Telling the story of European Biotechnology

I very much welcome the launch of European Biotechnology week. Crick and Watsons’ breakthrough discovery sixty years ago opened up a whole new area of scientific research. They laid the foundations for cutting edge European research that is now enabling scientists to develop medicines tailored to the specific needs of individual patients, to find more […]

The Biotech Week magazine is now available for download. This 32-page document sheds light on the outcomes of the Biotech Week, with short reports for each one of the many events and initiatives which took place in 2013. The magazine is available in the “Campaign material” section of this website, or can be dowloaded directly […]

Put simply, biotechnology is the use of living organisms to develop useful products. Its basic principles have been employed to alter plants and livestock for domestication for thousands of years. In Europe today, however, biotech is either perceived at best as a dream, or at worse as a nightmare. Most consumers remain only vaguely aware […]