2017 Participants

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 help people and the planet thrive by supporting efforts to master the major challenges presented by a growing and aging global population. Bayer is committed to driving sustainable development and generating a positive impact with its businesses. At the same time, the Group aims to increase its earning power and create value through innovation and growth. The Bayer brand stands for trust, reliability and quality throughout the world. In fiscal 2022, the Group employed around 101,000 people and had sales of 50.7 billion euros. R&D expenses before special items amounted to 6.2 billion euros. For more information, go to www.bayer.com.

Johnson & Johnson Innovation seeks to positively impact human health through innovation. We do this by helping entrepreneurs realize their dreams of creating healthcare solutions that improve people’s lives around the world. We work side-by-side with innovators throughout their journey, providing a robust exchange of ideas and resources to support their success.

Our mission is to create the leading global innovation network to generate transformational healthcare solutions through value-creating partnerships.

Lilly was founded in 1876 by Colonel Eli Lilly, a man committed to creating high-quality medicines that met real needs in an era of unreliable elixirs peddled by questionable characters. His charge to the generations of employees who have followed was this: “Take what you find here and make it better and better.”

More than 145 years later, we remain committed to his vision through every aspect of our business and the people we serve starting with those who take our medicines, and extending to health care professionals, employees and the communities in which we live.

Assists small biotechs and larger biopharmaceutical companies at each step of the drug development process

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.