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      <title>Board Meeting and Closed Meeting of the BIO Deutschland Board in Constance</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In the light of the challenges that innovative small and medium-sized biotech companies in Germany must currently face, the board of BIO Deutschland discussed the strategic direction of the association’s work on 21 July during a closed meeting following its second board meeting of this year. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Meeting of BIO Deutschland’s Working Group on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Jobs</title>
      <description><![CDATA[BIO Deutschland’s Working Group on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Jobs met in Wuppertal at the beginning of July. The agenda included a presentation of the concept by HAUS RISSEN HAMBURG on introducing the subject of “entrepreneurship” in schools. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Working Group on Licences and Technical Contracts Discusses Biopatents</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Members of BIO Deutschland’s Working Group on Licences and Technical Contracts met on 15 July and discussed the topics of the continued validity of licence agreements in cases of insolvency, current developments at the European Patent Office (EPO), including the pending verdicts by the Enlarged Board of Appeals (keyword: “broccoli patent”), and the status of the implementation of the EU patent. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/working-group-on-licences-and-technical-contracts-discusses-biopatents.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Board of BIO Deutschland Discusses OECD Recommendations on Combating Bribery</title>
      <description><![CDATA[One of the topics discussed at the board meeting on 21 July 2010 was the OECD Recommendations for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, which the OECD Council passed on 26 November 2009. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/board-of-bio-deutschland-discusses-oecd-recommendations-on-combating-bribery.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>International Affairs: Joint Position Paper on the EU’s IMI Initiative</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In the run-up to the latest call for proposals by the Innovative Medicines Initiative of the European Commission, a consortium of European lobby groups from the biotech sector, including BIO Deutschland, has urged that the obstacles faced by innovative small and medium-sized biotech companies be removed rapidly, that is, before the third call for the submission of project proposals. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/international-affairs-joint-position-paper-on-the-eus-imi-initiative.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>News from the BioRegions: Strategy Conference of the BioRegions Working Group</title>
      <description><![CDATA[26 representatives from the BioRegions Working Group met for a two-day exchange of experiences during a closed meeting in Tutzing in July. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/news-from-the-bioregions-strategy-conference-of-the-bioregions-working-group.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Biotechnology Business Development Conference held in Munich</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The fourth annual European Business Development Conference was held in Munich attracting more than 100 CEOs and senior executives from US and European (bio)pharmaceutical, private equity, and venture capital companies. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/biotechnology-business-development-conference-held-in-munich.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>BIO Deutschland Board Member Accompanies the Federal Economics Minister in Israel</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Economics Minister, Rainer Brüderle, invited a member of the board of BIO Deutschland, Jan Schmidt-Brand (CEO of Heidelberg Pharma AG), to accompany him on his trip to Israel on 13 and 14 June. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/bio-deutschland-board-member-accompanies-the-federal-economics-minister-in-israel.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Meeting of the Working Group on Regulatory Matters in Munich</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Act on Medication for Compassionate Use and the topic of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMP) were the main subjects discussed at a meeting of BIO Deutschland’s Working Group on Regulatory Matters in Munich on 8 June. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/meeting-of-the-working-group-on-regulatory-matters-in-munich.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>BIO Deutschland at the Trade Press Conference at Biotechnica 2010</title>
      <description><![CDATA[“The venture capital used to fund innovations is increasingly withdrawing from Germany,” according to Olaf Wilhelm, a member of the board of BIO Deutschland, speaking at the trade press conference at Europe’s largest biotechnology trade fair, Biotechnica, in Düsseldorf on 17 June. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/bio-deutschland-at-the-trade-press-conference-at-biotechnica-2010.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>German Biotechnology for the Chinese Market</title>
      <description><![CDATA[China is now one of the most dynamic economies in the world – and is also very active in the field of biotechnology. A delegation from Germany had the chance to gain an insight into the current state of affairs in Chinese biotechnology at the fourth BioChina in Jinan (Shandong Province). ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/german-biotechnology-for-the-chinese-market.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Statement by BIO Deutschland on the Review of the Law on Genetic Engineering by the Federal Constitutional Court</title>
      <description><![CDATA[At the start of the review of the German Law on Genetic Engineering by the Federal Constitutional Court on 23 June, BIO Deutschland called for a radical rethinking of the approach to plant biotechnology.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/statement-by-bio-deutschland-on-the-review-of-the-law-on-genetic-engineering-by-the-federal-constitutional-court.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>International News I: Peter Heinrich Elected to the Board of EuropaBio</title>
      <description><![CDATA[At the latest Annual General Meeting of the European biotech association, EuropaBio, which was held in Brussels on 23 and 24 June, Peter Heinrich, Chairman of the Board of BIO Deutschland, was elected to the board. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/international-news-i-peter-heinrich-elected-to-the-board-of-europabio.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>International News II: Appeal to EU Members of Parliament for Better Funding Options</title>
