Bio 2010 heads back to Chicago
Bio 2010 heads back to Chicago
The 2010 BIO International Convention will take place May 3-6 at McCormick Place in Chicago. BIO is the largest annual event in the Biotech calendar and is expected to showcase over 2,100 companies and biotech leaders from 60 different countries, including most European Countries. The Spanish Biotech Association has already been met and proposals discussed in how OTI can add value to their visit to Chicago. They will attend Bio with their largest delegation to date.
Illinois is home to a growing number of biotech start-ups, as well as some of the world’s largest biotech-oriented agricultural, pharmaceutical and industrial companies. Its biotech industry comprises of more than 170 pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, diagnostic, agricultural biotech and bio fuels companies. It also has an established and unparalleled concentration of hundreds of world-class academic, government and non-profit research institutions which all support the emerging biotech sector. The European Office plans to work closely with the industry in both Europe and Illinois to maximise the potential for meetings at BIO 2010.