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Genomics is positioning itself as a key tool for cancer diagnosis and treatment

21/09/2022

Healthcare · Personalized medicine

• AseBio and Illumina have brought together legislators, clinicians, researchers and biotech companies at the Instituto de Salud Carlos III to promote personalised and precision medicine in oncology.
• Cancer has been the main research area among AseBio members for more than 15 years, with almost 350 open lines of treatment and diagnosis.

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AseBio y Biovegen se unen para impulsar un cambio de legislación de las nuevas técnicas genómicas

12/07/2022

Agrifood

• Las dos principales asociaciones del sector biotecnológico agroalimentario español invitan a las empresas a participar en la consulta pública de la Comisión Europea

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Spanish biotechnology sector breaks record figures for six years in a row, according to AseBio 2021 Report

07/07/2022

• The economic impact of the sector is growing, accounting for 0.9% of national GDP.
• The industry attracts 180 million euros of private investment, 20% more than in 2020.
• Productivity per employee is three times the national average and wages per employee almost double
• Biotechnology is the industry with the highest intensity of investment in R&D and in the hiring of researchers.
• Biotech companies increase their scientific production by 50%. 

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AseBio and MNCN-CSIC bring together nearly 1,000 people to raise awareness of role science plays in protecting the planet

07/06/2022

Climate change · Agrifood · Industrial biotechnology

• This 2022 Environment Week also falls under the framework of the European Climate Pact, for which AseBio is the national coordinator and has over 130 ambassadors
• Over 100 biotechnology companies are looking for solutions to help the environment, such as cutting CO2 emissions, water treatment and improved crops

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Biotechnology positioned as a strategic tool to promote sustainable agrifood

18/05/2022

Agrifood

• AseBio partners develop almost 200 products to improve the agrifood system and protect the planet in a context of great challenges.
• In 2021, Spanish biotechnology companies attracted 14% of the private capital raised by the entire sector 

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Barcelona to host BIOSPAIN 2023 international conference on biotechnology

10/05/2022

International

• AseBio, in collaboration with Biocat, the Government of Catalonia and Barcelona City Council, will hold one of the most important international biotechnology meetings in southern Europe at the Fira de Barcelona.
• The event is expected to bring together more than 1,500 professionals from over 850 organisations from more than 30 countries working in health, sustainable agri-food and climate change solutions in September 2023.
• The BioRegion of Catalonia leads the Spanish biotech ecosystem in terms of number of biotech companies, turnover and attracting international investment.

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Sanifit, Ysios Capital, Splice Bio and MOA foodtech recognised at first AseBio – PwC Awards

29/04/2022

Talento · Corporate

• The ceremony to award these 6 prizes to Spanish biotechnology took place at AseBio Investor Day 2022, which brought together over 260 participants from all over Europe
• Sanifit has received three awards, positioning itself as the biotech company of the year 2021

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Spanish biotechnology hits new record, attracting over €180 million in private investment in 2021

28/04/2022

International · Financing

• Private investment in the biotech industry up 20% from 2020.

• The figures were announced at AseBio Investor Day 2022, which brought together over 50 investors from all over Europe and more than 260 participants

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Two years of the pandemic: Nearly 30% of new research into Covid-19 by our members is carving a path to the public

16/03/2022

Coronavirus

• Over 53 biotech organisations are working on 170 solutions to the pandemic and 27% of them have already reached the market
• Almost half of the lines of research are aimed at diagnosing the disease

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