«Greece is strengthening its role as a strategic biotechnology gateway to Southeast Europe»
Ahead of Panathēnea, Ioanna Koukli President of HBio, speaks to StartUper MAG about bridging the gap between research and commercialization, how deep tech is transforming drug development, and Greece’s first-ever coordinated national presence at BIO US 2026—a historic milestone for the country's life sciences ecosystem.
You can read the interview online
UniHealth Featured in Projects Magazine 46 – Rethinking Health by Insight Media
UniHealth has been featured in Projects Magazine 46 – Rethinking Health, published by Insight Media, in an interview highlighting the project's vision for strengthening pandemic preparedness through accessible, decentralized molecular diagnostics.
Invitation to the BIO-RED Hackathon on Precision Fermentation & Bioproduction (Paris, 10–11 September 2026)
We are pleased to invite you to the BIO-RED Hackathon: “Precision Fermentation – Scaling Bioproduction from Lab to Industry”, taking place in Paris on 10–11 September 2026.
New InnoMedCatalyst Open Call: Build the Next Generation of European 5P Medicine Innovation Consortia
The InnoMedCatalyst project invites innovative companies, start-ups, SMEs, research organisations and healthcare innovators to participate in a unique European consortium-building programme designed to accelerate the development of collaborative innovation projects in 5P Medicine.
If you have an innovative technology, expertise or healthcare solution and are looking for complementary partners to bring your innovation to the next level, this Open Call is for you.
BIO-RED Thematic Lab: Organoids in Drug Discovery
Organoids are transforming the future of drug discovery by providing more predictive, human-relevant models for disease research, target validation and preclinical testing. Their ability to better replicate human tissue biology has the potential to accelerate the development of safer and more effective therapies while reducing reliance on traditional animal models.
Greek Biotechnology on the Global Stage at BIO International Convention 2026 in the USA
Enterprise Greece, in cooperation with the Hellenic BioCluster (HBio), organized Greece’s national participation at BIO International Convention 2026, held in San Diego, USA, from 22 to 25 June.
Swiss Biotech Day 2026
HBIO is going to Swiss Biotech Days in Basel on May 4-5th 2026!
InnoMedCatalyst Accelerator – Open Call for Startups & SMEs
The InnoMedCatalyst Accelerator Programme has opened its call for applications. This is an 8-week interactive programme designed to support MedTech and HealthTech innovators—including early-stage startups, spin-offs and SMEs—working on technologies with strong potential in personalised, predictive, preventive, participatory and precision healthcare.
BIO-RED: HBio is participating in a €1.5 million I3 project for regional innovation in biotechnology
BIO-RED aims to strengthen regional innovation ecosystems and build the capacity of less developed regions to design, develop, and implement business cases for interregional innovation investments in the strategic sectors of red biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. The project enhances institutional, innovation, and investment capacities through comprehensive actions, including mapping regional ecosystems and value chains, developing a Joint Strategic Interregional Roadmap, and implementing co-creation labs, hackathons, staff exchanges, and policy roundtables.
HBio participated in the BIO 2025 in Boston.
HBio is the newest International Council of Biotechnology Associations (ICBA).
BIO 2025 in Boston opened with the annual meeting of the ICBA. The world's biotech associations came together to talk about where they see the future together - voices in sync to towards national governments and as a global messenger for innovative biotech. Australia, Canada, Cost Rica, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK and US were connected in BIO US.