> About the Organisers
Thirteen European technology transfer organizations from Germany, Austria, France and Norway teamed up for BioVaria 2010. For the full list of partners see Partners & Sponsors.
For the future, the partners plan to further extend the range of technology transfer partners to embrace additional European core markets.
BioVaria was initiated by Ascenion GmbH, an IP asset management company focusing on the life sciences. Ascenion’s experienced, interdisciplinary team works together with public research organizations to ensure that promising results of their work are identified, secured and brought to market to the benefit of society. Ascenion was founded in 2001 as a 100% subsidiary of the Life-Science Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Research and has since acquired 16 research institutes in the Helmholtz and Leibniz Associations and also the Hanover Medical School and the TwinCore as exclusive partners. On behalf of these institutes, Ascenion currently markets around 700 technologies and closes an average of about 70 agreements between research and industry per year. The portfolio includes novel therapeutic or diagnostic targets and drug candidates as well as enabling technologies, medical devices and research tools such as vectors and antibodies. Ascenion has also coached numerous spin-offs through their foundation and early growth and currently manages equity in 22 of these companies. Ascenion’s headquarters are in Munich, with further offices in Berlin, Braunschweig, Hamburg, Hanover and Neuherberg.
Further information at www.ascenion.de