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BIO-Europe 2026 Cologne: Biotech Partnering Guide & List

By Ilyas Kerbal,

East entrance of Koelnmesse, host of BIO-Europe 2026
Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

BIO-Europe is Europe’s largest biotech and pharma partnering conference. It rotates between European cities, and the 2026 edition runs from 9 to 11 November 2026 at Koelnmesse in Cologne, with 5,800+ attendees from 3,200+ companies in 60+ countries expected.

It is a pure business-development event. Biotechs, pharma BD and licensing teams, investors and service providers use the partneringONE system to request and book one-to-one meetings, often tens of thousands across three days.

BIO-Europe 2026 at a glance

Detail Information
Industry Biotech partnering
Venue Koelnmesse, Cologne (2026)
City and country Rotating European cities, Europe
Next edition 9–11 November 2026, Cologne
Frequency Annual
Does it move? Yes. Rotates between European cities.
Scale 5,800+ attendees; 3,200+ companies from 60+ countries (2026 expected)
Organiser EBD Group (Informa)
Typical ticket price ~€3,000–5,000 for industry; discounts for early registration and biotech startups (estimate)
Event app / platform partneringONE partnering platform
Website informaconnect.com/bioeurope

What BIO-Europe covers

  • Biotech and pharma licensing
  • Drug discovery and development
  • Life-science investment
  • CRO/CDMO and service providers
  • Medtech and diagnostics partnering

A sister event, BIO-Europe Spring, runs each March.

A rotating event

BIO-Europe moves between European cities. Cologne hosts in 2026.

Who attends

Audience Interest Relevance
Pharma BD and licensing executives Assets Main buyers
Biotech CEOs and founders Partners and funding Sellers and buyers
VCs and investors Deals Capital
Tech-transfer offices Licensing Sellers
Service providers Clients Vendors

Biotechnology laboratory

Biotechnology laboratory. Photo: IAEA Imagebank, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Partnering at BIO-Europe? Meeting acceptance rates can be low for sellers. I build enriched BIO-Europe lists of companies and decision-makers by modality and therapeutic area, with role and LinkedIn data, so your requests land with the right people. Request your BIO-Europe list.

Registration

Industry registration is typically around €3,000–5,000, with early-bird discounts before mid-September and reduced rates for small biotechs, academia and partner associations (estimate).

partneringONE

partneringONE is EBD Group’s partnering system for meeting requests and scheduling. It’s highly efficient, but service providers often face low acceptance rates without careful targeting.

How to prospect BIO-Europe

  1. Filter companies by modality, therapeutic area and stage.
  2. Identify BD, licensing, search-and-evaluation and outsourcing leads.
  3. Write specific meeting requests referencing pipelines.
  4. Send requests as soon as partneringONE opens.
  5. Track every meeting in your CRM.

Pros and cons

Pros Cons
Highly efficient pre-booked partnering Expensive for service providers
Senior BD decision-makers Rotating city
Investor presence Low acceptance rates for sellers

Frequently asked questions

When is BIO-Europe 2026?

From 9 to 11 November 2026 at Koelnmesse, Cologne.

What is partneringONE?

EBD Group’s partnering system for requesting and scheduling one-to-one meetings.

Who organises BIO-Europe?

EBD Group (Informa).

Can I get a BIO-Europe attendee list?

The partnering system is not exportable. An enriched list covers companies and decision-makers by focus area.

BIO-Europe is weeks away

For an enriched BIO-Europe list, get in touch through the Prospector home page.

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