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‘National biotechnology strategy needed’ in New Zealand

Genetic modification rules and limited access to capital are holding biotech R&D back, group says

BiotechNZ, a group representing companies and research bodies, has embarked on a campaign to increase investment in biotechnology research and change the rules around research into genetically modified materials.

A BiotechNZ report on the future of biotechnology in New Zealand says that access to capital and rules on genetic modification are the most significant constraints on local R&D. On 11 February in Dunedin, it held the first in a series of seminars aimed at boosting biotechnology in the country.

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