Archive
July 2017
Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights holds telephone conference
In order to coordinate the drafting of a position paper on proceedings before the board of appeals of the European Patent Office (EPO), the BIO Deutschland Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights held a telephone conference in mid-July.
July 2017
Funding programmes, competitions and awards
Funding programmes, competitions and awards for BIO Deutschland members.
June 2017
BIO Deutschland serves as rapporteur at the BIO International Convention in San Diego
The BIO International Convention, the world’s biggest biotechnology trade show, was held from 19 to 22 June in San Diego. This year's event drew some 16,000 biotech leaders from 73 countries and broke a new record with more than 41,000 partnering meetings (compared to 35,600 meetings in 2016).
June 2017
International Council of Biotech Associations (ICBA) meets in San Diego
The International Council of Biotech Associations (ICBA) convened on the margins of the BIO International Convention in San Diego.
June 2017
EUCOPE Legal Working Group meeting features lecture on in-vitro diagnostics regulation
The EUCOPE Legal Working Group met in Berlin in late June to discuss and evaluate the latest legal developments in Europe.
June 2017
Funding programmes, competitions and awards
Funding programmes, competitions and awards for BIO Deutschland members.
May 2017
Bundestag member Anton Hofreiter meets with the SME Alliance
BIO Deutschland and other SME Alliance representatives came together for a discussion with Anton Hofreiter, chairman of the Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group.
May 2017
Presentation of the German Global Health Award
On 17 May, the German Global Health Award was presented in Berlin as part of the event “Global Health – The International and German Agenda”. The award, which is co-organised by BIO Deutschland, honours exciting innovation and outstanding commitment in the field of German healthcare services abroad.
May 2017
BIO Deutschland organises digitisation and big data forum at LABVOLUTION
The LABVOLUTION fair was held from the 16 to 18 May in Hanover.
May 2017
International standards experts convene in Seoul
From 7 to 13 May, the working groups and the plenary of the ISO Technical Committee 276 Biotechnology (ISO/TC) met in Seoul, South Korea. Participants discussed the latest standards proposals in the Working Groups “Terminology” (WG 1), “Biobanks and bioresources” (WG 2), “Analytical methods” (WG 3), “Bioprocessing” (WG 4) and “Data processing and integration” (WG 5).
May 2017
Second board meeting of 2017 held in Berlin
On 16 May, after the parliamentary breakfast, BIO Deutschland’s board convened in Berlin for the second time of the year.
May 2017
Funding programmes, competitions and awards
Funding programmes, competitions and awards for BIO Deutschland members.
April 2017
BIO Deutschland presents the latest figures for the German biotech sector
BIO Deutschland collects annual data on small and medium-sized businesses that, according to OECD criteria, operate in the biotechnology sector.
April 2017
German Health Minister Hermann Gröhe speaks at the German Biotechnology Days
The eighth edition of the German Biotechnology Days was held on 5 and 6 April in Hanover. The leading networking platform for the German biotech industry also drew over 800 participants this year.
April 2017
Funding programmes, competitions and awards
Funding announcements of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)