innovation players in Life Sciences
  • Enhance your visibility on an international scale and be recognised as a key innovative actor
  • Show your expertise thanks to specific communication tools

For more information about the sponsorship opportunities, visit the dedicated site page.

Sponsors

Contact

Vincent Tavernier

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Last chance to register at preferred rates for BioFIT 2023!

Last chance to register at preferred rates for BioFIT 2023!

You only have 2 days left to register with the Early Bird offer and benefit from 20% off your full pass or your stand. 

This is your chance to get the best rates on your registration for the 12th edition of BioFIT, the leading European partnering event for early-stage deals and investment rounds in the Life Sciences field . 

Don’t wait any longer to register as a delegate or to book your exhibition stand
 to meet and interact with 1,000 key players in the sector.

The Early Bird offer is valid until this Thursday, July 20th.

Need more reasons to sign up?
Look back at the 2022 edition in pictures

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Sponsors

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Vincent Tavernier

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Bayer: Bronze sponsor of BioFIT 2023

Bayer: Bronze sponsor of BioFIT 2023

We are glad to welcome Bayer as a Bronze sponsor of BioFIT 2023

Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the life science fields of health care and nutrition. Its products and services are designed to benefit people by supporting efforts to overcome the major challenges presented by a growing and aging global population. At the same time, the Group aims to increase its earning power and create value through innovation and growth. Bayer is committed to the principles of sustainable development, and the Bayer brand stands for trust, reliability and quality throughout the world. In fiscal 2018, the Group employed around 117,000 people and had sales of 39.6 billion euros. Capital expenditures amounted to 2.6 billion euros, R&D expenses to 5.2 billion euros.

Join key BioFIT 2023 sponsors such as Genfit, Bayer, Pfizer, CAPTECH Santé Nutrition, Zoetis, Roche and Boehringer Ingelheim to have the opportunity to:

  • Identify your organisation with the main partnering event in Europe dedicated to tech transfer, academia-industry collaborations, early-stage innovations and seed investment in Life Sciences
  • Highlight your interest in early-stage innovation
  • Present your ideas and technologies to key innovation players in Life Sciences
  • Enhance your visibility on an international scale and be recognised as a key innovative actor
  • Show your expertise thanks to specific communication tools

For more information about the sponsorship opportunities, visit the dedicated site page.

Sponsors

Contact

Vincent Tavernier

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Register now and benefit from the best rates!

Register now and benefit from the best rates!

Register with the Early Bird offer, valid until July 20th, 2023, 
to have a chance to meet and interact with 1,000 key players in the sector!

Not convinced yet? Take a look at our conference programme, it might just win you over! 👇

Sponsors

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Vincent Tavernier

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Roche, bronze sponsor of BioFIT 2023

Roche, bronze sponsor of BioFIT 2023

We are very pleased to count, this year again, Roche among our sponsors

Many thanks for your major interest in BioFIT, since 2016

Roche is the world’s largest biotech company and #1 investor into R&D, with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology and diseases of the CNS. The combined strengths of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics under one roof have made Roche the leader in personalised healthcare. Our Pharma Partnering team provides comprehensive BD and alliance management support for Roche and Genentech’s R&D units and the broader pharmaceutical division. Alongside the broad internal pipeline, external innovation has always been a critical component of our R&D strategy.

Join key BioFIT 2023 sponsors such as Genfit, Pfizer, CAPTECH Santé Nutrition, Zoetis, Roche and Boehringer Ingelheim to have the opportunity to:

  • Identify your organisation with the main partnering event in Europe dedicated to tech transfer, academia-industry collaborations, early-stage innovations and seed investment in Life Sciences
  • Highlight your interest in early-stage innovation
  • Present your ideas and technologies to key innovation players in Life Sciences
  • Enhance your visibility on an international scale and be recognised as a key innovative actor
  • Show your expertise thanks to specific communication tools

For more information about the sponsorship opportunities, visit the dedicated site page.

Sponsors

Contact

Vincent Tavernier

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Zoetis supports BioFIT this year again

Zoetis supports BioFIT this year again

We are greatful to count Zoetis among our BioFIT 2023 sponsors

As the world’s leading animal health company, Zoetis is driven by a singular purpose: to nurture our world and humankind by advancing care for animals. After 70 years innovating ways to predict, prevent, detect, and treat animal illness, we continue to stand by those raising and caring for animals worldwide – from livestock farmers to veterinarians and pet owners. A Fortune 500 company, we generated revenue of $7.8 billion in 2021 with ~12,100 employees. For more, visit www.zoetis.com.

