BioFIT · 2026

Agoris analysis · updated October 2026

Key takeaways

• BioFIT is the leading European business convention dedicated to technology transfer, academia-industry collaborations and early-stage innovation deals in the life sciences. It is positioned by its organisers as "the European marketplace for pre-seed, seed and Series A investment rounds".
• The trade show is itinerant: it changes host city with each edition. The 15th edition takes place on 10 and 11 December 2026 in Marseille, at the Parc Chanot - Palais de l'Europe. The listing keeps a historical slug (2024 edition in Lille) but the series is the same BioFIT convention.
• Co-organised by four health clusters: Eurasanté (lead partner), Clubster NHL, BioValley France and EUROBIOMED.
• BioFIT is held alongside MedFIT (MedTech, diagnostics) and MEDigIT (digital health), within the same partnering event.
• Volumes reported by the organisers: more than 1,200 international players from over 35 countries (big pharma, emerging biotech, diagnostics, CRO/CDMO, investors, TTOs and research institutions).

Who exhibits

Typical profile

Technology transfer offices (TTOs), research institutions and academia, biotech and pharma start-ups, established pharmaceutical companies, diagnostics firms, CROs and CDMOs, pre-seed / seed / Series A investors. The breakdown reported by the organisers: TTOs, research institutions and academia 30%, biotech / pharma start-ups 20%, established companies 15%, CROs and CDMOs 10%, investors 10%.

The audience is strictly professional: this is a one-to-one partnering event, not a consumer trade show.

Notable exhibitors

The list of exhibitors and participants is available on the official website: biofit-event.com. BioFIT brings together human and animal health players from more than 35 countries. The ecosystem is driven by the organising clusters (Eurasanté, Clubster NHL, BioValley France, EUROBIOMED) and their respective members.

Quality of the visitor base

• A 100% business convention focused on technology transfer and early-stage fundraising
• A high proportion of investors and R&D decision-makers, with a system of business meetings scheduled in advance
• An international audience: more than 35 countries represented according to the organisers

Activities & community

Conference programme

The programme is built around thematic tracks (sources of funding for early-stage innovation, best practices in academia-industry R&D collaboration, valorisation of early-stage assets, animal health in recent editions). It combines high-level conferences, pitch sessions for innovative projects and one-to-one business meetings. The detailed programme for the 2026 edition will be published as the trade show approaches on biofit-event.com.

Community and networks

BioFIT draws on the network of its four organising clusters: Eurasanté (a technology transfer body, incubator, accelerator and cluster manager), Clubster NHL (a competitiveness cluster bringing together 360 members), BioValley France (the Grand Est cluster) and EUROBIOMED (the Life Sciences cluster of Southern France). The 15th edition in Marseille is part of the regional health ecosystem of the Sud region (notably the AP-HM and the players supported by EUROBIOMED and risingSUD).

On site: what you need to know

Access, parking and accommodation: see the listing for the Parc Chanot - Palais de l'Europe.

Specific to the trade show:

• Format: a two-day business convention (10 and 11 December 2026, Thursday and Friday), with an online meetings component in recent editions.
• Access: reserved for life sciences professionals, by registration and pass purchase via the official website.
• Partnering platform: one-to-one meetings are scheduled in advance via the organisers' matchmaking platform.

Preparing your visit

For the exhibitor

• 6 months out: book your stand and exhibitor pass via biofit-event.com, choose your positioning (BioFIT, MedFIT or MEDigIT).
• 4 months out: apply for the pitch sessions to present an innovative project to investors and partners.
• 3 months out: activate the partnering platform, identify your targets among TTOs, investors and established companies.
• 6 weeks out: schedule your one-to-one meetings and prepare your presentation materials.

For the decision-making visitor

• Register and choose your pass on biofit-event.com (reserved for life sciences professionals).
• Prepare your one-to-one meeting agenda in advance via the partnering platform: this is the core of the event's value.
• Target the pitch sessions and conferences relevant to your focus (early-stage funding, academia-industry collaborations, animal health).
• Allow for both days to cover the full BioFIT / MedFIT / MEDigIT scope.

How the trade show has evolved

Trajectory analysis

BioFIT is an itinerant business convention that changes host city with each edition, following its lead clusters: Strasbourg in 2022, Marseille in 2023 (12th edition, more than 900 participants announced), Lille in 2024 (13th), Strasbourg in 2025 (14th), then a return to Marseille in 2026 for the 15th edition. The 2023 edition reported more than 950 participants from over 35 countries, around a hundred exhibitors, some sixty international speakers and more than 3,000 business meetings scheduled via the partnering platform. The co-positioning with MedFIT and MEDigIT broadens the scope from biotech technology transfer towards MedTech, diagnostics and digital health. The final figures for the 2026 edition will be published as the trade show approaches.

Unless otherwise stated, all factual data in this listing comes from the organiser's official website (biofit-event.com).