Influencing and shaping our sector | BIA update: April - July 2019
15 July 2019
Influencing and shaping our sector | BIA update: April - July 2019
The BioIndustry Association (BIA)’s ongoing engagement enables our members’ voices to be heard at the highest levels. This quarterly update gives an overview of key policy developments and the BIA’s continued engagement with policymakers, regulatory authorities and wider stakeholders on behalf of the UK life sciences sector, from April to July 2019.
Fermtech has raised £2.5m to scale Koji Cocoa™, a fermentation-based cocoa ingredient made from cocoa shells that delivers 25–33% cost savings and up to 98% lower carbon emissions.
British Growth Partnership Fund I achieves a first close of £200 million, with commitments from Aegon UK, Cushon Master Trust, M&G, and the British Business Bank.
In this guest blog, Rubin Joshi, Business Development Manager at Aldevron, explains how scaling adeno-associated virus (AAV) manufacturing remains a major bottleneck for gene therapy development.
