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"Europe" Workshops
Lyonbiopole informs its members on the French and international funding calls for proposals, especially European ones. Indeed, in order to promote European development of its members, Lyonbiopôle organizes "Europe" workshops approximately one month before the publication of each European call for proposals.
These workshops proceed in two steps:
1) an overview of a European calls supporting R&D and testimonies
2) private appointments conducted by French presented device officials
"Europe" workshops that have already taken place:
- 4th call EurotransBio: February 27, 2009
- 3rd call Eurostars and Eureka : May 15, 2009
- 4th call of FP7 Health: June 26, 2009
- 5th call EurotransBio: September 18, 2009
- 5th call Eurostars and Eureka : June 11, 2010
- 5th call of FP7 Health: June 18, 2010
Future "Europe" workshops:
- EDCTP (European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership): October 15, 2010
They speak about...
« Innovations by biotech firms still take too long to reach major pharmaceutical companies, despite the growing needs of industrial firms and their interest in these breakthroughs in the area of personalized treatment. One of the main reasons is that start ups lack networks and visibility in the eyes of these large industrial groups. These two complementary players thus need a catalyst to create meetings, pass on information and contact one another. This is what World Competitive Clusters like Lyonbiopole do. ImmunID has benefited from this effective support, and we have had excellent results in 2008 and 2009, signing contracts with several firms which are leaders in their field, such as Sanofi Pasteur. In the end, Lyonbiopole is an organization which plays an active role in setting up and giving impetus to future high potential R&D projects in the health sphere. »
Nicolas Pasqual
ImmunID Technologies - Ph.D. CEO