The event usually hosts more than 16 000 attendees and 2 000 biopharmaceutical exhibitors from 65 different countries.

This year, it’s a delegation of 15 businesses and organisation from Québec that will go to San Diego for this occasion.

Under the tagline « Partner to Prosper » the new minister of Economy, Innovation and Exports, Jacques Daoust, will be in attendance in order to foster and encourage business and partnerships with foreign delegations and companies. The head scientist of Québec, Rémi Quirion, will also be present to promote research partnerships.

Québec’s participation at BIO 2014 is a collaboration between the ministry of Economy, Innovation and Exports, the ministry of International Relations and Francophony and the Québec Government Office in Los Angeles.