Biotech Buddies Manchester

Biotech Buddies is a casual gathering for C-Level Executives, Business Development of Biotech & BioPharma Organisations, Investors, Consultants and Life Science Service Companies. Started by a group of executives from London who were meeting and socialising at international biopharma partnering conferences, and yearned to have a high quality regular social networking event in the United Kingdom.

These events run successfully in London, Oxford, Cambridge, Manchester and Bristol. This is our third time in Manchester running since the end of the pandemic. We have always held this towards the end of November in Manchester, we enjoy our annual pilgrimage here! Manchester's vibe reminds us of Boston, and there is great opportunity there for UK life sciences, which is why we are analysing Life Sciences in the NW with our keynote panels. We have various people from around the UK travelling to Manchester and they are always keen to hear about the latest developments.

At Biotech Buddies we often have a splattering of rock star CEOs from some of Europe's most successful biotech, medtech, healthtech and pharma companies attending. This is mixed with a friendly bunch of business development, independent experts and other executives from some of the world's leading pharma, consultancy firms, service companies and business media.

We have a no hard sell policy at the event, instead, we meet up to get to know each other, swap ideas and to make everybody feel welcome. We have the Manchester Agile Leaders Forum during the afternoon of this day, some of the attendees of which will be joining us during this evening, along with a few regulars from our Oxford, London and Cambridge events, along with many new people from Manchester and surrounding areas. The Agile Leaders Forum is from 1-5 pm and happens next door in the Manchester Science Park BASE Boardroom 4, also on Pencroft Road, further details can be found on a seperate Eventbrite listing.

We encourage the "Upcoming Millennial Stars" to join us, to help them network with the very amiable "Ole Guard." Tickets are limited to 40, so book now to avoid disappointment.

Our Manchester event is at the fabulous Event Venue at the Bright Building, Manchester Science Park, Pencroft Way, Manchester M15 6GZ. Thank you to Bruntwood SciTech for providing us with this space, and also Farid Khan from PharmaKure who is supporting our activities in Manchester.

Agenda

Arrival at 6 pm - We will have beautiful canapes to eat whilst we drink gorgeous wine, beer or soft drinks whilst we network with our fellow #biotechbuddies.

Panels 7-8 pm We will also have two discussion panels moderated by esteemed industry thought-leader Prof Tony Sedgwick. The two panels are on:

• Mapping out the Life Sciences Ecosystem in NW England
• Looking at the Future of the NW Life Science Ecosystem and Funding

8-9.30 pm - More #BiotechBuddies networking

Mills & Reeve are the supporting sponsors of this event, providing their expertise, food & beverages and so much more! They are one of the largest full-service life sciences teams in the UK. Renowned lawyers with extensive expertise in the industry that provides the solutions to enable you to seize the opportunities open to you.

Host or Publisher Graham Combe