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Axe the CAP and spend €50 billion a year instead on R&D The Common Agricultural Policy gets a €100 present each year from each European citizen. FP7 gets €14
Only the weakness of the dollar prevents entities owning European biotechnology US biotechnology is supported from research to the market
Industry self-regulation leads inevitably to Nepotism Industry association rules create pseudo-regulatory clubs which argue for self-interest rather than public interest
Nationalism is the greatest enemy of biotechnology in Europe EU measure help biotechnology but they are obstructed, not enacted, or not enforced by Member State
Less than 10% of pharma industry spending on R&D is actually innovative Most of the R&D spend is devoted to clinical trial box-ticking
Biofuels are a green window-dressing Do biofuels really address climate change, reducing consumption, or increasing energy efficiency?
The European ideal gets in the ways of life science progress The strength of the European life sciences endeavour is unimportant compared with objectives such as peace, integration, democracy and monetary union
National research programmes truly promote European Research ideals Local science priorities reflect global needs and not historical funding patterns
Celebrity endorsement is vital for biotechnology and its products Film and soap stars can raise the profile of biotech, but are all the associations going to be positive?
Opponents of stem cell research should not be allowed stem cell treatments Choices should combine current values and future needs
Scientist always see the world exactly as it is Which is more real: a detailed understanding of a narrow field, or a broad context with no depth?
Engineers are the key to Europe's real biotechnology revolution Biology is interesting but Europe needs engineers to construct the new industries

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