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Europe’s need for speed: Bio€quity takeaways — a BioCentury podcast

Takeaways from BioCentury’s 26th annual conference, including Europe’s place in speeding up the time to first-in-human data

May 12, 2026 11:17 PM UTC

China’s speed in generating first-in-human data has catalyzed a race across the globe to reshape regulatory requirements to compete. BioCentury’s analysts, along with special guests Detlev Mennerich, head of Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, and Mehdi Ainouche, partner at Jeito Capital, discussed where Europe fits in that landscape and other takeaways from the 26th annual Bio€quity Europe conference in Prague.

This special episode of BioCentury This Week has been brought to you by Jeito Capital.