Bionow

Why Join?

Bionow is a membership organisation which has been serving the biomedical industry in the North of England since 2000. With strong private sector backgrounds the Bionow team are wholly focused on the needs of businesses. We have a significant track record of assisting businesses, leveraging savings, delivering specialist events and providing bespoke business development functions for our Members. Membership of Bionow can add significant value to your business and increase its development potential.

Our specialist services are available to the Bionow membership which is available at two levels, Member and Premium Member. The benefits of each type of membership are described in the Membership Benefits section.

Members can access a range of benefits including discounts on attendance at Bionow events and recruitment services plus access to specialist events and discounted training.

Premium Members can further access a range of exclusive business support products and services - saving your business time and money in procurement, recruitment, specialist training and special events – returning in excess of the membership fee in tangible value.

We are always open to suggestions of how we can further develop our products and services to provide our members with a fully integrated company support structure.

Bionow is also a one-stop-shop for information and advice on clinical and academic research, access to finance, services and facilities. We aim to be inclusive and all companies in the cluster are automatically Associates of Bionow and can access the online information and receive the monthly Bionow newsletter as well as being featured in the Bionow annual directory.

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As a community of biomedical companies there is long term strategic advantage in working together.

The Northwest is now home to one of the UK’s largest biomedical clusters with: 

• A core base of 160 biotech, pharmaceutical, CRO, CMO and analytical companies and 120 medical device and health technology companies
• Over 250 specialist support companies and organisations
• Seven global pharmaceutical companies
• 26,000 people employed in the sector and supply chain
• International recognition as a vibrant community in a strategic location

The Northwest biomedical cluster is growing at 4.5% per annum in terms of employment and 6.5% per annum as measured by the number of companies.

Bionow’s strategic vision is to leverage the cluster as a wealth creator through:

• Fostering the spirit of collaboration to make our enviable infrastructure including our universities and the NHS more accessible to business
• Promoting the North of England biomedical sector as a preferred location in which to locate, establish and grow biomedical businesses
• Creating an environment which de-risks the investment required to deliver world-leading commercial and clinical gains

As a subscribing Member or Premium Member of Bionow your company can help deliver this vision. The support of biomedical companies enables Bionow to:

• Be a credible and influential voice for the sector in the North to promote continued investment by local and government bodies
• Engage with local, national and international networks of contacts and organisations to deliver synergistic benefits
• Attract match funding from public sources to deliver strategic support to all companies, especially the SME community

Join Bionow and be part of the mission