OBN: Comprehensive Support for UK Bioscience Business
OBN is the organiser of BioTrinity. OBN is a not-for-profit business network which provides comprehensive support for biotech and medtech companies in the Oxford and South-East England biocluster and beyond, providing networking, partnering, group purchasing, an investor network and a source of industry information.
Partnering is achieved through the annual two-day BioTrinity - Europe's Premier biopartnering and investor conference, the largest biopartnering conference in the UK, and the 3rd largest biopartnering conference in Europe.
Networking is achieved through a regular series of BioTuesdays, OBN's flagship evening networking events which typically feature 3-5 speakers talking on a topic of business, finance or scientific interest. They are typically attended by 80-120 delegates from across the Golden Triangle. About 14-16 BioTuesdays take place annually in Oxford, Didcot, London, Basingstoke and from time-to-time in Cambridge. OBN also arrange events for social networking: The OBN Summer BBQ and the OBN Christmas Networking Dinner.
Group Purchasing is achieved through OBN's comprehensive group Purchasing Scheme, which offers nearly 40 deals for R&D companies including over 10 laboratory related deals. OBN's Full Member companies achieve substantial savings on lab supplies, dry ice, gases and other commodity areas and services. Some of our deals generate savings average a 40% discount of list price, making them an effective one-stop shop to control costs.
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