27/02/2024

Biotech recognised in regulation for Europe’s future: EuropaBio welcomes European Parliament’s vote on Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform Regulation

The European Parliament’s vote on Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) represents an important first move to ensure European industry remains competitive and innovative. EuropaBio welcomes the inclusion of biotech according to the OECD definition as a strategic technology for Europe.
08/02/2024

EuropaBio welcomes and warns on New Genomic Techniques European Parliament vote

The New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) legislation vote in the European Parliament is a welcome modernisation of Europe’s biotechnology innovation, food security and climate change response. However, EuropaBio red flags the dangerous fragmentation and weakening of industrial policy with the ban on patenting of NGT plants.
07/02/2024

EuropaBio joins the PRIMED PROJECT CONSORTIUM

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.
01/12/2023

Agri-Food Chain Coalition launches EU Strategic Agenda 2024-2029

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.
16/10/2023

A global Europe – the role of transformative legislation for biotech. EuropaBio Nacional Associations Spanish Council Presidency Summit

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.