Recent Activities
19 February 2010 – The European Biotechnology Network supported the 3rd Berlin Conference on IP in Life Sciences. This year's topic was "Effective Life Cycle Management". Dr. Claire Skentelbery, Secretary General of the European Biotechnology Foundation moderated the event in the Belgian Embassy where some 80 high class experts from Europe and the United States discussed new types of cooperations between the pharmaceutical industry and the biotech sector.
15 January 2010 – The European Biotechnology Foundation announced today the appointment of Dr. Claire Skentelbery as Secretary General with immediate effect.
23 October 2009 – This month, official delegates from the European Biotechnology Network attended EuroBIO in France, Biotechnica in Germany, and EFIB in Portugal. Furthermore, EBN supported the organisation of an inaugurating board meeting for the Young European Biotech Network (YEBN) on the last October weekend in Berlin.
20 July 2009 – A new searchable database is now available at our network's website. It offers comprehensive information about more than 2,000 biotech companies active in the EU, Switzerland and Norway, based on OECD criteria. The European Biotechnology Network offers this service in cooperation with European Biotechnology News free of charge.
18 June 2009 – This month the European Biotechnology Network startet a series of cooperations with leading European life sciences trade fairs, congresses and conferences. Events supported by the network are displayed on our website, their dates on our event's calendar are marked with our red star. The members of our network will be informed via eMail about reduced entrance and participation fees and other benefits. The range of these supported events will be extended in the near future.
09 April 2009 – The second edition of the European Biotechnology Industry Guide will be published this coming June. The book contains information and addresses of all by OECD classification dedicated biotechnologie companies located in the EU, Switzerland, and Norway. Since most of the European countries have not yet conducted an official company survey according to the Biotechnology Statistical Framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation an Development (OECD), this book and the corresponding databank is the only source, that makes the activities of the European biotech industry internationally comparable. The European Biotechnology Network officially supports this initiative and will present the results together with the publishing company and the OECD this summer.
10 March 2009 – The European Biotechnology Foundation took an active part in a joint tender for a EC study "Regional Biotechnology - Establishing a methodology and performance indicators for assessing bioclusters and bioregions relevant to the KBBE area".
02 March 2009 – After months of laying groundwork, the European Biotechnology Foundation officially threw open its doors in March of 2009 in Brussels on Square Ambiorix, beginning media cooperation with the well-known magazine European Biotechnology News and launching the European Biotechnology Network website at www.european-biotechnology.net. Network activities and member benefits will be expanded regularly over time.