NATIONAL ASSSOCIATIONS COUNCIL

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About the Council

 

EuropaBio's National Associations Council (NAC) is Europe's largest network of national and regional biotechnology associations. It brings together 25 members from across the continent. It represents all biotech sectors and their colours, company sizes, and stages of development.

The group's mission is to support, promote and scale biotech innovation across Europe.

How? It does this by running public campaigns to explain biotech's daily role in people's lives (including through the European Biotech Week). It engages with national and EU policymakers to keep biotech high on the political agenda. It draws on the experiences of innovators to draft practical policy proposals. And it advocates for a globally competitive sector that can contribute to a more sustainable, healthier, and prosperous Europe.

At the global level, EuropaBio and NAC members take part in the International Council of Biotechnology Associations (ICBA), ensuring coordination beyond Europe.

NAC in Action

 

  • Dansk Biotek
  • Prague.bio
  • Biocatalyst
  • Genopole
  • SwedenBIO
  • The Union of Biotechnological Companies BioForum
  • Biovia
  • Health & Life Sciences cluster Bulgaria
  • LithuaniaBIO
  • Bioeconomy for Change
  • ASSOBIOTEC
  • Finnish BioIndustries
  • BioPharmaChem Ireland

Priorities

 

The next few years are going to be decisive for the European sector. In 2025, the group will focus on key legislative and non-legislative priorities to drive and scale biotech innovation across Europe.

These include supporting the development of an ambitious, cross-sectoral Biotech Act. Building on the EU's Startup and Scaleup Strategy expected earlier in the year.

To help deliver these strategies, the group will put forward policy recommendations on investment and financing. It will advocate for a Multiannual Financial Framework that reflects the sector's potential and enhances its global competitiveness. As well as improved access to private funding through European capital markets.

The group will also work to expand Europe's Bioeconomy by bridging national strategies and connecting ecosystems across Eastern and Western Europe.

To attract investment, it will continue to prioritize intellectual property protection and biopatents. Including for plant innovations developed through new genomic techniques.

The group will also push for stronger support for quality jobs, skills, and education, ensuring that Europe's industry has the talent, expertise, and capacity it needs to grow.

In healthcare, it will continue its work on access to critical medicines and contribute to the revision of the General Pharmaceutical Legislation. Aligning it with the EU Life Sciences Strategy to make sure the industry is able to deliver breakthrough therapies to patients across Europe.

Priorities

  • Revision of the general pharmaceutical legislation,
  • New genomic techniques for plants and biopatents,
  • Comprehensive policy action for microorganisms (beyond NGT for plants),
  • EU Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative,
  • Financing, investment and public-private partnerships,
  • National policy alignment for biotechnology.
  • Dansk Biotek
  • Prague.bio
  • Biocatalyst
  • Genopole
  • SwedenBIO
  • The Union of Biotechnological Companies BioForum
  • Biovia
  • Health & Life Sciences cluster Bulgaria
  • LithuaniaBIO
  • Bioeconomy for Change
  • ASSOBIOTEC
  • Finnish BioIndustries
  • BioPharmaChem Ireland