Sponsors ECM2026

At BMS, our mission is to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. We commit to scientific excellence and investment in biopharmaceutical research and development to provide innovative, high-quality medicines that address the unmet medical needs of patients. We apply scientific rigor to produce clinical and economic benefit through medicines that improve patients’ lives. We strive to make information about our commercialized medicines widely and readily available. We actively seek to improve access to care, advocate for policies that promote health equity, and help underserved patients access and afford the medicines they need. We demonstrate ethics, integrity and quality in everything we do for patients, customers and colleagues.

Nordic Bioscience specializes in precision medicine using extracellular matrix Protein Fingerprint biomarkers. All chronic diseases are characterized by an imbalance of the extracellular matrix with elevated levels of either protein formation or degradation. Nordic Biosciences specialized extracellular matrix Protein Fingerprint technology measures the tissue imbalance seen in all chronic diseases.

Nordic Bioscience improve patient care by combining the Protein Fingerprint technology with their expertise in preclinical and clinical research. They assist the improvement of drug development by better selection of patients and reduction of trial length and size.

Nordic Bioscience’s approach is highly scientific, and they are proud to publish their results frequently in leading journals worldwide

Located in San Diego, California, AnaBios aims to establish the safety and efficacy of novel compounds through its advanced, human-focused translational technologies. AnaBios primarily focuses on areas of high, unmet medical need, including cardiac disease, pain and itch. In addition to working with Fortune 500 biotech companies, CROs and academia, AnaBios drives an internal drug discovery platform via in-licensed programs from partners in the pharmaceutical industry. For more information about AnaBios, visit http://www.anabios.com.

FibroFind is a rapidly developing Newcastle-based biomedical sciences company that has a deep understanding of the biology of fibrosis and has employed this knowledge to design bespoke biological assays with human tissues that can determine if a novel drug is able to prevent fibrosis and halt disease. The business focus for FibroFind is their proprietary human fibrosis bioassays that provide a pre-clinical service for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies developing medicines that target fibrosis. This business model has proved to be highly valued by its growing client base which currently stands at 90 companies based in the USA, Asia and Europe. Despite only beginning trading 3 years ago, FibroFind has already contributed towards new medicines entering into ongoing clinical trials.

BiomimX is an innovative SME pioneering beating organs-on-chip technologies for advanced drug development. Leveraging its proprietary uBeat® platform, the company recreates physiological and pathological tissue functions in vitro, enabling predictive efficacy, safety, and toxicity testing. BiomimX partners with Pharma and Biotech to accelerate R&D and reduce animal experimentation.

Innoprot provides advanced cell-based assays, as well as primary, immortalised and recombinant cell lines, for drug discovery. We develop in vitro systems that enable the study of fibrosis and extracellular matrix remodelling, facilitating phenotypic and high-content analysis for compound screening and the quantification of key biomarkers

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.