Future Prospects for Industrial Biotechnology
This book examines international drivers, enabling technologies fast-tracking industrial biotechnology, industry trends, some products appearing on the market, industry structure and finance, and...
View ArticleKnowledge Networks and Markets in the Life Sciences
This book introduces the concept of knowledge networks and markets (KNMs) in the life sciences, the emerging organisations and mechanisms to share and trade an increasing variety of knowledge assets.
View ArticleGlobal Forum on Biotechnology: The Evolving Promise of the Life Sciences
The OECD and the ESRC Genomics Policy & Research Forum jointly organised a one-day Forum on 12 November 2012 in Paris. The event was both retrospective and forward-looking. The forum concluded that...
View ArticleKey biotechnology indicators
Statistics on biotechnology firms, biotechnology R&D (including public sector expenditures), biotech applications and patents.
View ArticleNanotechnology for Green Innovation
This paper brings together information collected through Working Party on Nanotechnology discussions and projects. It relies in particular on preliminary results from a project on the responsible...
View ArticlePublic Health in an Age of Genomics
This report presents the findings of a research project to investigate the drivers and criteria shaping the application of genomic biotechnology to health in different national settings, and the...
View ArticleMarine Biotechnology: Enabling Solutions for Ocean Productivity and...
This book discusses scientific and technological tools at the centre of a renewed interest in marine biotechnology that is contributing to a new bioeconomy sector in many countries and offering...
View ArticlePolicies for Bioplastics in the Context of a Bioeconomy
This paper explores the development of the bioplastics sector and its role in national bioeconomy strategies. It finds that bioplastics are at a disadvantage compared to some other biobased products,...
View ArticleToward New Models for Innovative Governance of Biomedecine and Health...
This report examines examples of new and emerging governance models to support responsible development of diagnostics and treatments based on the latest advances in biomedicine. It identifies some of...
View ArticleEmerging Policy Issues in Synthetic Biology
Synthetic biology is an emerging technology that shows promise for investigating some of the burning issues in biological research. It also has the potential to address some of the grand challenges...
View ArticleBiobased Chemicals and Bioplastics: Finding the Right Policy Balance
Several OECD countries have published their plans for the development of a future bioeconomy, in which bio-based materials and production techniques will contribute significantly to economic and...
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