Early Certainty: Quality first!When the European Patent Office created the Early Certainty Initiative, it looked at the needs of its customers to obtain its IP quickly. However, 25% of all patents granted in Europe come from the life … more ➔
Why new approaches that target sepsis need...With globally at least 30 million of cases per year, sepsis is a major health threat for which a specific adjunctive sepsis therapy beyond antimicrobial treatment, surgical source control and supportive … more ➔
In the BrexshitWell, those bloody idiots in the UK managed to do it talk themselves from decades of hysteria about straight bananas (entirely fabricated by one B Johnson during his time as a journalist in Brussels) … more ➔
IP Flash: Early Certainty boon or bane?The European Patent Office (EPO) is currently pushing the project Early Certainty in order to speed up examination of patent applications. The aim is to complete examination within 12 months between … more ➔
Fulfilling the Promise of BiosimilarsBiologics have transformed treatment for life-threatening diseases and benefited millions of patients – but remain out of reach for too many other patients around the world. Ten years after the first … more ➔
Precision breeding smart rules for new...Plant breeding innovation is an impressive story to tell. A hundred and fifty years ago, Gregor Mendel discovered the basic principles of inheritance of traits. His laws were widely ignored and only … more ➔
Going round in circlesI am too depressed to write about the UK playing silly buggers with the EU and the negative impact on science, so let’s look at something positive for Europe instead – the development of circular economy … more ➔
Biotech in agriculture lives another dayPeople do plenty of moaning about the European Parliament, so lets look at something good that it did in October, when it rejected an EC proposal for national GMO bans. more ➔
Make innovation in healthcare happenEuropean citizens are living longer than ever before and this trend is further continuing due to unprecedented medical advances and improved standards of living. By 2020, more than a quarter of Europeans … more ➔
Genetically modified decisionsA little bird tells me that the European Commission is moving towards a decision on whether various technologies involved in development of novel plant strains will fall under the terms of current GMO … more ➔
