{"id":121204,"date":"2025-07-03T11:30:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T15:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/technology\/inside-forbions-ma-first-playbook-for-building-europes-biotech-winners\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T08:31:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T12:31:49","slug":"inside-forbions-ma-first-playbook-for-building-europes-biotech-winners","status":"publish","type":[3765],"link":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/technology\/inside-forbions-ma-first-playbook-for-building-europes-biotech-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Forbion\u2019s M&amp;A-First Playbook for Building Europe\u2019s Biotech Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row bg--white  text--black row-padding--bottom-none bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-6a09b27b241a3'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <div\n    class=\"bbg-column\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p class=\"small\"><strong>PODCAST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n    <h1 class=\"bbg-metadata bbg-metadata--title\">Inside Forbion\u2019s M&amp;A-First Playbook for Building Europe\u2019s Biotech Winners<\/h1>\n<div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer bbg-spacer--lg\"\n    >\n<\/div>    <ul class=\"bbg-categories_list\">\n                    <li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/category\/markets\/\" rel=\"category tag\">\n                    Markets\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n                    <li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/category\/technology\/\" rel=\"category tag\">\n                    Technology\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer bbg-spacer--lg\"\n    >\n<\/div>    <p class=\"bbg-metadata bbg-metadata--date\">July 3, 2025<\/p>\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p class=\"small\"><strong>Vanguards of Health Care<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row  text--black row-padding--top-none row-padding--bottom-none bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-6a09b27b2a876'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <p><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-2 bbg-column--valign-middle bbg-column--m-width-4 bbg-column--s-width-2\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <div id=\"\" class=\"wpb_content_element bbg-single-image align-left\">\n    <figure class=\"bbg-single-image__figure\" style=\"max-width:100%\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/VoH-Logo-Updated.png\" class=\"bbg-single-image__image attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"VoH-Logo-Updated\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/VoH-Logo-Updated.png 1000w, https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/VoH-Logo-Updated.png 552w, https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/VoH-Logo-Updated.png 800w, https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/image\/v1\/resize?width=auto&amp;type=webp&amp;url=https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/VoH-Logo-Updated.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n        \n            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 600; margin-top: -55px;\">Listen on<\/p>\n<div class=\"flexbox\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/4crzc4kJpD7lhhDeuz3j0z?si=ML_TvnYnT0S-mBX_IPKCqA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/Spotify.svg\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/inside-forbions-m-a-first-playbook-for-building\/id1677173217?i=1000715593194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/Apple-podcast.svg\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-1 bbg-column--valign-middle\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    \n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-8 bbg-column--valign-middle\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <div\n  class=\"bb-audio\"\n  data-title=\"Inside Forbion\u2019s M&amp;amp;A-First Playbook for Building Europe\u2019s Biotech Winners\"\n  data-state=\"fresh\"\n  data-audio-url=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/professional\/sites\/41\/final-forbion-nanna-sander.mp3\"\n  data-label-desc=\"for Inside Forbion\u2019s M&amp;amp;A-First Playbook for Building Europe\u2019s Biotech Winners\"\n  data-controls-class=\"no-controls\"\n  data-custom-controls-background=\"fill\"\n  data-theme=\"light-mode\"\n  data-progress=\"0\">\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row bg--white  text--black row-padding--top-none bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-6a09b27b31933'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-8\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <p><div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p><strong>Description<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p>\u201cIf a company isn\u2019t IPO-ready, it better be M&amp;A-ready,\u201d says\u00a0Nanna Luneborg\u00a0of\u00a0Forbion. She and co-founder\u00a0Sander Slootweg\u00a0sit down with Bloomberg Intelligence analyst\u00a0Sam Fazeli\u00a0to explain Forbion\u2019s blueprint for success in Europe\u2019s maturing biotech ecosystem. From incubating CNS-focused gene therapy startups to executing more than \u20ac100 million in financing rounds, Forbion\u2019s thesis is rooted in scientific rigor and commercially sound exits. 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