EBD Group launches partnering360 for life science professionals

EBD Group, the leading partnering firm for the global life science industry, today announced the launch of partnering360™ (www.partnering360.com), an online network of professionals in the life science industry. partnering360 provides members with a personalized network to the people, the events and the information necessary for partnering success.

"partnering360 is a major evolution in the partnering process that has driven growth for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies," said Carola Schropp, President of EBD Group. "By linking this online partnering community to partneringONE^®, the industry's leading partnering engine, partnering360 is set apart from other networks in the sector. This enables members to migrate real-world interactions generated within partneringONE at events, to an online community so that executives can conduct meaningful follow-up and other business development activities."

Open to all life science professionals, partnering360's initial community is based on over 14,000 participants in EBD Group's family of leading partnering events held annually in North America, Europe and Asia, as well as events that use EBD Group's partneringONE as their partnering engine. EBD Group developed partnering360 to offer this expanding community a year-round virtual partnering facility that complements partneringONE.

"We have been thinking long and hard about how to make the partnering process even more efficient and productive," said Schropp. "A key challenge in the industry is how to develop more collaborations among a wider net of players to create novel healthcare products. By developing the partnering360 network, we are enabling executives across the healthcare value chain to overcome that challenge."

partnering360 members encompass the breadth of the biotech, medtech and pharma industries, including dealmakers, innovators, investors, academics and service providers. partnering360 also integrates social media tools to make it easier than ever to grow, share and manage network connections.

"partnering360 is a vibrant community from day one," Schropp added. "In an era where more connections mean more opportunities, partnering360 enables members to identify new contacts, communicate with them, and showcase assets to potential partners in the network. Partnering is made easier than ever before by being part of partnering360."

Features:

• One login, one profile: Members have access to all partneringONE activities from one login.
• An overview of conference activities: Members can browse upcoming event details and attendees, and register with a single click.
• Built-in social and professional network from the get-go: Pre-populated with every person each member agreed to meet through partneringONE; his or her network is ready-made.
• Functionality to share information among the network: Members can see what others are up to, post updates to their networks, or have private conversations with connections.
• Meeting preparation and follow-up: Members can access meeting request archives from previous partneringONE events and agree with connections where to meet them next
• Profile company, products and services to the community: Members can showcase themselves and their companies by creating a great first impression.
• Direct contact with key decision makers: Members can explore the community and initiate new contacts outside of the conference environment.
• "Social" partnering: Members can include LinkedIn connections on partnering360 and publish posts to LinkedIn and Twitter.