Archive
June 2009
Representation of the Members’ Interests at the Party Conference of the CDU Saxony
At the party conference of the CDU Saxony in May, BIO Deutschland spoke with politicians at the Land level and event participants about the association’s aims and activities and improving conditions for innovative small and medium-sized companies in the biotech sector...
June 2009
BIO Deutschland Attends EuropaBio’s "General Assembly": Intranet for All Members of the National Associations Council
During EuropaBio’s Annual General Meeting in Brussels on 24 June, it was unanimously decided that all member companies of the national biotechnology associations that are represented in the EuropaBio National Associations Council, regardless of whether or not they are members of the Brussels-based association, should be given intranet access to EuropaBio...
May 2009
Interdisciplinary Conference on the Promotion of Technology Transfer in Biotechnology
Technology transfer within the value-added chain in the biotechnology sector was the topic of an interdisciplinary conference initiated by BIO Deutschland and held in Heidelberg at the end of April...
May 2009
BIO Deutschland’s Fourth Parliamentary Evening
At the beginning of May, BIO Deutschland held a political information evening in Berlin on the topics of biotechnology and genetic engineering...
May 2009
Statement by BIO Deutschland on the Amendment to Patent Law
In the run-up to the decision on new patent legislation (the Patent Modernisation Bill) by the Bundestag (Lower Chamber in the German Federal Parliament), BIO Deutschland urged that licence contracts be guaranteed in the case of a company’s insolvency as part of the new law...
May 2009
Presentation of the survey of companies by Ernst & Young and biotechnologie.de
For the first time, Ernst & Young (E&Y) included BIO Deutschland participation when presenting its report to the press...
May 2009
Critical Evaluation by BIO Deutschland to the Forthcoming Amendments to the Drug Law
On the occasion of the hearing in the Bundestag (Lower Chamber in the German Federal Parliament) on amendments to the Drug Law (15th Amendments) at the beginning of May, BIO Deutschland demanded that the path to the development of innovative drugs by small and medium-sized companies not be blocked...
April 2009
Comments by BIO Deutschland on the German Agriculture Minister’s Decisions on Plant Biotechnology
The biotechnology industry expressed its disappointment at the decision made by the German Agriculture Minister, Ilse Aigner, to ban the cultivation of genetically improved corn. In a press release issued in mid-April, the biotech sector industry association, BIO Deutschland, urgently warned about the signals that this decision would send regarding Germany as a location for biotechnology...
April 2009
Meet Investors and Pharmaceutical Companies: Business Development Conference in Munich
High-ranking speakers from the European biotech sector as well as internationally active pharmaceutical companies and investors have already registered for the third European Business Development Conference, which will be hosted by BIO Deutschland and EBE (Emerging Biopharmaceutical Enterprises) on 24 and 25 June in Munich...
April 2009
Associations’ Statement on European Animal Welfare Guidelines
Scientific institutions and lobby groups have co-drafted a letter to EU politicians commenting on the European Commission’s suggested guidelines on the welfare of animals used for research purposes...
April 2009
International Events: Participation at the Europa-Bio GBE Meeting of National Teams
On 31 March and 1 April, BIO Deutschland attended the meeting of representatives of the EU member states in the EuropaBio Working Group, Green Biotechnology Europe (GBE)...
March 2009
Financial Crisis: Entrepreneurs and Financial Experts from the Biotech Sector Write to the Federal Government
In a letter to the Federal Government sent in March, entrepreneurs from the biotech sector asked the government to be more generous and flexible and to withdraw the elements of the corporate tax reform that are detrimental to innovative small and medium-sized companies from all sectors...
March 2009
Support for the Association in the Recommendations by the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation
BIO Deutschland welcomed the recommendations made by the Federal Government’s Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation, which were published at the beginning of March...
March 2009
British-German Workshop on Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
At the invitation of the British Embassy Berlin, a German-British workshop on regenerative medicine co-organised by BIO Deutschland was held at the beginning of March...
March 2009
International activities: July meeting of the Working Group on Biotechnology Cooperation with China in Beijing
The next meeting of the Working Group on the Medical Industry and Biotechnology is scheduled for the second week in July. The meeting is due to take place during a planned visit by Federal Economics Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg to China from 5 to 11 July.