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EuropaBio Newsletter 21-25 October
HEADLINES
International Innovation Interview Miriam Gargesi, Director of Healthcare at EuropaBio, about the efforts of the association in promoting Personalised Medicine, Clinical Trials Regulation and other forthcoming initiatives 

Miriam Gargesi, Director of Healthcare, joins International Innovation to discuss personalised medicine, the regulation of clinical trials, and the forthcoming European Biotech Week? Read more

European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology and the Biobased Economy 2013
Watch the EFIB 2013 video highlights and find out why EFIB is the place to do business for Industrial Biotechnology's bioeconomy. Get more insight into the dynamic sector of Europe's bioeconomy here.

EuropaBio's Most Innovative European Biotech SME Award 2013
The winner of the 2013 Most innovative EU biotech SME Award has been revealed during the first ever European Biotechnology Week. To find out more about the award, now in its fourth year, click here.

Healthcare Biotech

Research reveals gene 'language' critical in infant brain development

In what they're calling a 'biological surprise', a team of  geneticists at University of Otago have discovered a key piece of information about how the human brain is put together and how such a complex piece of wiring assembles itself in utero. Read more

Personalized medicine: EU renews support

At a roundtable gathering in the European Parliament on 15 October, officials acknowledged that breakthroughs in technology, including genetic sequencing, presented significant medical opportunities. Read more

Agricultural Biotech

abc stresses overwhelming weight of evidence on safety of GM crops

Dr Julian Little, abc Chair said:“Biotech crops are among the most extensively tested foods in the history of food safety.  Read more

Let’s open our minds and mouths to GM food

Foods derived from genetically modified (GM) crops are not available for human consumption in large parts of the world,although there is little or no evidence of any risk. Read more

GM golden rice opponents branded 'wicked' by UK environment secretary
Owen Paterson accused of swallowing industry hype on GM crops over claim that vitamin-enriched rice could prevent blindness and death among children in poor countries. Read more

Industrial Biotech

Wood you believe it? Solvay launches bioplastic for packaging

Solvay has introduced a bioplastic manufactured using wood pulp from Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)’s forests’ for injection moulding.Ocalio cellulose acetat has a plasticizer level of 30%and can be used in food packaging such as hardness, heat resistance, surface glass and strenghth. Read more


EVENTS

  • 23-25 October: World Congress on Regenerative Medicine, Leipzig, Germany. More information 

  • 23-24 October: 1st Interntional mRNA Health Conference , Tubingen, Germany. More information

  • 24 October: BIO-TIC Italian Workshop, Naples, Italy. More information

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