EU-Africa pharma and healthcare marketplace & matchmaking events

18 May 2022 - 28 June 2022

Conditions for participation in the marketplace and matchmaking meetings

Who can participate?

Companies, research organisations and investors along the whole pharma and healthcare value chain (from research to manufacturing to services providers) from Africa or the European Economic Area, or with research or production facilities in EU Member States and/or in Africa. The purpose of the event is to connect actors located on different continents. Therefore, European participants are expected to hold matchmaking meetings with their African counterparts, while participants from Africa are expected to hold matchmaking meetings with European counterparts.
Participating organisations cannot come from countries under EU sanctions.

Please find below further information on the typology of participants to be expected.

Manufacturers Chemical Medicines Vaccines Other Biological products Generics and Biosimilars Vitamins, supplements and herbal remedies	Med-Tech Manufacturers Medical Devices and Diagnostics E-Health, digital health Medical supplies (not classed as devices)
Industrial and Trade Associations Industrial : Pharma and related industries, regional / National (Africa and Europe) Associations Chambers of Commerce, (if specifically active in pharma)	Financial Institutions Development Financial Institutions Commercial / Industrial Banks Venture Capital Firms
Commercialisation partners Distributors / Wholesalers International procurement agencies Organisation facilitating licensing and technology transfers NGOs buying medicines	Academic / Research Organisations Education : higher, university, vocational E-Health, digital health Research centers / departments /Technology Transfers Offices
Raw materials and other suppliers API manufacturers Excipient manufacturer Chemicals: starting materials, ingredients, solvents, processing aids Packaging materials : primary and secondary Process materials: resins, membranes, filters … Disposable equipment manufacturers: Laboratory reagents and supplies (for QC labs)	Technology Providers Engineering companies Plant and Equipment manufacturers Laboratory Equipment : for quality control, medical laboratories Process technology developers Integrated Biotech equipment suppliers
Service Providers Contract Manufacturing Organisations Contract Research Organisations (clinical research) Analytical services Calibration, metrology Cleaning Maintenance Transport and shipping Qualification and Validation

Application

Organisations interested in participating in the marketplace and matchmaking meetings shall complete the registration form.

Organisations will have to provide:

Person related data (such as First & Last name, Email, Phone number, Country, Job position)
Organization related data (such as Name, Organisation description, Area of activities covered by the organisation, address)

In their application companies will be invited to be specific on how their products/capacities/facilities/support possibilities are relevant for the purpose of this event.

Companies will only be formally registered for the marketplace and the matchmaking meetings if the criteria are met after verification by the organisers.

The decision on the selection of applicants will be based on the information stated above. Therefore, by filling in the registration form applicants are not automatically accepted to participate in the event.

Applicants should complete the registration form by 5 June 2022 (23h59 CEST).

The submission of registration indicates an acceptance of the terms.

All of the exchanges conducted during the matchmaking meetings will be completely confidential.

Any questions can be addressed to eu-africa.pharma@videlio-events.com

Costs and expenses

Participation in the Matchmaking Event – Towards COVID-19 vaccines upscale production will be free of charge.

Disclosure of organisation’s name and protection of personal data

Organisation’s name and country: By participating in this event, organisations give their consent to the European Commission to make the organisation name and their country public.

Organisations will have the option of not consenting to publish the name of the organisation.

Personal data: All the personal data provided will be processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 2018/1725 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data. Personal data and any other information provided in the registration at the marketplace and matchmaking meetings will not be public.

Please consult our Data Protection Notice for more information about how we will process your personal data.

Registration

Closed since 27 June 2022

Resources

Data protection notice