{"id":37953,"date":"2026-01-08T11:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/biotechnology-new\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:33:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:33:44","slug":"biotechnology-new","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/biotechnology-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Biotechnology &#8211; new"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding: 40px 20px; color: white; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9b34cf 0%, rgba(0, 94, 152, 0.84) 100%); text-align: right;\">The Health and Life Sciences (HLS) sector in Bulgaria is set to see steady and accelerated growth in 2024\u20132025, with Sofia establishing itself as a leading center for innovation and research in the Southeastern Europe region.<\/p>\n<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.0 - 09-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style>\n<h2>Biotechnology<\/h2>\n<h2>R&#038;D in Bulgaria<\/h2>\n<p>Over <strong>\u20ac<\/strong><b>200 million<\/b><\/p>\n<p>annual turnover from clinical research<\/p>\n<p><strong>56<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>companies are part of the Bulgarian<br \/>\nBiotechnology and Health Cluster<\/p>\n<h2><strong>5800<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>specialists are members of the Bulgarian<br \/>\nBiotechnology and Health Cluster<\/p>\n<style>\/*! 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The cluster brings together scientists, researchers, medical and health professionals, academic and scientific institutions, start-up and established companies, international corporations, incubators, technology transfer structures, as well as experts in the fields of communications, marketing, investments and public policies. Through this interdisciplinary approach, the organization creates an environment for effective interaction between science, business and institutions and supports the transformation of scientific potential into applicable innovations and sustainable economic results.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1037\" data-end=\"1572\">By 2025, the cluster will establish its role as an active factor in the national and European innovation ecosystem, working to increase the competitiveness of the Bulgarian biotechnology and healthcare sector and to position the country as a regional center for Life Sciences in Southeast Europe. Its activities are aimed at promoting technology transfer, the development of innovative products and services, the creation of spin-off companies and the integration of Bulgarian organizations into international scientific and industrial networks.<\/p>\n<h2>Events<\/h2>\n<p><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spinoff.bg\/\"><strong>Spinoff Europe Conference 2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"527\" data-end=\"795\">\n<p data-start=\"529\" data-end=\"795\">The largest European forum for academic spinoff companies, deeptech innovations and commercialization of scientific results. The fifth edition will bring together over 400 participants from 25+ countries \u2013 scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, clusters and European institutions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"796\" data-end=\"898\">\n<p data-start=\"798\" data-end=\"898\"><strong data-start=\"798\" data-end=\"808\">Focus:<\/strong> academic entrepreneurship, technology transfer, investments, HealthTech, MedTech, AI.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PRECISEU \u2013 Precision Medicine Schools (3rd and 4th editions)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"1139\" data-end=\"1347\">\n<p data-start=\"1141\" data-end=\"1347\">Part of the large-scale PRECISEU initiative under Horizon Europe. Bulgaria will host two consecutive editions focused on personalized, predictive and precision medicine (5P model).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1348\" data-end=\"1442\">\n<p data-start=\"1350\" data-end=\"1442\"><strong data-start=\"1350\" data-end=\"1371\">Target audience:<\/strong> healthcare professionals, researchers, entrepreneurs, public institutions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>360 Degree Lab for Personalized Medicine<\/strong> \u2013 <strong>event series<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"1683\" data-end=\"1882\">\n<p data-start=\"1685\" data-end=\"1757\">A practice-oriented event series combining:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1760\" data-end=\"1882\">\n<li data-start=\"1760\" data-end=\"1777\">\n<p data-start=\"1762\" data-end=\"1777\">&#8211; science panels<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1780\" data-end=\"1810\">\n<p data-start=\"1782\" data-end=\"1810\">&#8211; technology demonstrations<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1813\" data-end=\"1882\">\n<p data-start=\"1815\" data-end=\"1882\">&#8211; courses in AI, biomedicine and personalized medicine<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1883\" data-end=\"1969\">\n<p data-start=\"1885\" data-end=\"1969\"><strong data-start=\"1885\" data-end=\"1907\">Strategic goal:<\/strong> building a Bulgarian Academy of Personalized Medicine.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sources: <a style=\"color: #9b34cf;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biocluster.bg\/\">Biotechnology and Health Cluster Bulgaria, <\/a><a style=\"color: #9b34cf;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spinoff.bg\/\">Spinoff Europe Conference, <\/a><a style=\"color: #9b34cf;\" href=\"https:\/\/preciseu.eu\/\">PRECISEU, <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthtechinvestorsummit.com\/\">HealthTech Investor Summit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Health and Life Sciences (HLS) sector in Bulgaria is set to see steady and accelerated growth in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37953","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37954,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37953\/revisions\/37954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}