Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Mar 2026 | Marc Lemaitre Director-General | Next generation of European public-private partnerships under FP10 / Horizon Europe | SRC |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Marc Lemaitre Director-General | Next generation of European public-private partnerships under FP10 / Horizon Europe | — |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Anna Nykiel-Mateo Cabinet member | Biotech Act 2 | SRC |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Anna Nykiel-Mateo Cabinet member | Biotech Act 2 | — |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Maria Pilar Aguar Fernandez Director | Exchange of views with private members of the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking (IHI-JU). | SRC |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Carmen Laplaza Santos Head of Unit | Exchange of views with private members of the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking (IHI-JU). | — |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Maria Pilar Aguar Fernandez Director | Exchange of views with private members of the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking (IHI-JU). | — |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Carmen Laplaza Santos Head of Unit | Exchange of views with private members of the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking (IHI-JU). | SRC |
| 03 Sept 2025 | Giulia Del Brenna Head of Unit | Attitudes towards food biotechnology | SRC |
| 03 Sept 2025 | Giulia Del Brenna Head of Unit | Attitudes towards food biotechnology | — |
| 03 Sept 2025 | Kristin Schreiber Director | Attitudes towards food biotechnology | SRC |
| 03 Sept 2025 | Kristin Schreiber Director | Attitudes towards food biotechnology | — |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Irene Sacristan Sanchez Head of Unit | EU Biotech Act | SRC |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Irene Sacristan Sanchez Head of Unit | EU Biotech Act | — |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Rainer Becker Director | EU Biotech Act | SRC |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Rainer Becker Director | EU Biotech Act | — |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Klaus Berend Director | EU Biotech Act | — |
| 17 Jul 2025 | Klaus Berend Director | EU Biotech Act | SRC |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Marco Marsella Director | EHDS and IHI calls | SRC |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Marco Marsella Director | EHDS and IHI calls | — |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Olivér Várhelyi Commissioner | EU biotech policy | SRC |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Laszlo Andrejko Cabinet member | EU biotech policy | SRC |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Olivér Várhelyi Commissioner | EU biotech policy | — |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Laszlo Andrejko Cabinet member | EU biotech policy | — |
| 12 Jun 2025 | Patricia Reilly Cabinet member | Biotechnology Act and wider global impacts for EU biotechnology | SRC |
Mission & Goals
EuropaBio is Europe's largest and most influential biotech industry group. Initiated in 1996 to represent the interests of the biotechnology industry at European level, and constantly engaged in a dialogue with the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Council of Ministers EuropaBio aims to influence legislation on biotechnology, representing Healthcare and Industrial biotechnology sectors. EuropaBio goals include: (1) promoting an innovative, coherent, and dynamic biotechnology-based industry in Europe; (2) advocating free and open markets and the removal of barriers to competitiveness with other areas of the world; (3) committing to an open, transparent, and informed dialogue with all stakeholders about the ethical, social, and economic aspects of biotechnology and its benefits; (4) championing the socially responsible use of biotechnology to ensure that its potential is fully used to the benefit of humans and their environment.
EU Legislative Interests
EU Biotech Act Bioeconomy Strategy and action plan Regulation on Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products Directive 98/44/EC on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions Innovative Health Initiative (Horizon Europe) European Green Deal and initiatives thereunder Orphan Medicinal Products and Paediatric regulation New genomic techniques and review of GMOs legislation Participation in the following Commission public consultations (2021): Animal & plant health / safe food & feedstuffs – designation of official laboratories Healthy soils – new EU soil strategy Animal nutrition - modernisation of EU rules on feed additives Cross-border healthcare – evaluation of patients’ rights Digital health data and services – the European health data space Blue bioeconomy – towards a strong and sustainable EU algae sector European bioeconomy policy: stocktaking and future developments Climate change – restoring sustainable carbon cycles Legislation for plants produced by certain new genomic techniques Sustainable EU food system –new initiative Policy framework on biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastics Biopesticides – approval criteria for microbial active substances Revision of the EU general pharmaceuticals legislation
Communication Activities
Please see our website at https://www.europabio.org/
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
International Council of Biotechnology Associations https://internationalbiotech.org OECD/BIAC https://biac.org/
Organisation Members
https://www.europabio.org/members
Connected Legislation