The 12th Annual BIO Asia International Conference will be held from March 24-25, 2015 at Grand Hyatt, Tokyo, Japan

The conference, co-hosted by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), BioCentury and the Japan Bioindustry Association (JBA), brings together the global biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry to explore licensing and research collaborations in the current Asia-Pacific business and policy environments. Gain insights into the changes, challenges, and opportunities key opinion and policy leaders foresee for the Japanese biotech market.

The event will be attend by drug development and discovery companies; medical technology companies; universities and institutes; intellectual property and legal organizations; investors and financial services providers; bio-clusters and incubators and government and public support agencies.

The 12th Annual BIO Asia International Conference is an exclusive, customized partnering forum that brings together US and European drug development companies with Asian biotech and pharmaceutical companies interested in research collaborations and licensing agreements.

The conference features private, pre-arranged one-on-one meetings between senior-level executives, using BIO’s proprietary, state-of-the-art computer software. The format and selective nature of the conference makes this the premier dedicated biotech partnering event in Asia and an unrivaled opportunity to meet with the leading international pharmaceutical and biotech companies in one place at one time.

BIO is the world's largest trade association representing biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations.