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Media presence is a key part of making society aware of developments in biotechnology and its benefits.This is where we post all our press releases. If you are a journalist interested in learning more about the biotechnology sector, contact Ángel Luis Jiménez, our Communication Director: ajimenez@asebio.com 

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AseBio, SEBBM, Aseica and CSIC bring together women scientists and entrepreneurs for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
  • Her Majesty the Queen, Doña Letizia and the Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant, attended the conference promoted by the SEBBM Women and Science Group
  • The meeting took place at the National Museum of Natural Sciences of the CSIC (MNCN-CSIC) to promote the role of women in science and entrepreneurship
  • Education and communication are some of the priorities highlighted by the speakers in order to achieve equality objectives
  • Only 20% of Spanish technology start-ups are led by women
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Oncology, focus of research among AseBio members for past 15 years
  • 59% of drugs (277 lines of research at national companies and multinational corporations with a subsidiary in Spain) focus on finding a treatment for cancer
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Note from AseBio on recent regulation actions affecting the sale of diagnostics test kits available at pharmacies, during the current covid-19 situation

AseBio regrets the fact that Spanish manufacturers of SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection tests have not been at any point considered as an essential component of the solution to the pandemic

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AseBio sees record number of members
  • The association has more than 284 members, 65.5% of which focus on biotechnology for healthcare, nearly 17% on biotech for agrifood and 16.5% on industrial biotech
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Biofuel, bioplastics and crops resistant to extreme weather, among the most noteworthy climate-change solutions from AseBio members
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  • This Thursday is the next-to-last day of COP26 and the association believes it is important to remember that biotechnology can cut greenhouse-gas emissions up to 65% and has a direct impact on 11 of the Sustainable Development Goals

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The Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant, emphasised that biotechnology drives economic progress in BIOSPAIN 2021
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  • The Regional Minister for Economic and Business Development, Mikel Irujo, underlines Navarre's leadership and highlights the importance of BIOSPAIN in promoting relations between Navarrese companies and those from other regions and also at a global level.
  • The international congress concludes with nearly a thousand professionals from 600 organisations from 30 countries and more than 2,000 'one-to-one' meetings.
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Biotechnology from around the world comes together in BIOSPAIN 2021 to promote collaboration in a year affected by the Covid-19 crisis
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  • The President of Navarra, María Chivite, has described this sector as strategic for economic recovery and with great potential for job creation.
  • This international benchmark event, organised by AseBio, in coordination with the Government of Navarra, has more than 900 attendees from 30 countries and more than 2,000 one-to-one meetings have already been held.
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2020 AseBio Report shows huge jump in Spanish biotechnology in pandemic year

Biotech companies launched 70% more products and services to market and Spain moved to eighth in the world in scientific production in biotechnology

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