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CIENCE UPCOMING EVENTS INSPIRING LIFE SCIENCE BUSINESS AND INNOVATION T E X T by M AL IN O T M ANI 4–5 DECEMBER 2019: THE NORDIC-AMERICAN LIFE SCIENCE CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK WWW.DNB.MEETMAX.COM 10 DECEMBER 2019: BIOFIT Innovation & Transfer on the agenda in Marseille This European partnering event focuses on early-stage deals and investment rounds in the life sciences field. B IOFIT IS A leading partnering event in Europe for technology transfer, academia-industry collaborations, early-stage innovation deals, and is the European marketplace for pre-seed, seed and Series A investment rounds in the life sciences field. This year’s event is held in Marseille. The Aix-MarseilleProvence Metropolis and the Sud Provence-AlpesCôte d’Azur Region are a dynamic hotbed for biotech and pharma innovations, due in particular to its leading research and training centers, its incubators that boost R&D projects, Eurobiomed, the cluster that supports innovation development throughout all development stages, and has a dedicated network including clusters, industries, SMEs and start-ups. The three tracks in the program are Best practices and academia-industry R&D collaborations, Nurturing and licensing early-stage assets, and Earlystage innovation: identify the right funding sources. T HE CONFERENCE ATTRACTS private and publicly listed Nordic healthcare companies and life science organizations, institutional and private investors, innovation scouts and other industry participants. The first day, arranged 116 NORDICLIFESCIENCE.ORG at Shearman & Sterling, 599 Lexington Avenue, will offer panel discussions, group presentations and interactive workshops from industry experts. The goal is to provide visitors with insights on topics relevant to life science companies that want to raise capital, enter partnering and licensing deals and potentially sell their solutions on the U.S market. The second day, arranged at WellSaid, Convene, 151 West 42nd Street, will feature company presentations from listed Nordic companies, high profile keynote speakers and a private company track with late stage/pre-IPO companies. One-on-one meetings with management will also be offered to investors. WWW.BIOFIT-EVENT.COM PHOTO NICOLAS LEE