February 2008
Meeting of the Working Group on Human Resources [formerly the Working Group on Education and the Labour Market (HR)
On 19 February, the Working Group on Education and the Labour Market (HR) met in Munich and changed its name to the Working Group on Human Resources during the course of the meeting...
Meeting of the Working Group on Innovations, Entrepreneurship and Employment Held at the Beginning of February in Berlin
The fourth meeting of BIO Deutschland’s Working Group on Innovations, Entrepreneurship and Employment was held in Berlin at the beginning of February...
Men’s Rights in the New Genetic Diagnostics Law
At the end of February, the Lower House of the German Parliament (Bundestag) approved an amendment to Paragraph 1598 (a) of the Civil Law Code, by which the clarification of parentage using DNA analysis will be legalised and regulated...
Statement by the Working Group on Industrial Property Rights and Technical Contracts on European Patent Jurisdiction
Eleven members of BIO Deutschland’s Working Group on Industrial Property Rights and Technical Contracts took part in a telephone conference at the end of February to discuss the subject of European patent jurisdiction for nullity and infringement actions...
BIO Deutschland Demands Better Conditions for R&D Investments
BIO Deutschland fully supports the recommendations made by the German Federal Government’s Expert Commission on Research and Innovation, which were published at the end of February...
Meeting of the Working Group on Finance and Taxation in Heidelberg in Mid-February
In the middle of February, the Working Group on Finance and Taxation met at Heidelberg Technology Park. Topics on the agenda included: ...
Stem Cells: BIO Deutschland Advocates Moving the Cut-Off Date
In the context of a debate on stem cells held at the Lower House of the German Parliament (Bundestag) in the middle of February, BIO Deutschland issued a statement in which it advocated moving the cut-off date for the import of embryonic stem cells from 1 January 2002 to 1 May 2007...
Results of the Member Survey Are Now Available: Economic Conditions and the Capital Market Are Still Important Issues. General Satisfaction with the Association’s Work to Date.
The results of the member survey of December 2007 are now available. Responses were provided by some 30 per cent (n = 55) of the total number of members surveyed and were evaluated. The following are the most important results: ...