Entries by Michael Kuhrt

Current EU GMO legislation is not fit for purpose

The Commission study on Novel Genomic Techniques (NGTs) underlines that plants resulting from NGTs have the potential to contribute to a more sustainable food system and support the objectives of the European Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy. At the same time, the study finds that the current GMO legislation, adopted in 2001, is not fit for purpose for these innovative technologies.

Providing access to Covid-19 medicines and vaccines

IP U.S. reverses stance, backs giving poorer countries access to COVID vaccine patents:
President Joe Biden in May threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights
for COVID-19 vaccines – very much to the surprise of the biotech world.

AELIX: Next stage with new CEO

Barcelona-based Aelix Therapeutics has appointed Dr Melanie Rolli as CEO. Her predecessor, Dr Jose Luis Cabero, had decided to step down from executive positions at Aelix

Change in Management

Francesco Maria Lavino has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of F2G Ltd., a biopharmaceutical company, based in UK and Austria, and specialised in fungal infections.

Abivax with new CMO

At the beginning of March, Dr Sophie Biguenet has been the new Chief Medical Officer of Paris-based Abivax SA.

European biotechs: Such a long wait

European biotechs have been longly undervalued. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, some of them took off. They will have to prove their value in a post-COVID era. However, Europe is there.