SPARK Europe Showcase spotlights medical innovation in Europe
Posted on April 29th, 2025
SPARK programs across Europe gathered at a meeting and exhibition to spotlight their innovative solutions for unmet clinical challenges, demonstrating the power of collaboration and perseverance.
At the SPARK Europe Showcase on March 13 and 14, 2025 in Birmingham, UK, 77 projects pitched their preclinical stage assets to investors from across the continent for investment and collaboration.
The two-day event also included networking opportunities and one-on-one sessions with industry experts. Groups presented their innovations for unmet medical needs to a diverse audience of investors, potential collaborators, companies, academics, and consultants in the biotech space. The event offered multiple opportunities to meet and brainstorm with industry and academic peers and experts, as well as breakout rooms for individual sessions with professionals.
The SPARK Europe Showcase was hosted by SPARK The Midlands, a SPARK program in England supporting academic projects across the West Midlands with education and mentorship to advance research discoveries from the bench to the bedside. Participants included academic researchers, scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, clinicians, regulators, attorneys and many more across all areas of biotech and medicine to network and learn about SPARK projects. Participants from across Europe exchanged insights and knowledge, initiated collaborations and connections, and celebrated diverse and exciting innovations to address unmet clinical needs across the European continent.
Some of the projects exhibited included a prediction tool for preeclampsia, a diagnostic for early detection of infectious diseases, mitochondrial-targeted therapeutics for cancer and mitochondrial diseases, and more.
SPARK The Midlands is the first UK branch of SPARK GLOBAL, headquartered at Aston University through a collaboration with the West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator (WMHTIA) – a government-funded project aimed at helping companies drive their innovations towards market success.
Read more about the event here. A full list of the projects presented can be found here.
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