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At its Annual General Assembly held June 24th in
Brussels, EuropaBio, the European Association for
Bioindustries, elected Dr. Andrea Rappagliosi, Vice
President European Government Affairs & Head of Brussels
Office, GlaxoSmithKline, to Chair the Association over
the next two years.
EuropaBio Press release:
GM Crops – The elephant in the room? Sustainable agriculture
still low down on EU climate change agenda
GM crops
can and already do play an important role in reducing the
negative environmental impacts of agriculture and feeding a
growing population in a worsening climate, reveals a report
published today by EuropaBio. Furthermore, this contribution
will only increase as their cultivation becomes even more
widely adopted around the world. Nevertheless, this fact
continues to be ignored by many EU regulators, as is
evidenced by its repeated non-appearance on DG Environment’s
Green Week agenda.
EuropaBio Press release:
EU leaders commit to more action on Rare Diseases:
“Europe and its rare disease patients will benefit,” say
stakeholders
On June
9, Health Ministers from the 27 EU Member States unanimously
signed up to a series of political commitments on behalf of
Europe’s rare disease patients, by adopting a Council
Recommendation on a European Action in the Field of Rare
Diseases. This means that Member States have committed to
creating a rare disease action plan at national level and to
cooperating at a European level on this important and unmet
public health priority.
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EuropaBio to
participate in DG Environment's Green Week
The biggest
annual conference on European environment policy turned the
spotlight this year on the multi-faceted challenges of climate
change. Biotechnology provides solutions for climate change see
how:
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EuropaBio Press release:
Food and
fuel not food versus fuel is the way forward - EU policy makers
must change the debate
Speaking at
the fifth International Conference on Renewable Resources &
Biorefineries (1) in Ghent, Belgium, EuropaBio’s Secretary
General Willy De Greef addressed the potential for agriculture
to deliver food, feed and raw materials in an enabling policy
environment. Food security comes first but better agricultural
policies can easily deliver both food and fuel.
EuropaBio's first ever video podcast online
now -
Get the Facts: Delivering Food, Fuel and Raw Materials
EuropaBio's
Secretary General, Willy De Greef, speaks about agriculture's
potential to deliver food, fuel and raw materials.
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Agriculture
seen as 'key' to fighting climate change (the summary of the report is available
here)
Agriculture
and land management have not received enough attention from
scientists and politicians, while a number of innovations in
food production and land use could be implemented to fight
global warming, argues a new report published last week by the
Worldwatch Institute, a think-tank
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Food for thought
EuropaBio's
Nathalie Moll is featured in an editorial in “The Parliament”
magazine on page 56.
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EFSA presents
strategy to reduce animal testing
In
their 77 page “Scientific Opinion of the Scientific Committee“,
the EFSA formulates strategies to reduce the number of animal
studies needed for this purpose and summarises possible
approaches to achieve the Three Rīs, replacement, reduction and
refinement of animal testing in the area of food and feed
safety.
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EVENTS 2009
For a full list of events, click
here
July 2009
19-22 July;
The World Congress on Industrial
Biotechnology and Bioprocessing,
Montreal, Canada
September
2009
23-25 September;
EuroBio;
Lille, France
28 September,
Biosimilars
Workshop, London, UK
October 2009
6-8 October;
BIOTECHNICA 2009,
Hannover, Germany
20-22
October;
EuropaBio's EUROPEAN FORUM FOR
INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2009;
Lisbon, Portugal
23-25
October;
Biotech Expo See; Athens, Greece
November 2009
3-6
November,
International Days of Biology 2009,
Paris, France
24-27
November;
Biotech Expo, Milan, Italy
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