Archive
August 2009
Ethics Workshop Held by the Working Group on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Jobs
Bio Deutschland’s Working Group on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Jobs held a workshop on 19 August. At the invitation of Bernward Garthoff (Bayer AG, BIO-NRW), the conference took place in the offices of Bayer AG in Leverkusen...
August 2009
Results from the German Remuneration Survey
Following evaluation of this year’s German Remuneration Survey (GRS), a survey of remuneration in German biotechnology companies, the results are now available...
August 2009
International News: BIO Deutschland to Contribute to the Statement for the Copenhagen Protocol
The eyes of the world will be on Copenhagen in December. A UN Climate Conference will decide on a replacement for the so-called Kyoto Protocol in the Danish capital...
July 2009
Bio Deutschland Publishes a Position Paper with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
In mid-July, BIO Deutschland e.V. and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation published a position paper, "Biotechnology in Germany", in which the two organisations argued in favour of strengthening small and medium-sized enterprises...
July 2009
Participation at the EUREKA Meeting in Dresden
On the occasion of Germany’s taking over of the 2009-2010 chairmanship of the European research initiative, EUREKA, which has existed since 1985, the international conference, "World-Class Innovation through International Cooperation" was held in Dresden on 6 and 7 July and attended by around 300 participants...
July 2009
Documentation on Technology Transfer is Made Available Online
The documentation of the first Interdisciplinary Technology Transfer Conference in Heidelberg was completed at the end of June and has now been approved for publication...
July 2009
BIO Deutschland Expresses Its Views on the Second "Round Table" on Plant Biotechnology
On the occasion of the second "round table" on plant biotechnology on 21 July at the Federal Research Ministry, BIO Deutschland demanded that the debate should concentrate on the…
July 2009
Peer Steinbrück Visits BIO Deutschland Member Qiagen
The German Federal Finance Minister, Peer Steinbrück, visited the headquarters of BIO Deutschland member Qiagen in Hilden at the end of July. On this occasion, Qiagen’s CEO, Peer…
July 2009
International: The EuropaBio Annual Report 2008-2009
On 23 July, EuropaBio published a summary of its activities during the previous twelve months...
June 2009
Working Group on Finance and Taxation Meets Politicians from Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart
BIO Deutschland’s Working Group on Finance and Taxation met representatives of the Baden-Württemberg Ministries of Finance and Economics on 30 June...
June 2009
New Statement on Bio-Patent Regulations by the Working Group on Licences and Technical Contracts
BIO Deutschland welcomed the resolution passed in June by the Bundestag (Lower Chamber) on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions...
June 2009
Enthusiastic Participation in the Visit by a Delegation to the ILSI-Biomed in Israel
The Israel Trade Centre in Berlin, in cooperation with BIO Deutschland and BioTOP Berlin-Brandenburg, organised an official visit to the ILSI-Biomed 2009 in Israel from 14 - 18 June...
June 2009
Working Group on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Jobs Meets in Frankfurt/Main
The aim of the seventh meeting of the Working Group on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Jobs was to discuss the key elements of the subject area and to decide on concrete action points...
June 2009
Expert Discussion Organised by the Working Group on Human Resources: "The HR Officer as a Business Partner"
The Working Group on Human Resources invited people to an expert discussion on the topic of "The HR Officer as a Business Partner" in Berlin on 22 June...
June 2009
Disappointment on the Passing of the Amendment to the Drug Law
Friday, 19 June was a long day for members of the Bundestag (Lower Chamber). The debates went on until well in the night - the idea was to vote on a number of bills before the election campaign and the summer adjournment...