In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the biopharma industry needs new ways to collaborate to bring treatments to patients faster. The way forward requires an enormous leadership and collaboration effort within the life sciences industry to leave no stone unturned.

The answer? #PartneringAgainstCOVID19.

From 20 April to 6 May 2020, a unique COVID-19 Virtual Partnering event will bring together organizations with solutions for coronavirus testing, treatment and prevention for online one-to-one partnering meetings.

This initiative is backed by a consortium of biotech clusters and trade associations and represents a safe, structured and easy-to-use online meeting space for those working on solutions for COVID-19.

The event is organized by LyonBiopole, Inova and Evaluate Ltd, and will leverage Inova’s leading matchmaking platform that has been at the heart of major international biopharmaceutical conventions since 2015 and is by far the most efficient solution to connect companies at scale.

Participation is open to any organization that provides product, knowledge, or technologies that can help in the effort to develop and produce testing, treatment and vaccine solutions to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

Participants will be able to pursue:

• Potential R&D collaborations
• Tools for research projects
• Drug repurposing
• Partners for clinical trials
• Biological markers and diagnostic tests for clinical trials
• Animal and in-silico models

• New suppliers for supply chain reinforcement
• Funding and licensing
• Production capabilities and scale-up know-how
• Early stage discovery collaboration
• Adjuvants, carrier systems, and formulation technologies

Support the fight against COVID-19 by participating in this event and spreading the word to your colleagues, partners and contacts that can help in the global effort to develop testing, treatment, or prevention solutions for the pandemic. Follow the discussions on social media using #PartneringAgainstCOVID19 and #PartnerAtHome.

Event at a glance

What is a virtual Partnering Event?

A partnering event usually aims to facilitate interactions between attendees at big conferences in convention centers. Instead, we’re providing a safe, structured and easy-to-use online space for those working on solutions for COVID-19.

What is the timeline?

• Meeting requests: Partnering meetings are unique in that the interactions are not serendipitous. Participants search for and request meetings with potential partners in our directory. Once accepted, they schedule the meeting via our online networking platform. Access to the directory and meeting scheduling will start from 20 April.
• Virtual meetings: Meetings take place from 4 May through 6 May using the online meeting system. Meetings only last 30 minutes. They are short but allow enough time for an introduction to the partner and their capabilities.
• Follow-ups: Although the initial meeting is short, the relationship continues afterwards.

How does this work?

• Each delegate enters a profile (organization, technology, product, expertise)
• Searchable directory of profiles
• Anyone can reach out to companies listed in the directory
• Meetings can be requested, accepted or declined
• Meetings are virtually organized and scheduled
• Each delegate has a personalized agenda of meetings