Medical & Pharma
BIO-EUROPE
✓ Venue-verified datesBIO-EUROPE is a medical & pharma fair held at Exhibition Centre Cologne in Cologne, Germany, from 9–11 Nov 2026. It is one of 101 medical & pharma fairs and one of 45 fairs in Cologne tracked by ExpoArena.
International partnering Conference for the Global Biotech Industry. BIO-EUROPE is a forum that aims to promote Business Development between Pharmaceutical, Financial and Biotechnology Companies
Tickets & entry
www.koelnmesse.de is the venue, and it publishes the dates and floor plan for BIO-EUROPE. Ticket sales run through the organiser — ExpoArena links only to sources it has verified and never resells tickets.
Venue site & dates →Where it is
Exhibition Centre Cologne, Cologne, Germany · open the venue on a map
What BIO-EUROPE is
BIO-Europe is Europe's largest partnering conference for biotechnology and biopharma, run by EBD Group, part of Informa Connect. It is not a conventional exhibition: the centre of gravity is three days of pre-booked one-to-one meetings arranged through the partneringONE platform, wrapped around plenary sessions, company presentations and an exhibition hall. The 2026 edition, the 32nd, moves to Koelnmesse in Cologne and adds tracks on regulation, clinical affairs and biomanufacturing strategy.
Scale
| Exhibitors | 174 (2025) |
|---|---|
| Visitors | 5,827 (2025) |
| Countries represented | 60 (2025) |
Figures as published by the organiser; see the source under each section.
Past editions
| Year | Dates | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-11-03 → 2025-11-05 | VIECON, Vienna |
| 2024 | 2024-11-04 → 2024-11-06 | Stockholm |
| 2023 | 2023-11-06 → 2023-11-08 | Munich |
Who exhibits and who attends
Exhibiting: Biotech and pharmaceutical companies, CDMOs and CROs, diagnostics developers, discovery and platform technology providers, investors and regional pavilions.
Attending: Business development and licensing executives, biotech and pharma C-suite, venture and corporate investors, and academic innovators looking for partners, licensing deals and capital.
How to get in
Register online and choose a Partnering and Investment Pass with partneringONE meetings, or an Insights and Discovery Pass covering the programme only.
Paid passes only; the Young Innovator rate ran from €795 until 31 July 2026 to €1,195 by 2 November 2026.
Getting there
On 11 November Cologne's Carnival season opens with up to 100,000 people in the centre: travel via Köln Messe/Deutz rather than Hauptbahnhof and allow double the usual journey time.
Airport: Cologne/Bonn (CGN), about 15 km from the city
Getting in from the airport: RE6 regional trains run from Köln/Bonn Flughafen to Köln Messe/Deutz in 12–15 minutes; from Frankfurt Airport an ICE reaches Köln Messe/Deutz in 50–60 minutes.
Questions
When is BIO-EUROPE 2026?
BIO-EUROPE runs November 9, 2026 → November 11, 2026 (3 days) at Exhibition Centre Cologne.
Where is BIO-EUROPE held?
Exhibition Centre Cologne, Cologne, Germany. Coordinates 50.9384, 6.9600.
How do I get tickets for BIO-EUROPE?
www.koelnmesse.de is the venue, and it publishes the dates; ticket sales run through the organiser. ExpoArena never resells tickets.
Is this BIO-EUROPE listing official?
This page is venue-verified dates: the venue publishes these dates and the floor plan; the organiser sells the tickets. Sources: EventsEye. Last verified Nov 11, 2026.
Is BIO-Europe a trade fair with stands?
Only partly. There were 174 exhibitors in Vienna in 2025, but the core of the event is partneringONE, which logged 32,527 pre-booked one-to-one meetings that year.
How many people attend BIO-Europe?
5,827 attendees from 3,252 companies and 60 countries in Vienna in 2025; Stockholm drew 5,700 in 2024 and Munich 5,867 in 2023.
When was BIO-Europe last held in Cologne?
In 2016, when 3,692 attendees from 1,982 companies met at Koelnmesse. The conference returns there from 9 to 11 November 2026 for its 32nd edition.
Can I attend without booking partnering meetings?
Yes — the Insights and Discovery Pass covers all programme sessions and the exhibition hall but excludes the one-to-one partnering meetings.
What does a BIO-Europe pass cost?
Rates are tiered by date and company size. The published Young Innovator rate for 2026 started at €795, rose to €995 and reached €1,195 for registrations after 18 September.
Researched and checked 2026-11-08. informaconnect.cominformaconnect.cominformaconnect.cominformaconnect.com
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