Concern over EU biotechnology strategy

Published: 20-Oct-2005

The European Association for Bioindustries (EuropaBio) has released a 'healthcare manifesto', calling for prompt implementation of the European Union's (EU) 2002 strategy to promote biotechnology.


The European Association for Bioindustries (EuropaBio) has released a 'healthcare manifesto', calling for prompt implementation of the European Union's (EU) 2002 strategy to promote biotechnology.

The federation said the EU was the only region worldwide to have such a plan, and it was disappointed that it had not been rolled out.

The manifesto stressed 'biotechnology will be essential as practically all future medicines will use healthcare biotechnology in the R&D process and/or in manufacturing'. It detailed seven policies required to restore European worldwide leadership in biotechnology, promoting orphan drugs, bioethics standards, targeted therapies, and sophisticated economic assessments of biotechnological medicines.

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