July 2016
Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel hosts SME Alliance
On 5 July, the SME Alliance, of which BIO Deutschland is a member, visited Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy Sigmar Gabriel and discussed with him the opportunities and challenges of digitization in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
BIO Deutschland organises press breakfast on the topic of liquid biopsy
On 26 July, BIO Deutschland invited members of the press to the association’s headquarters in Berlin to present the benefits, possibilities and limits of liquid biopsy.
Joint announcement: Wrong signals on medicinal product supply and Germany as a R&D and business location
The Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) has submitted a draft bill aimed at implementing the results of the Pharma Dialogue. But in the view of pharma and biotech associations, the draft bill includes market interventions that were never a topic of discussion during the Pharma Dialogue, such as an extension of the price moratorium and options for excluding approved medicinal products from reimbursement.
Annual meeting of the Health – Made in Germany export initiative held in Berlin
Members of the Health – Made in Germany export initiative met on 12 July at the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) in Berlin for their annual meeting. For more than five years, the export initiative has been actively helping associations and companies to boost their export activities.
Funding announcements of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Guidelines for the funding of cooperation between Europe and India in the fields of biomass and bioenergy as part of the European-Indian networking initiative INNO INDIGO – published in the Federal Gazette 8 July 2016