Merry Christmas from Bionow!

As usual, we have had a jam-packed year at Bionow, with the return to in-person events keeping us busy! To keep up with demand, we appointed Mollie Nolan as Events & Marketing Coordinator and Owain Walsh as Membership Manager after saying farewell to Mary Roberts who took well-earned retirement earlier this year.

The Bionow membership has grown from strength to strength, with now over 300+ members from all over the sector and the UK! Our members lie at the heart of what we do, and we continue to expand the support and services we can offer our members. Now more than ever Bionow members are seeing real value in accessing the extensive Bionow purchasing scheme, which has seen them unlock massive savings on everything from Lab consumables (up to 40%), financial services, commercial insurance, to support with R&D tax credits and more. We know financially choppy waters potentially lie ahead for the sector at the start of 2023, but here at Bionow, we are looking to the horizon. With plenty planned for the new year, we will continue to develop new offerings and champion our Bionow community, allowing your organisation to thrive!

2022 kicked off with the first of three events in March: BioInfect, back in-person after two years. The conference examined  the critical issues relating to the challenges of new anti-infective development,  the endemic problem of resistance, and the considerations for creating a truly global and effective response to antimicrobial resistance. Read more

The Life Sciences Careers Fair, a virtual careers event for students, had a range of speakers discussing careers and opportunities within the life sciences sector for science students. More than 580 students registered from our 24 University Sponsors and Members across the north. Read more

Also back in-person for the first time since the COVID pandemic, the 20^th Annual Bionow Awards took place beneath the iconic Concorde. The event gave more than 400 attendees the opportunity to dig out their finery and pop open the champagne to toast the award winners. Read more

April saw the University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences extend a warm welcome to attendees for the inaugural Yorkshire Bio-Partnering event, which brought together academia and industry, with a focus on healthcare innovation and bioscience. Read more

In May, Pharma Manufacturing aimed to start conversations through which manufacturing sites can begin to collaborate and build on respective areas of interest to better influence academia and Government Industrial Strategy to further support manufacturing in the life science sector. Read more

BioFocus in June brought together industry, academia, and experts within the field of life sciences to network, engage and collaborate. The latest technologies, innovations, key sector initiatives and funding opportunities provided the framework of the conference, with panel discussions focusing on topics ranging from diagnostics to healthy ageing to new therapies and addressing the skills gap. Read more

To kick off the autumn programme, BioCap took place in September and comprised of three elements: the digital pitching competition featuring 11 finalists, the investor dinner, and the main conference, featuring keynote speakers, panel discussions, one-to-one partnering meetings and of course, the announcement of the overall pitching competition winner. Read more

Oncology & Precision Medicine, Bionow’s last big event of the year and a two-day event for the first time in 2022, focused on Oncology on day one and Precision Medicine on day two, with a special Biotech & Beers networking session taking place on the evening of the first day. Read more

In amongst the larger conferences, Bionow partnered with members and sponsors to deliver networking events, as well as holding our ever-popular Biotech & Beers and virtual coffee breaks plus a new for 2022 Pitching & Pizza workshop!

2023 will also see Bionow continue to host a varied events programme, with some of the key conference dates below. There will be many smaller events confirmed throughout the year, so we encourage you to sign up to the Bionow newsletter here and keep up to date with the latest news.

2023 conferences

• 1^st February: BioInfect
• 14^th March: Life Sciences Careers Fair
• 16^th March: Bionow Annual Awards Dinner
• 25^th April: Yorkshire Bio-Partnering
• May (date TBC): Pharma Manufacturing
• 28^th June: BioFocus
• September (date TBC): BioCap
• October (date TBC): Oncology & Precision Medicine

The Bionow team would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support and we look forward to working with you in the year ahead.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

The Bionow Team