Brussels, 12 February 2025

EuropaBio welcomes the European Commission Work Programme 2025 “Moving forward together: A Bolder, Simpler, Faster Union” published yesterday. Biotech innovation is an important milestone towards competitiveness delivering prosperity, resilience, and leadership for the EU.

We welcome wider initiatives announced that will contribute to strengthening the EU innovation ecosystem, including the Bioeconomy strategy, the Clean Industrial Deal, the Industrial Decarbonisation Act and the EU Start up and Scale Up Strategy. EuropaBio looks forward to supporting ambitious policy and legislative interventions for a competitive, innovative, and sustainable Europe. We look towards 2026 for an ambitious EU Biotech Act to unlock Faster Financing, deliver a Simpler EU, and be Stronger Together by fully unleashing the biotech revolution across sectors.

Dr. Claire Skentelbery, Director General of EuropaBio commented “The Work Programme demonstrates that the EU can mobilise its incredible depth of scientific innovation with an eye to impact. It gives us an excellent pathway to follow with our ecosystem partners for the delivery of biotechnology across sectors.”