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HEADLINES |
EuropaBio Video - Sebastian Olényi -
Chairman of the Young European Biotech
Network
EuropaBio talks to Sebastian Olenyi
about why young people are getting
involved in biotechnology and the
benefits of this technology for future
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Position
Paper - 16/07/2010 -
EuropaBio Statement on The Commission’s
Proposals to Nationalise the Approval of GM
crops for EU Cultivation
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Position
Paper - 13/07/2010 -
EuropaBio comments on the
proposals to nationalise the approval of GM
crops for EU cultivation
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GREEN BIOTECH |
EuropaBio Online
Campaign - Support Free Choice @
www.choiceforeurope.com
Europeans deserve more and
better information about GM food and crops so that they can make
informed choices about what they plant, buy and eat. We are
currently denied the right to choose. Let your voice be heard. |
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EU GMO proposals draw widespread criticism
EU member states will be able to
ban GMO cultivation on their territory under new proposals tabled
yesterday (13 July), but will need the EU institutions' approval to
act if their decision is not based on scientific evidence. The
European Commission adopted a "package" of proposals overhauling the
EU policy on GM crop cultivation, hoping to draw a line under years
of controversy regarding GMO approvals.
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| RED BIOTECH |
EU Anti-Counterfeiting Legislation On Its
Way
With the
increasing financial and technical means of
counterfeiters, the number of counterfeit
pharmaceuticals in the supply chain is
growing at an alarming rate. Counterfeiters
now have the ability to produce higher
quality packages, which enables fake
medicines to slip into supply chains more
easily. To combat this threat, the European
Parliament and the Council of the EU are
amending the current anti-counterfeiting
directive (Directive 2001/83/EC), which is
due to be completed before the end of 2010,
to include a requirement for features that
enable the identification, authentication
and traceability of prescription medicines.
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EFPIA uploads coding project
video
The European Federation of
Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)
has uploaded a video explaining the main
features of its medicine serialisation
project in Sweden and reiterating calls for
a unified coding scheme applicable across
Europe.
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EuropaBio Event -
European Forum for Industrial
Biotechnology
After the
success of previous two years,
EFIB
2010, the leading European industrial
biotechnology event, will take
place on
19 - 21
October at the
Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa Edinburgh, UK. |
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Government Investment in
R&D May Boost German Biopharma
Innovation
A proposal from
the German ministry of research to fund
interdisciplinary health care and
disease research centres could be a boon
for the European biopharmaceutical
industry, according to the German
pharmaceutical industry association VFA.
The German government's Hightech-Strategy
2020 document, published July 14 in
Berlin, includes proposals designed to
adapt German industry to the changing
global environment, foster ties between
industry and academia, and give a boost
to competitiveness and innovation in the
pharmaceutical sector.
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Progress on a Single EU
Patent Expected by Year End
The decade-long
struggle to have one "EU" patent, valid
in all EU countries after a single
filing in one language, has moved a
small step forward. The European
Commission is proposing that only one of
three official languages should be used
in EU patent filings, instead of
inventors paying for patents to be
translated into each language spoken in
all the EU countries. Such a system
would benefit inventors, including
biotech and pharmaceutical companies who
face language and bureaucratic obstacles
to gaining patent protection in the EU.
The proposals, if implemented, would
markedly reduce the cost and complexity
of filing EU patents.
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