Technology Vision Group: BioPartnering @ BangaloreBio 2009 Launched

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - February 09, 2009) - Technology Vision Group LLC (TVG), the leading producer of international biotech partnering meetings, together with MM Activ, India’s leading Sci-Tech Communication Company, announced today during the BioPartnering North America conference, a joint collaboration to enable foreign life science companies to expand into India. This new initiative is called “BioPartnering @ BangaloreBio 2009" and is aimed at making it easy for life science companies to meet their Indian counterparts in a professional and organized atmosphere. BangaloreBio 2009 is India’s largest and most successful biotech and pharma conference, bringing together the resources from across India in one place. BangaloreBio is due to take place in Bangalore from June 18-20, 2009.

This year, for the first time, TVG’s powerful partnering tool, biopartnering.com, will be available to delegates to organize one-to-one meetings at BangaloreBio. Dr. Robert Lee Kilpatrick, a Partner at TVG commenting on today’s announcement said:

“India is strategically important to our clients because it is an important and growing part of the global value chain for healthcare companies. Biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies seek opportunities in India including markets, production, skilled workers, technology and capital. In this regard, India has it all.”

He added, “BangaloreBio is a crucial pathway for life science companies to do business in India, and we at TVG are pleased to be working closely with the professionals at MM Activ to make BioPartnering @ BangaloreBio 2009 possible.”

India is one of the world’s most important emerging centers of innovation. The biotechnology and pharmaceuticals sector in India continues to grow at a rapid pace and in 2009 it is expected to be the fourth largest pharma industry in the world. In 2008, Indian biotech was a $2 billion industry, with ambitious goals of achieving $40 billion in revenues by 2015. This has been achieved by the coming together of industry, policy makers and academia. India also graduates large numbers of skilled engineers and scientists, and many are finding opportunities in the 400-plus biotech companies that are spread around the country. The time is right to create networks in India that will propel life science company growth in 2009 and beyond.

The Power of biopartnering.com Meeting Scheduler

BangaloreBio attendees will have access to biopartnering.com, the leading life science conference partnering tool. biopartnering.com enables attendees to pre-schedule meetings in advance of the event, prospect attendees, and use effective time-management tools to create the optimal conference experience and make the best use of time on-site.

Ms. Gwyneth Alphonso, Head of Conferences at MM Activ who will be representing BangaloreBio 2009, commented:

“In the field of biotechnology MM Activ and its industry associates, including ABLE India and Karnataka State, the capital of IT and biotech business in India, have developed BangaloreBio into India’s biggest biotech trade show such that it is known as the Gateway to the Biotech world of India.

BangaloreBio is the one event where the international biotech community can connect with leaders in the life science industry, policy makers, researchers and scientific community and biotech states across India.”

In the present economically challenging times, BangaloreBio offers tremendous partnership opportunities. There are a number of exciting and emerging areas within the field of biotechnology for collaboration including, biofuels, drug development, pre-clinical & clinical research, bio-manufacturing, research services, and co-development opportunities.

The event is expected to attract over 150 biotech enterprises, over 600 delegates from India and trade delegations from more than 20 countries worldwide, including France, Germany, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, China, Brazil, Singapore, Japan and Malaysia.

Full details about BangaloreBio online at: http://www.bangalorebio.in/

About MM Activ

MM Activ is India’s leading Sci-Tech Communication Company. MM Activ was incepted in 1991 the year that symbolizes India’s entree into free economy. Since then MM Activ has played a significant role in creating business platform through various events to nurture industry and scientific fraternity partnerships.

MM Activ creates and nurtures a platform for effective interaction amongst industry, scientific fraternity, policy makers and academia in the events. These events facilitate networking, technology transfers, collaborations, business development and joint ventures. Moreover, they provide excellent platform for scientific knowledge dissemination and make all stakeholders future ready.

About Technology Vision Group LLC

Technology Vision Group LLC (TVG) is the concierge to the life science business community, using their global networks to open doors for clients in Europe, the USA and Canada, Latin America, Australia, China, India and elsewhere. TVG has clients in nearly 40 countries. Since 1992, TVG has been developing innovative methods to help life science and associated technology companies attract partners and investors, acquire new products and technologies, and achieve a variety of other strategic business development goals.