      <description><![CDATA[BIO Deutschland made use of the opportunity provided by the discussion organised by the Small and Medium Entrepreneurs Union of the European People’s Party (SME Union) and the European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs (EUCOPE) with members of the EU Parliament to point out the funding situation faced by innovative biotech SMEs. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/international-news-ii-appeal-to-eu-members-of-parliament-for-better-funding-options.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Bio Deutschland Calls for Fair Conditions for Medication Manufacturers</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In a new position paper, which was officially published to coincide with a meeting of the Joint Federal Committee on 19 May in Berlin, Bio Deutschland urged that the developments in the health system be carefully dealt with, both in the interests of the patients who need medication and of the entrepreneurs who develop and manufacture it. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/bio-deutschland-calls-for-fair-conditions-for-medication-manufacturers.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 23:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Meeting of the Working Group on Finance and Taxation during BioEquity in Zurich</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Reports from abroad in the middle of May stated that US President Barack Obama has made US$ 1 billion available to small biotech companies in the USA. A similar decision would also be welcomed in Germany – however, the discussions in this country focus more on helping large companies. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/meeting-of-the-working-group-on-finance-and-taxation-during-bioequity-in-zurich.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 23:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Statement on Orphan Drugs Published</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In a statement published on 18 May on the occasion of a hearing of the Bundestag Standing Committee on Health, Bio Deutschland urged that the path to innovative medical drugs not be blocked. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/statement-on-orphan-drugs-published.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 23:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Global Meeting of the Biotech Sector in Chicago at the BIO International Convention</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The biotech world met once again in the USA from 3 – 6 May at the BIO International Convention, which was held in Chicago this year. At the request of the Federal Economics Ministry, Bio Deutschland also provided support to the central information stand at the German Pavilion, which had been redesigned for this year’s event. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/global-meeting-of-the-biotech-sector-in-chicago-at-the-bio-international-convention.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Joint Parliamentary Lunch with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation</title>
      <description><![CDATA[BIO Deutschland and the Liberal Institute of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom invited guests to a joint parliamentary lunch last week. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/joint-parliamentary-lunch-with-the-friedrich-naumann-foundation.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 22:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Participation in the Hearing on Compassionate Use at the Federal Health Ministry in Bonn</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Ministry of Health is currently drafting a bill on distributing medical drugs, which have not been authorised or licensed, in compassionate use cases (Act on Medication for Compassionate Use). ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/participation-in-the-hearing-on-compassionate-use-at-the-federal-health-ministry-in-bonn.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 22:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>The European Committee for Standardisation is Working on the CWA for Biosafety Professionals</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The European Committee for Standardisation (Comité Européen de Normalisation - CEN) is currently conducting a workshop on the topic of biosafety professional competence (CEN/WS 53). ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/the-european-committee-for-standardisation-is-working-on-the-cwa-for-biosafety-professionals.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 14:07:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Press Conference: More Jobs, More Products – but a Need for Action on Financing</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The German biotechnology sector has so far withstood the financial and economic crisis unscathed - this is the core message of sector experts from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research / biotechnologie.de and the consultancy, Ernst &amp; Young, who presented the latest key data from the sector at a joint press conference with BIO Deutschland and BioTOP in Berlin during the German Biotechnology Days 2010. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/press-conference-more-jobs-more-products-but-a-need-for-action-on-financing.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Despite Volcanic Ash, the German Biotechnology Days Get Off to a “Flying Start” in Berlin</title>
      <description><![CDATA[With around 600 participants, who discussed the current developments and challenges in all areas of biotechnology at 16 symposia and three plenary events held on 21 and 22 April in Berlin, the expectations of the organisers were greatly exceeded.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/despite-volcanic-ash-the-german-biotechnology-days-get-off-to-a-flying-start-in-berlin.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Eva Luise Köhler Receives Donation to the “Orphans of Medicine”</title>
      <description><![CDATA[For the second time, BIO Deutschland has donated the entire proceeds of its benefit event - over €11,800 - to the German Alliance for Rare Diseases (ACHSE). Eva Luise Köhler, patron of ACHSE, received the cheque in Bellevue Palace in mid-April. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/eva-luise-koehler-receives-donation-to-the-orphans-of-medicine.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Working Group on Licenses and Technical Contracts Meets in Munich</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite the Germany-wide flight ban, BIO Deutschland's experts gathered in Munich on 19 April for the meeting of the Working Group on Licenses and Technical Contracts. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.bio-deutschland.org/display-news-entry/items/working-group-on-licenses-and-technical-contracts-meets-in-munich.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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