Join key BioFIT 2023 sponsors such as Genfit, Pfizer, CAPTECH Santé Nutrition, Zoetis and Boehringer Ingelheim to have the opportunity to:

  • Identify your organisation with the main partnering event in Europe dedicated to tech transfer, academia-industry collaborations, early-stage innovations and seed investment in Life Sciences
  • Highlight your interest in early-stage innovation
  • Present your ideas and technologies to key innovation players in Life Sciences
  • Enhance your visibility on an international scale and be recognised as a key innovative actor
  • Show your expertise thanks to specific communication tools

For more information about the sponsorship opportunities, visit the dedicated site page.

Sponsors

Contact

Vincent Tavernier

Zoetis supports BioFIT this year again Read More »

CAPTECH Santé Nutrition, new sponsor of BioFIT 2023

CAPTECH Santé Nutrition, new sponsor of BioFIT 2023

BioFIT event is delighted to welcome CAPTECH Santé Nutrition
as a Contributing sponsor

Captech Santé Nutrition is the first French sectoral and regional fund. Its ambition: to meet the challenges of innovation in health and nutrition in Hauts-de-France.

Join key BioFIT 2023 sponsors such as Genfit, Pfizer, CAPTECH Santé Nutrition and Boehringer Ingelheim to have the opportunity to:

  • Identify your organisation with the main partnering event in Europe dedicated to tech transfer, academia-industry collaborations, early-stage innovations and seed investment in Life Sciences
  • Highlight your interest in early-stage innovation
  • Present your ideas and technologies to key innovation players in Life Sciences
  • Enhance your visibility on an international scale and be recognised as a key innovative actor
  • Show your expertise thanks to specific communication tools

For more information about the sponsorship opportunities, visit the dedicated site page.

Sponsors

Contact

Vincent Tavernier

CAPTECH Santé Nutrition, new sponsor of BioFIT 2023 Read More »

Present your innovation at BioFIT

Present your innovation at BioFIT

Are you looking for funding, partnerships, and development opportunities in Life Sciences? 

The BioFIT pitch competition allows you to showcase your innovation in front of a high-quality audience composed of renowned corporates, investors and other potential partners.
Ready to bring your project to the next level? Apply for the pitch sessions!

To which session should I apply?

🚀 I am a start-up, and I am actively looking to raise funds

 👉 The Start-up Slams are perfect to promote your innovation in front of Life Sciences investors and corporates

Merck’s Advance Biotech Grant Award
    

Merck is awarding a special prize to the best start-up working on a biopharmaceutical therapeutic during the Start-up Slams 🏆

Merck is a vibrant science and technology company energised by a passionate curiosity about the world around us. We solve problems at every stage of the pharmaceutical value chain, from discovery and development to processing, manufacturing and diagnostics.

To show our dedication to supporting start-ups, we offer Start-up Slams participants working on biopharmaceutical therapeutics, the opportunity to win an additional specific Merck prize – The Merck Advance Biotech Grant Award. This prize includes €30,000 to be used towards Merck’s Bioprocessing technologies, Process Development Consultation & Services, plus 2 hours of consultation time with M ventures.

🔎 I am a TTO, university, research institute or company with a collaboration and/or out-licensing opportunity.
I am a mature company looking to out-license an innovative asset.

👌 The Collaborative and Licensing Opportunity Presentations are perfect to find your future partners

🐾 I have an innovative project in relation to animal well-being and health

👍 The Animal Health Presentations are a great opportunity to showcase your project to animal health experts and potential partners and investors

Co-organised by:     within    

Sponsors

Contact

Vincent Tavernier

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You are a bioentrepreneur seeking new challenges or you are looking for a passionate CEO to lead your project?

You are a bioentrepreneur seeking new challenges or you are looking for a passionate CEO to lead your project?

If so, the Project – CEO matchmaking is made for you!

As talented CEOs are frequently sought-after by many players in the biotech industry, the Project – CEO matchmaking activity aims to connect representatives of emerging start-ups, technology transfer offices, incubators, and investing networks with CEOs and aspiring CEOs.

 Find the perfect match:
• Any incubator, technology transfer entity or scientific founder looking for an entrepreneur to lead their innovative projects is welcome to participate in the matchmaking activity to meet with qualified candidates!
→ You will be visible on the partnering platform, to be contacted by potential CEOs.

• If you are a bioentrepreneur looking for a new project to undertake: 
→ Projects looking for a CEO will be visible on the platform and easily identifiable.

Get inspired: 
Having the right team is essential for the development of a biotech project. The Project – CEO matchmaking activity also offers a conference session to get inspired and explore the best ways to find the right talents for a successful project:

Biotech start-up governance:
What makes a good foundation for a company to deliver and grow?

Not registered yet?

Benefit from exclusive discounts with the Early Bird offer,
valid until July 20th, 2023  

Sponsors

Contact

Vincent Tavernier

You are a bioentrepreneur seeking new challenges or you are looking for a passionate CEO to lead your project? Read More »

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