January 2009

German BioRegions Council Joins BIO Deutschland

The German BioRegions Council, which currently represents some thirty BioRegions, aims to strengthen the sector both within Germany and abroad...

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Genetic Diagnostics Draft Law: Reading in the Bundestag

BIO Deutschland attended a reading of the Genetic Diagnostics Draft Law at a meeting of the Standing Committee on Health at the Bundestag...

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Revision of the Medication Law: Hearing at the German Federal Ministry of Health

BIO Deutschland demands greater inclusion of the interests of innovative small and medium-sized biotechnology enterprises in the revision of the Medication Law...

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Animal Welfare: Meeting of Experts at the German Federal Ministry of Research

The objective of the meeting held on 22 January 2009 at the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, which was attended by around twenty representatives of industry associations, and scientific institutions and councils, was to make a preliminary review of the statements that had been submitted...

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Biosecurity: Meeting of Experts at the German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs

At the invitation of the German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, more than thirty representatives from ministries, federal authorities and industry associations took part in a discussion to prepare for the bilateral US-German exchange of views on the prospects and risks regarding synthetic biology...

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Visit by the Chinese Delegation: Joint Working Group

At the time of the visit to Germany by the Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, Wen Jiabao, the Chinese-German Working Group on Biotechnology and Medical Technology met on 29 January...

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Eva Luise Köhler Receives Donation from the Biotech Industry

BIO Deutschland donated the entire proceeds from a benefit event - more than € 18,000 - to the German Alliance for Rare Diseases (ACHSE). Eva Luise Köhler, First Lady and the patron of ACHSE, received the cheque at the beginning of January in Bellevue Palace in Berlin, the residence of the President of Germany...

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