New partnerships for SmiLe’s incubator companies at Europe’s largest partnering conference

With almost 200 companies from 60 different countries, Bio-Europe is Europe's largest

partnering conference for the global biotechnology industry. The participants included three

incubator companies from SmiLe – Edvince, SOLVE and Redoxis. Several new international

contacts were made during the conference, and the processes are already underway to establish

further collaborations.

 

“I had 19 partnering meetings in two days. This was an opportunity to meet people from all over the

world. I hope it will result in many valuable contacts to help in the technical development of my

company and that it will also prove to be an opportunity to find soft money,” says Sarah Fredriksson,

CEO of Edvince, a newly formed company that has a completely new treatment with great potential to

minimize brain damage in stroke.

 

Redoxis, another incubator company at SmiLe that is involved in preclinical drug development with a

focus on models for autoimmune diseases, also attended Bio-Europe.

 

“We are currently following up on contacts and have already signed confidential disclosure

agreements (CDAs) to be able to initiate more in-depth discussions. Even if all these contacts don’t

lead to business immediately, the meetings are a way to build networks and an investment in potential

business partners. Bio-Europe is an important component in our marketing strategy,” says Malin

Hultqvist Hopkins, CEO of Redoxis.

 

Participation by the companies at Bio-Europe was partly funded by the EU-financed Southern Sweden

Going Global (SSGG) project, which aims to increase the competitiveness and global visibility of

Skåne’s young life science businesses.

 

For additional information, please contact:

Ebba Fåhraeus, CEO at SmiLe Incubator                                 

Mobile: +46 734000433                                                                 

e-mail: ebba@smileincubator.life   

 

The partially EU-financed Southern Sweden Going Global project aims to increase the competitiveness and global visibility of Skåne’s young life science businesses through activities that increase expertise, as well as participation in international delegation trips and business fairs.

At present, 19 businesses are part of the project; the expected total number of participating businesses over the three-year project period is 35. Southern Sweden Going Global is run by Invest in Skåne along with incubators Medeon Science Park & Incubator and Smile Incubator.

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