08-07-2005

A wide group of stakeholders jointly published the strategic research agenda 'Plants for the future' on how Europe can improve the safe exploitation of the genetic diversity in plants using plant genomics and biotechnology. Input has been collected from research institutions, industry, ...

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28-06-2005

The EU Environment Council failed to lift the bans by 5 Member States on EU-approved GM products, despite conclusions by the EU's own scientific authorities that these products are safe: Austria: Bayer CropScience T25 maize, Syngenta Bt176 maize, Monsanto MON810 maize France: Bayer ...

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09-06-2005

Jack Huttner, Vice President of Genencor International, a Danisco company, was elected chairman of the Industrial Biotechnology Council at EuropaBio at the organizations' annual general meeting in Brussels. He succeeds Steen Riisgaard, President and CEO, Novozymes A/S. Huttner was elected ...

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24-03-2005

This morning's EU Commission orientation debate on GMOs confirms that this Commission will build on the previous Commission's policy by supporting Europe's regulatory and approval process for GM products. "More than a year since the last orientation debate, it is encouraging to see that ...

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03-02-2005

Fourteen companies join EuropaBio, increasing the industry's membership base and representation in Europe. "Important issues in the agro, industrial and healthcare sectors still remain in Europe, so having the sector well represented in Brussels means the industry can actively contribute to ...

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02-12-2004

Co-existence of GM and non GM maize crops can be successfully delivered by applying a few simple measures according to a report published on 1 December 2004. The report was published just as the European Commission failed to come to a decision on whether national bans on a number of ...

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29-11-2004

The EU Commission will ask a number of EU Member States to lift their bans on certain EU approved GM products on November 29th at the Regulatory Committee meeting in Brussels. Five Member States have national bans on 5 EU-approved biotech crops. These bans were imposed using the ...

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White biotech companies present themselves to investors in the first roundtable of its kind

26-11-2004

EuropaBio and the EU Commission have for the first time created a roundtable where the white biotech community will have the opportunity to present to a group of pan-European investors. The roundtable will take place on 30 November as part of the 8th Biotech & Finance Forum in Barcelona, on ...

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07-07-2004

This week the EU Commission announced the industry led technology platform on sustainable chemistry which brings together the leading chemical industries with the new emerging biotechnology sector. "Today we recognise that there are several life science revolutions taking place and ...

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28-06-2004

A new era for plant biotechnology in Europe is promised as a European technology platform on plant genomics and biotechnology is launched. "We applaud the very important signal given by Commissioner Busquin and the European Commission through the establishment of a European Plant ...

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