Sofinnova PartnersThe recent resurgence of life sciences IPOs in the US highlights a persistent structural imbalance: Europe generates world-class science but struggles to finance and retain it. The European Life Sciences Coalition was created to address this gap by mobilizing institutional capital and strengthening the policy framework needed to scale European innovation at home.
Ethris GmbHThe COVID 19 pandemic demonstrated that Europe can move fast, take risk, and deliver world class vaccines when political will, science and capital are aligned. Treating vaccines as strategic assets, backed by sustained political and financial support, will be key to maintaining Europe’s long-term investment in public health and innovation.
Sofinnova PartnersCapital is tight and patience is being tested. Yet Europe’s life sciences sector continues to deliver. Innovation doesn’t stop when markets turn; it adapts and matures.
StifelAfter two challenging years marked by rising interest rates and frozen capital markets, European biotech is back in the spotlight. The catalyst? Late-stage clinical success.
Asebio - Miguel MéndezAt BioSpain 2025 European Biotechnology spoke with AseBio CEO Ion Arocena about Spain’s expansion in biotech and its role in a time of geopolitical tensions.
T. Rowe PriceIn addition to the uncertainty triggered by the US government with serious changes at the FDA and other healthcare institutions and an unclear stance of the US Secretary of Health and Human Services on various areas of innovation, the growing demand for health care services gives a positive momentum that can provide stability.
European Biosolutions CoalitionAs the global race for biosolutions intensifies, Europe is at a critical crossroads, and I am deeply concerned about the future of our continent’s biotech industry. While countries like China and the United States rapidly advance their biotech industries, Europe’s slow and not up-to-date regulatory system poses a significant risk to maintaining our leadership.
Jeremy Levin, Ovid TherapeuticsOn May 12, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to drastically reduce U.S. prescription drug prices by aligning them with the lowest prices paid in other developed nations—a policy known as the “Most Favored Nation” (MFN) approach. While the initiative seeks to alleviate the financial burden on American patients, it has sparked intense debate over its potential ramifications on global pharmaceutical trade, investment patterns, and the United States’ leadership in biomedical innovation.
BRAIN Biotech AGBiotechnology provides the necessary toolbox, ranging from energy-saving biocatalysts for the chemical industry to climate-friendly production of animal feed and food proteins for more resilience, microbial recovery of rare critical materials, to the production of pharmaceutically active ingredients.
ESTHER NEUMAN MUNICH GERMANYAfter the exuberance during the Covid-boost and the post-Covid hangover, 2024 was a rather calm year for the biotechnology sector. This provides an opportunity to take a step back and assess some emerging long-term financing trends as well as the recent events in the US, which may also impact the biotech industry.