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Weren't able to make it
to EuropaBio's Open Day? Catch up on all the news,
video coverage and photos at the
Open Day website.
Commissioner Mandelson
speaks out on trade and biotechnology
At EuropaBio's Open Day EU Trade Commissioner Peter
Mandelson strongly defended an open European approach to
biotechnology and GM food; one that prioritises strict
science-based health and safety testing but which
recognises that safe biotechnology has a crucial role to
play in agriculture and agricultural trade both in
Europe and the developing world.
For more information, click
here or watch the video
here.
EuropaBio elects new chairman
At its Annual General Assembly in Brussels, EuropaBio
members elected Steen Riisgaard, President and CEO, Novozymes
A/S to chair the association for the next two years, he
succeeds Hans Kast, President and CEO, BASF Plant Science
Holding AG.
For more information, click
here.
Launch of YIC Status website
EuropaBio has launched a website for the project "Realisation
of Young Innovative Company Status, YIC, for biotech
companies". EuropaBio is a partner in this 6th EU
Framework Programme initiative.
For more information, click
here.
Adventitious Presence of 0.9% in organic foods approved by EU
Council of Ministers
The organic labelling regulation approved by the Council of
Ministers did not take on board the European Parliament’s
position of lowering the adventitious presence threshold for the labelling of GM
traces in
ingredients to 0.1% in organic foods and maintains the standard
0.9% threshold used for the labelling of conventional foods.
For more information, click
here
A threat to EU
biofuels?
More than 30 groups from around the world have come together
to demand a moratorium on the EU's move towards sourcing
biofuels from large-scale monocultures. Presenting their
case at the European Parliament on 26 and 27 June, the
signatories warn that producing biofuels for EU markets will
accelerate climate change, destroy biodiversity, and uproot
local communities.
For more information, click
here
Risk Sharing
Finance Facility
To tackle the market failure and improve access to loans for
R&D projects, the Community has proposed the Risk-Sharing
Finance Facility. Its consists of a contribution from the
European 7th Research Framework Programme to the European
Investment Bank. More precisely, the RSFF aims to improve
access to the EIB debt finance for participants of large
scale European R&D projects.
For more information, click
here.
Vandemecum
Report published
The Vademecum report provides a concise overview of the basic EU
rules regarding State Aid. It does not aim to provide an
exhaustive description of these rules. Instead, it focuses on
the issues that are most relevant for people involved in
Structural Fund programmes.
For more information, click
here.
EMEA workshop on
first-in-man clinical trials draft guideline
Attended by some 150 people, the workshop
complements the extensive written comments already
received from 57 organisations representing
pharmaceutical industry, contract research
organisations, clinical research organisations,
ethical committees, academia, healthcare
professionals, animal welfare organisations and
patients’ organisations.
For more information, click
here.
Advanced Therapies Regulation
is a 'Medical Breakthrough'
The EU's Advanced Therapies Regulation, harmonising the way in
which biotech treatments are assessed and approved, will be good
for both patients and business, says EuropaBio's Stefanie
Pingitzer in her article 'Medical Breakthrough', a cover story
in Parliament Magazine.
For more information, click
here.
ECJ rules against Austria's GM Ban
On 18/05, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) Advocate General
(AG) issued a preliminary ruling stating that Upper Austria’s
blanket ban on the cultivation of genetically-modified crops is
not justified and therefore illegal. For more information on the
ECJ AG, click
here (case number 439/05).
‘Plants for the Future’ invites
Europe to reap fruits of knowledge-based bio-economy
The EU-backed ‘Plants for the Future’ Technology Platform
officially released its full and final Strategic Research Agenda
(SRA) at a lunch hosted by MEPs Giles Chichester and John Purvis
in the European Parliament in Brussels. The document backed by
scientists, farmers and industry and other public and private
stakeholders signposts a route for Europe to use plant sciences
and biotechnology to enhance EU competitiveness and welfare.
For more information, click
here.
Launch of ERA-Net
website
The website of the ERA-NET Industrial Biotechnology is now
operational. In ERA-NET, "Towards an ERA in Industrial
Biotechnology", partners from 12 different countries join forces
to reduce fragmentation of national research efforts in the area
of Industrial Biotechnology.
For more information, click
here.
Ethanol-based plastics from Brazil
Brazilian chemical company Braskem SA said Thursday it has
produced the world's first polyethylene plastic made entirely of
renewable raw materials in a bid to develop "green" plastic for
commercial markets. Chief Executive Jose Carlos Grubisich said
the plastic is the same as existing petroleum-based products and
could potentially be used in a wide range of household goods.
For more information, click
here
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July 2007 |
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July: Financing innovative BIO projects through EC FP7 and
other sources, Bucharest
This workshop is organised by
Match2BioSME a
Specific Support Action of the European Commission with the
objective of overcoming barriers to transnational
collaborations between academic research, corporate groups
and SMEs and improving the understanding of financing
sources available on the market.
For more information and to register, contact
jcdetauzia@assystemuk.com.
10-11
July: Harnessing the Potential of Agricultural Biotechnology
for Europe, Amsterdam
The Conference will provide you with key information in
order to break into this new and potentially lucrative
market. Join us in Amsterdam 10-11 July and be amongst the
first to hear critical new information that will pave the
way for success in Europe.
For more information, please click
here
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September 2007 |
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16-19
September 2007: Symbiosis, 13th European Congress on
Biotechnology, Barcelona
This is
Europe’s longest running multi-disciplinary biotechnology
event and is organized by the European Federation of
Biotechnology. With a programme of cutting edge science and
the relationship between Science, Industry & Society, and
partnering services designed to maximize your meeting and
networking opportunities at Europe’s most international
gathering of biotechnologists and biotech industry leaders.
For more information,
please click
here
19-21 September 2007: BioJapan
For more information,
please click
here
26-27 September 2007: EuroBIO, Lille
For more information,
please click
here
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October 2007 |
9-11
October 2007: Biotechnica, 15th International Trade Fair,
Hanover
The event will provides an opportunity to make personal
business contacts and offers visitors an overview of the
life sciences and biotechnology. For more information,
please
click
here.
17-18 October: Renewable
Raw Materials for Industry: Contribution to Sustainable
Chemistry, Brussels
The symposium will explore the ways in which materials
agricultural crops are increasingly driving the development
of industrial biotechnology, bio-based products and
sustainable chemistry.
For more information, click
here
24-26
October: EU-Malaysia Biotechnology Business Partnership (EUM-BIO)
2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The event aims to establish business and technology
co-operation by arranging contacts between biotech companies
as well as research institutions (including universities)
from the European Union The participation package is
substantially subsidised with an earlybird charge of Euro
100. Additionally, a selected 50 registered European
organisation are entitled for 50% air-ticket subsidy or EUR
500 travelling incentive (whichever is lower) for
participating at the EUM-BIO Business Partnering Event.
For more information,
please
click
here
or contact EuropaBio.
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November 2007 |
12-14
November: BIO-Europe 2007 Hamburg, Germany
For more information, click
here
20-21 November: 2007 Coexistence between Genetically
Modified and non-GM based Agricultural Supply Chains
(GMCC-07).
For more information, click
here
22-23 November: The 4th International Business Convention
on Agro Resources
For more information, click
here
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