08/02/2024
The EU biotech and biomanufacturing initiative is a unique opportunity for the EU to take urgent and immediate actions to support the scale up of the EU biotech and biomanufacturing sector.
07/02/2024
EuropaBio, the leading voice for the biotechnology industry in Europe, has joined the PRIMED (Redesigning the Primary Sector for Maximizing Bioeconomy Development) PROJECT CONSURTIUM, launched on January 12th, 2024, and supported by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Program.
15/01/2024
14/12/2023
13/12/2023
The Biomanufacturing Policy Summit will host its 2nd edition in March 2024. The invite-only half-day summit hosted by EuropaBio brings together stakeholders including industry representatives and policymakers, to discuss Europe’s ambitions for biomanufacturing and the tangible legislative, regulatory and strategic pathways.
01/12/2023
01/12/2023
The Agri-Food Chain Coalition (AFCC) has published a recommendation for the EU Strategic Agenda 2024-2029 to include the strengthening of the European food autonomy and resilience as well as enhancing the competitiveness and sustainability of the entire EU-Agri food chain.
31/10/2023
27/10/2023
As the EU looks ahead to the European elections in 2024, with a new EU Commission mandate and Work
Programme, EuropaBio reviews European strategies and ambitions where biotechnology plays a key role.
Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the European Union address of 13 September announced an ‘EU Biotech
and Biomanufacturing Initiative’ under the heading of ‘An Economy that Works for People’1. Europe needs
to be ambitious for this, particularly when considering the ongoing changes in global perspective on
biotechnology which were highlighted in the 2022 Vilnius Statement.
16/10/2023
The Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union has established several priorities for the second half of 2023 to ensure Europe's global position and strategic autonomy, including promoting the transition towards a more sustainable agri-food production model and strengthening EU's health autonomy through European-based innovation.
05/10/2023
EuropaBio is launching a biomanufacturing library as part of its commitment to deliver the best insights and lead the way on biomanufacturing in Europe.
18/09/2023
14/09/2023
The European Commission’s proposal for plants produced by certain new genomic techniques (NGT legislation) is a sign of its commitment to timely and relevant policymaking to ensure food security and tackle environmental challenges such as climate change and biodiversity loss.
14/09/2023
The European Commission’s proposal for plants produced by certain new genomic techniques (NGT legislation) is a sign of its commitment to timely and relevant policymaking to ensure food security and tackle environmental challenges such as climate change and biodiversity loss.
13/09/2023
04/09/2023
Innovations in healthcare biotechnology come from a vast array of stakeholders working with each other over extensive periods of time. In this factsheet we embark on a journey through the intricate ecosystem of healthcare biotechnology and highlight the time, expertise, and resources it takes to get innovative biotechnologies from bench to patient.
11/08/2023
31/07/2023
EuropaBio and Members are proud to launch the 11th edition of European Biotech Week (#EBW2023), which will take place across Europe from 25 September to 1 October 2023.
28/07/2023
On 28 July 2023, EuropaBio published its position on the proposal for a Regulation on compulsory licensing for crisis management as part of its ongoing work to protect biotech innovation in Europe.
17/07/2023
“EuropaBio is pleased to see this first step in the modernisation of the GM framework and calls for an extension into micro-organisms”