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      <title>The Sixth Biotech CFO Summit Calls on Policymakers to Improve Investment Conditions in Germany</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Angela Merkel has announced an investment grant to finance young innovative companies. OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría has called for growth in Germany to be strengthened by tax credits for research and development (R&D). And Christian Linder, who was the FDP’s spokesperson on technology policy until recently, and his counterpart from the CDU, Heinz Riesenhuber, have set up a new initiative for tax incentives for R&D.]]></description>
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      <title>Experts from BIO Deutschland’s Working Group on Diagnostics Meet in Berlin</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The experts from BIO Deutschland’s Working Group on Diagnostics met in Berlin in March to discuss the topic of companion diagnostics. In an introductory lecture on the subject, Christiane Chène (Dr. Regenold GmbH) presented the regulations on companion diagnostics in the USA and compared them with the situation in Europe.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Position Paper on the Motion to Amend the Biotech Patent Directive Finalised</title>
      <description><![CDATA[As reported in the February newsletter, BIO Deutschland’s Working Group on Licences and Technical Contracts has produced a position paper on the Bundestag’s interparty motion to amend the EU directive on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>BIO Deutschland calls for the Directive by the Genetic Diagnostic Commission to Take Practice Requirements into Account</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In March 2012, BIO Deutschland submitted a position paper calling for pragmatic regulations on parental testing. In its statement on the draft regulation by the Genetic Diagnostic Commission (GEKO), the association emphasised that no further barriers should be established for small and medium-sized biotech enterprises active in the field of parental testing.   ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/bio-deutschland-calls-for-the-directive-by-the-genetic-diagnostic-commission-to-take-practice-requirements-into-account.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Constitutive Meeting of BIO Deutschland’s New Working Group on the Industrial Bioeconomy</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The experts from BIO Deutschland’s new Working Group on the Industrial Bioeconomy held their constitutive meeting in Berlin at the beginning of March. The participants discussed the current state of affairs in the bioeconomy sector, as well as possible priority topics and tasks to be tackled by the working group. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/constitutive-meeting-of-bio-deutschlands-new-working-group-on-the-industrial-bioeconomy.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Experts from the Working Group on Licences and Technical Contracts Discuss Biotech Patent Law</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Working Group on Licences and Technical Contracts held a teleconference at the beginning of February to discuss the Bundestag’s interparty motion on biotech patent law. The aim of the joint motion by all parties represented in the Bundestag (apart from the Left Party) is to amend the EU’s directive on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions and German patent law and to prevent the patenting of conventionally bred livestock and plants.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/experts-from-the-working-group-on-licences-and-technical-contracts-discuss-biotech-patent-law.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:11:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>BIO Deutschland Suggests Amending the EU’s Community Framework in the Interests of Innovative SMEs</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The European Union’s set of regulations in the Community Framework for State Aid for Research and Development and Innovation (2006/C 323/1), which aims to prevent the threat of distortion of competition caused by cross-subsidisation, is to be evaluated and possibly extended beyond its current applicability until 31 December 2013.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/bio-deutschland-suggests-amending-the-eus-community-framework-in-the-interests-of-innovative-smes.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:11:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>World Cancer Day Press Event Held in Berlin in Early February</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In the run-up to World Cancer Day at the beginning of last month, a press event called “German Science Day – Fight Cancer!” was held in Berlin on 2 February. The one-day conference was open to journalists from both the specialist and non-specialist media. Presentations by a large number of German biotech companies provided insight into new therapeutic approaches and showed the current level of development of promising innovative drug candidates. The event focused on expected clinical results in 2012. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/world-cancer-day-press-event-held-in-berlin-in-early-february.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:09:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>BIO Deutschland Welcomes Suggestions on Mobilising Venture Capital for Innovations</title>
      <description><![CDATA[As the sector association of the biotechnology industry, BIO Deutschland welcomes the new report by the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation. Commenting on the report in Berlin, the association noted that it reinforces the Federal Government’s recent decision to mobilise venture capital for innovative young companies and provides concrete suggestions on how to do so. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/bio-deutschland-welcomes-suggestions-on-mobilising-venture-capital-for-innovations.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:08:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Bioeconomy: BIO Deutschland attends consultations on strategy for EXPO 2015 in Milan</title>
      <description><![CDATA[At the beginning of March 2011, Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel confirmed Germany’s participation in EXPO 2015 in Milan on behalf of the Federal Government. The topic of EXPO 2015 is Feeding the Planet – Energy for Life. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/bioeconomy-bio-deutschland-attends-consultations-on-strategy-for-expo-2015-in-milan.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:01:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>BIO Deutschland and the Federal Ministry of Justice Meet to Discuss Patent Law</title>
      <description><![CDATA[On 19 January 2012, the chairpersons of BIO Deutschland’s Working Group on Licences and Technical Contracts, Dr Martin Pöhlchen and Dr Rainer Wessel, met the head of the Patent Law Division at the Federal Ministry of Justice to discuss current developments in the field of intellectual property rights. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/bio-deutschland-and-the-federal-ministry-of-justice-meet-to-discuss-patent-law.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:58:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Annual Meeting of the Health Made in Germany Export Initiative at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Health Made in Germany, an export initiative started by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology and coordinated by Germany Trade and Invest, held its first major meeting with trade associations a year ago. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/annual-meeting-of-the-health-made-in-germany-export-initiative-at-the-federal-ministry-of-economics-and-technology.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:58:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Statement by BIO Deutschland on the amendment of the Medical Products Act</title>
