{"id":36340,"date":"2025-12-01T11:42:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T10:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/?p=36340"},"modified":"2025-12-01T11:42:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T10:42:23","slug":"dutch-government-champions-broad-and-competitive-eu-biotech-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/en\/nieuws\/dutch-government-champions-broad-and-competitive-eu-biotech-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch Government champions broad and competitive EU Biotech Act\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Netherlands is positioning itself at the forefront of Europe\u2019s biotech future! In its newly published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tweedekamer.nl\/downloads\/document?id=2025D47468\">non-paper on the EU Biotech Act<\/a>, the Dutch government calls for a broad, competitive, and innovation-driven approach. The position advocates harmonized and flexible regulation, strong financing, and market creation across medical, agricultural, industrial, and environmental biotech, fully aligned with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollandbio.nl\/actnow\/\">hollandbio\u2019s asks<\/a> to \u201cboost biotech broadly, invest in frontrunners, pave the way to market, and remove barriers for uptake.\u201d Besides broad, strategic suggestions, the non-paper proposes targeted action on key focus areas, including clinical trials, biological pest control, GMOs, novel foods, and animal-free methods. Among others, strengthening of knowledge transfer, state aid reform and regulatory sandboxes are highlighted as essential for a thriving biotech ecosystem. With this message, the Dutch government joins hollandbio in urging the EU to seize this moment for bold, integrated action, making Europe the world\u2019s most attractive region for biotech innovation and ensuring smart solutions can deliver for our health, future, and economic growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Netherlands is positioning itself at the forefront of Europe\u2019s biotech future! In its newly published non-paper on the EU Biotech Act, the Dutch government calls for a broad, competitive, and innovation-driven approach. 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