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HEADLINES
ENTENTE-Life Sciences Investment Forum, 09 October 2014, Brussels
The FP7 Health project ENTENTE and EuropaBio event will gather 28 European early stage innovative companies active in the health sector and seeking investment opportunities and international exposure. The selected companies will have the opportunity to pitch their innovation, developments and needs to an international jury of about 40 business angels, venture capitalists, corporate investors and other industry experts. The deadline for applications is 29 August. Read more
Biotech industry disappointed with ministers' agreement to renationalise decisions on GM crops cultivation
The agreement reached yesterday by EU Environment ministers on the so-called "nationalisation proposal" concerning GM crops cultivation clearly shows the lack of willingness of the EU institutions and Member States to correctly implement the current regulatory framework for GMO approvals they had decided upon themselves.
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Nine new members join EuropaBio - the European Biotechnology Trade Association
EuropaBio is delighted to announce that seven new corporate members have joined the association, as approved by the General Assembly that took place in Brussels yesterday: PsiOxus Therapeutics, winner of the 2013 Most Innovative EU Biotech SME Award; Erydel Spa, E Therapeutics, Gensight Biologics, Leitat Technology Centre, Nanobiotix, Orphan Europe. Furthermore, EuropaBio also warmly welcomes the two new associate members: Nestlé and Dr. Regenhold. Read more
Apply now for the 5th Annual EuropaBio Most Innovative EU Biotech SME Award!
EuropaBio is calling on the best biotech SMEs in Europe to apply for the Most Innovative EU Biotech SME award until the 01st of July. Now in its 5th year, the award rewards European SMEs who have developed novel ways of meeting societal, technical and environmental issues through the application of biotechnology.
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Healthcare Biotech
Biotech innovations that are changing the world
Technological innovations have come together with the power of biology, bringing very cool inventions that help reduce global hunger, environmental damage, increase economic growth and global health and so much more: from glowing plants, dengue-resistant mosquitos to 3D prosthetics or bone tissue growth.
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GaBI publishes ASBM White Paper on European Prescriber Survey
The paper is based on data collected by ASBM for its 2013 survey of 470 prescribing physicians with clinical experience using biologics and biosimilars. Respondents included specialists from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Read more
SAHMRI and University of Adelaide's Centre for Personalised Cancer Medicine discovery of a new way to kill leukaemia cells
The recent breakthrough discovery could help bring new hope to patients by dramatically reducing the need for intensive, ongoing drug treatment and subsequent side-effects for patients. Read more |
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Agricultural Biotech
Are GM foods the answer to world hunger or a danger to our health?
Provided all regulatory requirements are met, GM technology can have many positive implications for agriculture and food production as well as benefits for the environment and sustainability, says Irish Farmers' Association president Eddie Downey. Read more
Improving the world oldest crop through IP
Intellectual property will be increasingly important in the future as innovators are trying to develop challenging new varieties of maize resistant to intense drought and to invasive pests, in the face of current massive climate changes. Read more
Bangladeshi farmers caught in row over $600,000 GM aubergine trial
Caught in the power struggle between the government and activists trying to prevent GM technology settling in the region of Bangladesh, farmers growing GM Bt brinjal, or aubergine, are now backed by USAid finance. Read more |
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Industrial Biotech
Engineered bacteria produce biofuels
A new bacteria combination converts glycerol to ethanol, hydrogen, and CO2, giving a dual benefit of cleaning wastewater and in the same time, producing additional fuels, according to a research team at Michigan State University. Read more
Avantium to pursue commercial-scale PEF plant
Currently made at a pilot plant in Geleen, the Netherlands, PEF is a 100% bio-based plastic with superior performance compared to today's packaging materials and represents a tremendous market opportunity, said Avantium CEO Tom van Aken. Read more |
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SMEs
Arecor employs excipients for biologics stability
Once biologics took lead role in the pharmaceutical development pipeline, Thomas Reese Saylor, president and CEO of Arecor, came to the conclusion that developers needed new approaches to drug formulation. If there is no stable formulation, there's no product, he said. Read more
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EVENTS
- 23-26 June: BIO International Convention, San Diego, USA. More information
- 09-10 July: 3rd European Biorefinery Traning School , Budapest, Hungary. More information
- 13-17 July, 16th European Congress on Biotechnology, Edinburgh, Scotland. More information
- 20 September: EPDA European Unity Walk 2014, Luxembourg. More information
- 24-26 September, BIOSPAIN - 7th International Meeting on Biotechnology, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. More information
- 30 September-2 October, EFIB - European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology & The Biobased Economy, Reims, France. More information
- 15-17 October, BioJapan 2014, Yokohama, Japan. More information
- 18-20 November, Food Matters Live, London, UK. More information
- 02-03 December, BioFIT 2014, Lille, France. More information
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