      <description><![CDATA[BIO Deutschland calls for the interests of innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to be taken into account to a greater extent in the amendment of the Medical Products Act.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/statement-by-bio-deutschland-on-the-amendment-of-the-medical-products-act.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:56:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>BIO Deutschland and |transkript present the findings of their annual survey in Berlin</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite a more positive assessment of their current situation, German biotech companies are starting 2012 less optimistically. By using product and service models, the sector is making itself ever less dependent on venture capital.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/bio-deutschland-and-transkript-present-the-findings-of-their-annual-survey-in-berlin.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>BIO Deutschland Welcomes the Use of Genetic Engineering</title>
      <description><![CDATA[BIO Deutschland called for “an end to the demonization of genetic engineering” ahead of a press conference scheduled by NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union of Germany) for 7 December 2011. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/bio-deutschland-welcomes-the-use-of-genetic-engineering.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:54:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Third Meeting of the Working Group on Communication and Public Relations</title>
      <description><![CDATA[BIO Deutschland’s Working Group on Communication and Public Relations met in Munich for the third time since its establishment in November 2010. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/third-meeting-of-the-working-group-on-communication-and-public-relations.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Working Group on Regulatory Matters Debates New Topics and Projects</title>
      <description><![CDATA[On 15 December 2011, the experts from the Working Group on Regulatory Matters held a conference call to discuss the findings of the survey of the BIO Deutschland members. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/working-group-on-regulatory-matters-debates-new-topics-and-projects.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:52:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Basel III: BIO Deutschland Is Lobbying for Easier Credit for Innovative SMEs</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The increase of capital reserves to be held by banks and savings banks planned under Basel III will place a disproportional burden on loans to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/basel-iii-bio-deutschland-is-lobbying-for-easier-credit-for-innovative-smes.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:52:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>International News: India and Contract Research the Focus of the Health – Made in Germany</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Health – Made in Germany, a health sector export initiative started by the Federal Economics Ministry is intended to support German companies via a wide range of measures so that they can enter foreign markets. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/international-news-india-and-contract-research-the-focus-of-the-health-made-in-germany.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>News from the BioRegions: Innovation Prize</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Council of German BioRegions has announced its next Innovation Prize of the Bioregions in Germany. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:34:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Working Group on Licences and Technical Contracts Discusses Biopatents and Other Topics</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Many changes are currently taking place in the field of licences. Experts from BIO Deutschland’s Working Group on Licences and Technical Contracts therefore held a teleconference in mid-November to discuss current topics. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/working-group-on-licences-and-technical-contracts-discusses-biopatents-and-other-topics.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:33:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Biotechnology CEO &amp; CFO Meeting Discusses the Topics Facing the Sector in the Future</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Cooperation agreements and alliances will safeguard the supply of biotech innovations and further the advance of the biotechnology industry, particularly in the fields of health and raw materials, in the future. This is one of the conclusions of the thirteenth CEO & CFO Meeting of the biotechnology sector, the most important gathering of its kind in Germany. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/biotechnology-ceo-cfo-meeting-discusses-the-topics-facing-the-sector-in-the-future.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:32:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>General Assembly elects new BIO Deutschland Board</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The sector association of the biotechnology industry, BIO Deutschland, elected a new board for 2012 and 2013 at its eighth ordinary general assembly, which took place ahead of the leading biotech trade fair, Biotechnica, in Hanover. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/general-assembly-elects-new-bio-deutschland-board.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Biotechnica 2011: Press Conference and Group Stand</title>
      <description><![CDATA[“Sustainability, entrepreneurship and progress – what does biotechnology deliver?” The Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), along with BIO Deutschland, other  DBU project partners (ChemBioTec, Chiracon GmbH, Enzymicals AG and SeSaM-Biotech GmbH), as well as this year’s winner of the Biotechnica-Award, the Swiss technology transfer organisation, Unitectra, had the answers to this question at Biotechnica 2011. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/biotechnica-2011-press-conference-and-group-stand.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:45:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Social Media Webinar Organised by the Working Group on Communication and Public Relations</title>
      <description><![CDATA[On 20 October, BIO Deutschland’s Working Group on Communication and Public Relations held its third webinar in the Sharing Knowledge series. The latest webinar dealt with the topic of social media, including Twitter, Facebook and Xing. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/social-media-webinar-organised-by-the-working-group-on-communication-and-public-relations.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
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