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BioDevice Partnering Conference Spurs Medtech-Biotech Cross Sector Collaborations to Develop Next Generation Medical Devices.


ZURICH, Switzerland -- BioDevice Partnering: The second annual BioDevice Partnering conference held in Zurich, Switzerland drew to a close yesterday, after bringing together 350 deal- and decision- makers from a technologically converging con·verge  
v. con·verged, con·verg·ing, con·verg·es

v.intr.
1.
a. To tend toward or approach an intersecting point: lines that converge.

b.
 medical device industry. The conference generated over 800 one-on-one partnering meetings among the attendees.

Over a two-day period, many delegates identified new business opportunities and established strategic cross sector relationships to develop next generation medical devices. BioDevice Partnering is clearly becoming an important business development event for a broad range of biomedical technologies Biomedical technology involves the application of engineering and technology principles to the domain of living or biological systems. Usually biomedical denotes a greater stress on problems related to human health and diseases. . The success of this conference proves the need for a progressive meeting, such as this one, that creates meaningful interaction between the biotech bi·o·tech  
n. Informal
Biotechnology.


biotech
Noun

short for biotechnology

Noun 1.
 and medtech industries. These cross sector collaborations will prove vital to the sustained success of the healthcare industry and getting innovative life saving technologies to market.

In this highly competitive and rapidly globalizing industry, successful partnering strategies help companies gain access to new markets, funding, accelerate internal development programs and identify new intellectual property for acquisition. BioDevice Partnering, like EBD EBD Emotional or behavioral disorder  conferences BIO-Europe and BIO-Europe Spring, use the Group's proprietary state-of-the-art web-based partnering platform enabling firms from every part of the industry value-chain to quickly identify, engage and enter into strategic relationships that drive their business successfully forward.

BioDevice Partnering is organized by EBD Group in partnership with Eucomed, the European European

emanating from or pertaining to Europe.


European bat lyssavirus
see lyssavirus.

European beech tree
fagussylvaticus.

European blastomycosis
see cryptococcosis.
 medical technology industry association.

About EBD Group

EBD Group is the leading partnering firm for the global life sciences industry. Since 1993, numerous firms have leveraged EBD Group's partnering conferences, technology and services to identify business opportunities and develop strategic relationships that drive their business.

EBD Group's conferences (run in collaboration with leading industry partners and international trade associations such as BIO bi·o  
n. pl. bi·os Informal
1. A biography.

2. A biographical sketch or outline.
 and Eucomed) include BIO-Europe, the world's largest stand-alone life science partnering conference; BIO-Europe Spring; the investor conference, BioEquity Europe (co-organized with BioCentury Publications); and the convergent medical technology partnering conference, BioDevice Partnering. EBD Group's novel, web-based, partnering software system is also used at numerous third-party events around the world. Outside of the conference format, EBD Group's consultants can provide hands-on assistance for firms seeking to in- in- word element [L.], in, within, or into.
in- word element [L.], not.

in- 1 or il- or im- or ir-
pref.
 or out-license products and technologies.

EBD Group has offices in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Munich and London. For more information visit www.ebdgroup.com

About Eucomed

Eucomed is the Voice of the medical technology industry in Europe. Eucomed represents directly and indirectly 4500 designers, manufacturers and suppliers of medical technology used in the diagnosis, prevention, treatment and amelioration a·me·lio·ra·tion  
n.
1. The act or an instance of ameliorating.

2. The state of being ameliorated; improvement.

Noun 1.
 of disease and disability. Small and medium sized companies make up more than 80% of this sector. The European medical technology industry invests some EU3,8 billion in R&D and employs near to 435.000 highly skilled workers. The mission of Eucomed is to improve patient and clinician clinician /cli·ni·cian/ (kli-nish´in) an expert clinical physician and teacher.

cli·ni·cian
n.
 access to modern, innovative and reliable medical technology.
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