Festival of Biologics Basel 2025
Explore our global network of state-of-the art facilities and the innovative technology powering process development and late-stage biologics production and manufacturing.
September 30 – October 2, 2025 | Basel, Switzerland | Booth 144
About the Festival of Biologics Basel 2025
Festival of Biologics Basel is Europe’s largest biologics event, convening a global audience of exhibitors and attendees representing the entirety of the industry, from antibody therapies, cell and gene therapies, immunotherapies, and biosimilars. The event is certified by Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Services, so participants will receive a CPD certificate after attending.
Event details
Date: September 30 - October 2, 2025
Format: In-person
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Booth number: 144
Event website: https://www.swissbiotech.org/
Why Thermo Fisher Scientific?
As a leading CDMO and CRO in drug development, Thermo Fisher Scientific provides a full suite of services and solutions for biologics, or large molecule drugs. Our global network, coupled with a unified CDMO approach, brings speed, simplicity, and innovation to solving the complexities of biologics clinical and commercial manufacturing.
Why meet with us?
- Purpose-built facilities: World-class biologics development and manufacturing sites in Lengnau, Switzerland and Groningen, The Netherlands are designed for flexibility and scalability, leveraging single-use technology and guided by in-house expertise to maintain compliance with global regulatory standards.
- Innovative solutions & end-to-end capabilities: Powered by CHO-K1 cell line, advanced AI/ML integration, and the Thermo Fisher Scientific HyperformaTM DynadriveTM single-use bioreactor (2,000 L and 5,000 L), we provide services from cell line development to clinical and commercial-scale production.
- Global expertise, local access: With strategic locations in Europe and a proven global network, we offer the technical strength, regulatory expertise, and supply chain reliability to support your biologics pipeline—every step of the way.
Attend our expert-led session:
Solving the complexities of biologics clinical and commercial manufacturing — A unified CDMO approach
Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Time: 13:30 p.m. —13:50 p.m.
Location: Theater 7, Messe Basel
Presented by
- Dr. Fabrice Bayard, Business Management Senior Manager, Lengnau, Switzerland
- Otto Jurrius, General Manager, Groningen, Netherlands
We’re thrilled to have leaders from our European Pharma Services group present strategies for navigating complexity and achieving success in today’s biologics ethos. They will focus on:
- The strength and flexibility that is built into a unified CDMO approach.
- The flexibility, cost efficiency, and sustainability inherent to single-use bioreactors (S.U.B).
- Our new state-of-the-art facility in Lengnau, Switzerland for process development and clinical and commercial manufacturing, with novel platforms and the best-in-class 5,000 L Hyperforma DynaDrive S.U.B.
See us at Booth 144 or schedule a meeting to reserve time for a 1:1 conversation with our experts:
Dr. Fabrice Bayard, Sr. Manager, Biologics Business Management
As a member of our site leadership team, Dr. Fabrice Bayard sits as our head of manufacturing for our Lengnau, Switzerland biologics manufacturing site.
With more than 15 years of experience in biotech project management and tech transfers for companies like Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, and Incyte Biosciences, he is responsible for the successful design, operational readiness, and start-up and management of all drug substance manufacturing activities.
Fabrice holds an Ingénieur degree (MSc) in Biotechnology (Bordeaux, France), a PhD in pharmaceutical sciences (Nottingham University, UK) and an MBA, (Geneva, Switzerland). Fabrice speaks French and English.
Otto Jurrius, General Manager, Biologic Clinical and Commercial Manufacturing
Holding a master’s degree in biotechnology, and with more than two decades of biopharmaceutical industry expertise, Otto leads biologics project management, manufacturing, engineering, and general management across biologics development, as well as clinical and commercial manufacturing. Meet with Otto to learn more about our innovative clinical and commercial manufacturing capabilities.
Come see us at booth 144 in Basel.
We look forward to connecting with you at Festival of Biologics Basel 2025 to explore our end-to-end CDMO and CRO services and innovative technologies.
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