• Access to 300 new Korean company profiles in Biotechgate
• New partner, Assobiotec, joins the Italian Biotech database
• Academic database launched for North Rhine Westphalia
• Valuation: Do it yourself – Learn to conduct your own valuations using our excel tool
• Life Science Investment Day Scandinavia 2011
• Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Thanks to our new cooperation partner, Samho Green Investment (www.sgivc.com), the Korean company profiles in Biotechgate have been completed and updated and the Korean Database now contains more than 300 companies and organisations. The enhanced profiles are available at www.koreanbiotech.com, full Korean profiles are available with subscription at www.biotechgate.com.

Assobiotec, the Italian Association for the Development of Biotechnology, has become the new partner of the Italian Biotech database. This partnership will allow us to maintain the quality of the Italian company profiles and stay up to date with life science trends and developments in Italy. The Italian Biotech database was re-launched this December once again giving you access to extended company profiles of over 1’000 organizations. assobiotec.federchimica.it
Database available at www.italianbiotech.com

Universities and academic institutes are an important part of the life sciences industry, and of Biotechgate. For this reason, Biotechgate is collaborating with BIO NRW to design a new module that will allow us to better showcase these profiles including their individual workgroups. The first database for the North Rhine-Westphalia region is available here:
www.bio.nrw.de/index.php?index=777.

Combine this unique and highly praised course with the BIO-Europe Spring partnering event early next year. Learn how to conduct your own product and company valuations, while working through case studies and using our excel tool. Take this opportunity to network with other participants. Past attendees include big Pharma executives, Biotech CEOs, Tech transfer representatives, and investors. See our testimonials.

The course is organized by the Centre for Executive Leadership for the Pharmaceutical Industry (C.E.L.forpharma). For more information, click here.

SwedenBIO’s premium event of next year "Life Science Investment Day Scandinavia 2011" will be held the 21st of March 2011 at the Clarion Hotel Sign in Stockholm, Sweden. SwedenBIO is very proud to announce that the world’s largest company in the biotechnology industry Amgen will be Main Sponsor of the event.

SwedenBIO annually organizes the Investment Day where investors, companies and decision makers in the Life Science industry can meet and interact. The objective for this event is to showcase a selection of these interesting business cases, partnering opportunities and networking.

For sponsor opportunities and company presentations please contact:
Dr. Olof Nord, SwedenBIO
E-mail: olof.nord@swedenbio.com
Tel: +46-73 330 50 10

The whole Venture Valuation team wishes you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. We are looking forward being in touch and working with you in 2011. We will continue to bring you even more industry resources from our Biotechgate database and provide you valuation services to make your licensing, M&A and financing rounds come true. Happy holidays.