Welcome to British BioIndustry Assocation
The European Biosolutions Coalition is happy to announce our 10th partner, British BioIndustry Association.
The British BioIndustry Assocation (BIA) is the voice of the innovative life sciences and biotech industry, enabling and connecting the UK ecosystem.Established in 1989, BIA is the award-winning trade association with over 600 members including: Start-ups, biotechnology companies, Universities, research centres, tech transfer offices, incubators and accelerators and a wide range of life science service providers: investors, lawyers, IP consultants, IR agencies.
BIA is the key thought leader for the sector – working across a wide range of related issues including policy, finance, science, regulatory, legal and talent on topics including engineering biology and techbio.
Steve Bates, CEO of the BIA, said “Joining the European Biosolutions Coalition enables us to strategically develop our deep biotech community and its agenda though collaboration with like-minded partners in Europe. We know that a clear enabling regulatory framework is vital to build a sustainable bioeconomy and share the Coalition’s objective to achieve this.
In December 2023, the British government published a national vision for engineering biology and a supporting financial mechanism for regulatory sandboxes, which you can find on their website.
”UK has been a shining example of ambitious visions for the Biosolutions industry and the potential it has to enhance Europe’s sustainability, resilience and competitiveness. I am very pleased that the leading British association the Bioindustry Association (BIA) has decided to join the European Biosolutions Coalition We look very much forward to collaborate with BIA.” Sofie Carsten Nielsen, Director of the European Biosolutions Coalition.