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April 2008

Analytica 2008: BIO Deutschland Represented in Various Forums

BIO Deutschland’s Working Group on Human Resources took part in the Jobvector Career Day during this year’s Analytica trade fair from 1 – 4 April in Munich...

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April 2008

Second Board Meeting of 2008 Held in Stuttgart

On 25 April, the BIO Deutschland board met for the second time this year. The agenda of the meeting that was held in Stuttgart was as follows: ...

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April 2008

BIO Deutschland Meets Representatives of the CDU/CSU Members of Parliament

In cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, BIO Deutschland organised a meeting between biotech companies, representatives of the CDU/CSU members of parliament and staff from ministries, scientific institutes and other lobby groups...

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April 2008

Second Successful CFO Biotechnology Summit Meeting in Frankfurt

The German Stock Exchange in Frankfurt hosted the second nationwide summit meeting of biotechnology finance experts in the middle of April...

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April 2008

Board of BIO Deutschland Attends Brussels Day

The BIO Deutschland board members, Rainer Wessel (CEO of GANYMED Pharmaceuticals AG, Mainz) and Jan Schmidt-Brand (CEO and CFO of Heidelberg Pharma AG) represented the sector’s concerns in meetings with European Parliament members at Brussels Day at EuropaBio on 1 and 2 April...

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April 2008

International activities: business delegation trip to ILSI-Biomed in Israel

ILSI-Biomed 2008, an international conference and exhibition on the fields of biopharmaceuticals and medical technology, will take place in Tel Aviv from 27 to 29 May.

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March 2008

BIO Deutschland Attends the EuropaBio Meeting in Brussels

Dr Viola Bronsema, Managing Director of BIO Deutschland, attended the EuropaBio conference in Brussels on 18 March and participated in the National Associations Council, the Healthcare Council and the Emerging Enterprises Council meetings...

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March 2008

BIO Deutschland’s First Strategy Conference and First Board Meeting of 2008

On 29 February, the board of BIO Deutschland, the chairpersons of the working groups and of the BioRegions’ working team met at Lake Starnberg near Munich to discuss the association’s strategy for the coming years...

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February 2008

Meeting of the Working Group on Human Resources [formerly the Working Group on Education and the Labour Market (HR)

On 19 February, the Working Group on Education and the Labour Market (HR) met in Munich and changed its name to the Working Group on Human Resources during the course of the meeting...

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February 2008

Meeting of the Working Group on Innovations, Entrepreneurship and Employment Held at the Beginning of February in Berlin

The fourth meeting of BIO Deutschland’s Working Group on Innovations, Entrepreneurship and Employment was held in Berlin at the beginning of February...

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February 2008

Men’s Rights in the New Genetic Diagnostics Law

At the end of February, the Lower House of the German Parliament (Bundestag) approved an amendment to Paragraph 1598 (a) of the Civil Law Code, by which the clarification of parentage using DNA analysis will be legalised and regulated...

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February 2008

Statement by the Working Group on Industrial Property Rights and Technical Contracts on European Patent Jurisdiction

Eleven members of BIO Deutschland’s Working Group on Industrial Property Rights and Technical Contracts took part in a telephone conference at the end of February to discuss the subject of European patent jurisdiction for nullity and infringement actions...

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February 2008

BIO Deutschland Demands Better Conditions for R&D Investments

BIO Deutschland fully supports the recommendations made by the German Federal Government’s Expert Commission on Research and Innovation, which were published at the end of February...

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February 2008

Meeting of the Working Group on Finance and Taxation in Heidelberg in Mid-February

In the middle of February, the Working Group on Finance and Taxation met at Heidelberg Technology Park. Topics on the agenda included: ...

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February 2008

Stem Cells: BIO Deutschland Advocates Moving the Cut-Off Date

In the context of a debate on stem cells held at the Lower House of the German Parliament (Bundestag) in the middle of February, BIO Deutschland issued a statement in which it advocated moving the cut-off date for the import of embryonic stem cells from 1 January 2002 to 1 May 2007...

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