10 July 2019
Gene editing has a crucial role to play in reducing emissions to deal with climate change, BiotechNZ executive director Dr Zahra Champion says.
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03 July 2019
It has been another big month for biotech. Ian Proudfoot and his team at KPMG launched the Agribusiness Agenda, which is broken into three parts: Acknowledge, Evaluate, Accelerate.
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18 June 2019
BIOTechNZ is helping the government grow New Zealand’s highly regarded biotech industry, its executive director Dr Zahra Champion says. Scientific American Worldview scorecard for biotech, places New Zealand fourth in the world behind the US, Singapore and Denmark, and one place ahead of Australia.
Read More Auckland – Gene editing has a crucial role to play in reducing emissions to deal with climate change, BiotechNZ executive director Dr Zahra Champion says. The issues and benefits of gene editing must accelerate discussions by the biotech industry and academic researchers to conv
July 10, 2019
Hi readers, It has been another big month for biotech. Ian Proudfoot and his team at KPMG launched the Agribusiness Agenda, which is broken into three parts: Acknowledge, Evaluate, Accelerate. This quote from the report is a good summary of the current situation
July 3, 2019
BIOTechNZ is helping the government grow New Zealand’s highly regarded biotech industry, its executive director Dr Zahra Champion says. The latest Scientific American Worldview scorecard for biotech, places New Zealand fourth in the world behind the US, Singapore and Denmark, and one place ahe
June 18, 2019
Hi readers, New Zealand BIOTech, you rock! I have just arrived back from BIO 2019 in Philadelphia, where New Zealand biotech companies, universities, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE), the Innovative Partnerships team at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Emp
June 12, 2019
Twenty-six New Zealand biotech companies and universities joined BIOTechNZ, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment as the New Zealand delegation to BIO 2019 in Philadelphia, 3-6 June. The attending companies were: ArgentaAFT Pharmaceuti
June 11, 2019
Auckland – New Zealand delegation of biotech companies will attend the world’s biggest biotech conference in Philadelphia in the USA next month. They will be among 16,000 attendees from around the globe at the Bio2019 event from June 3 to 6. The New Zealand biotech experts
May 21, 2019
Kia ora Readers, I hope you all had a great break over Easter and ANZAC Day. I attended a close friend’s wedding at Spindletop in Lexington, Kentucky. Lexington is at the heart of the thoroughbred racing and performance horses scene. One of the things the American
May 3, 2019
Kia Ora Sara-May Over the last two weeks New Zealand has reflected on the 15 March mosque shootings, and I would like to acknowledge that our hearts go out to the families of those who lost their lives in that evil carnage. I would like to praise the first responders, including the New
April 5, 2019
Two decades on since ‘100% Pure’ New Zealand is slipping behind in environmental innovation. We need to act now to preserve our hard-won global image, writes James Araci. This year will be the 20th anniversary of New Zealand’s ‘100% Pure’ tourism campaign. Whatever you think of
March 22, 2019