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Save the date: the European Biotech Week is coming up!
The European Biotech Week, the biggest celebration of biotechnology in Europe, is the golden opportunity to show off your discoveries and initiatives to the public at large. You, as individuals, entrepreneurs or associations, can help us make this not-to-be-missed week unique again. So come share your knowledge with us and let's raise awareness together!
EU Farmers and SMEs benefit from plant-related intellectual property rights
The EU must safeguard intellectual property protection (IP), including plant variety protection rights (PVPs) and patents, to help catalyse sustainable and innovative development in the EU. A new factsheet developed by EuropaBio shows how IP helps drive innovation, benefitting society, including farmers and SMEs, whilst reducing waste, energy consumption and pollution in agriculture. Read more
The perspectives of IB in the bioeconomy
Interviewed about the potential of the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) initiated two years ago, Dirk Carrez, Executive Director of the BIC, looks back on what has been achieved to date as well as announcing upcoming opportunities for a viable biobased economy. By contrast, he also warns about the challenges and the threats that the biotech industry will have to overcome in order to attract necessary future investments. Read more
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Agricultural biotech
Its Déjà Vu All Over Again, according to Chairman of the U.S. Soybean Export Council, Laura Foell. Delays in EU biotech approvals are affecting planting decisions and causing uncertainty in the trade, which could ultimately disrupt the market and harm EU livestock and poultry farmers. Read more |
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Healthcare biotech
Following ten years of collaboration and support to SMEs, the European Medicines Agency emphasised through a report their major role in pharmaceutical developments. Figures indeed show that SME initiatives form the very core of today's innovations in the healthcare industry. Read more
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Industrial biotech
According to a recent EY survey, "[l]ast year, renewable energy investments in the developing world overtook those in the developed world for the first time". This is sad news, knowing how vital funding is for the commercial viability of clean energy projects. Read more
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