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The BIO International Convention, this year held in San Diego, California, from June 3-6, is the largest event for biotechnology and considered one of the industry’s most significant gatherings.

Fifteen US-market ready European companies were selected and were offered support by the European Innovation Council (EIC). Through EIC International Trade fairs and USA Soft-landing, the companies were given access to exclusive networking opportunities, support in preparing their expansion in the US market, and promotional communication activities to help increase their visibility. AcuaSort and Verigraft […]

San Diego, June 4th, 2024. At 8.30 in the morning, Swedish delegates at BIO 2024 were greeted by SwedenBIO’s Jessica Martinsson and Frida Eriksson, as they walked into the breakfast room at Malibu Farm, a restaurant overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Located only a few hundred meters from the huge conference center, this was a perfect […]

A short distance separates the Nordics and the Baltic States but there are surprisingly few interactions between Nordic companies and those based in Latvia, Lithuania or Estonia. Is there limited scope for collaboration or could this be due to lack of awareness of potential opportunities? Ola Björkman went to the Life Sciences Baltics conference to […]

This year’s theme was ‘Stand Up for Science’ but the world’s largest biotechnology conference covers so much more and attracted companies, investors and policy makers from around the globe – including, of course, those representing the Nordics. Although partnering is the main reason why most companies’ management team attend the event, BIO is also the […]

This year’s BIO international Convention is back in Boston again after 5 years in other cities or going digital during the pandemic. Considering the number of attendees (at least 18,000 from 85 countries) and exhibiting companies in a fully packed exhibition area, it feels like BIO in Boston 2018, yet significantly different in some respects. […]