ChinaBio® Partnering Forum Draws 558
Attendees
Attendance and one-to-one partnering meetings set new highs in China
ChinaBio Partnering Forum 2010
July 01, 2010 01:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
SUZHOU, China--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--The Second Annual ChinaBio® Partnering Forum 2010, held
June 23-24 in Suzhou, China, generated a very successful round of meetings, according to co-organizers ChinaBio®
LLC and EBD Group. This year’s Partnering Forum was host to 337 companies from 23 countries. At least 654
one-to-one meetings were held between the 558 attendees.
The event was hosted by BioBay life science park, said to be the fastest growing life science park in China. BioBay
also provided the venue: the Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conference Center, located next to BioBay in Suzhou
Industrial Park.
ChinaBio® Partnering Forum was created to bring early-stage China companies seeking partnerships together with
more well-established pharma and biotech companies from Europe, the U.S. and elsewhere. The event was
attended by representatives from life science companies, venture capital, academia and service organizations from
China and around the world that were seeking new technologies or co-development opportunities.
“With over 200 attendees from outside China, the ChinaBio® Partnering Forum is now one of the most international
conferences focused on life science in China,” explained Greg Scott, CEO and founder of ChinaBio® LLC. “Our
second Partnering Forum in China built upon the success of the first, bringing more people from a wider variety of
countries and companies.”
“We were very pleased by the high level of participation in the conference,” added Carola Schropp, CEO and
founder of EBD Group. “With over 2,000 meeting requests resulting in 654 one-to-one meetings, it’s apparent that
our Chinese participants are quickly learning to take advantage of our partneringONE® system.”
Partnering has become a significant component of China’s explosive biopharma industry. The number of par