The Ministry of Well being and Welfare selects Johnson & Johnson’s JLABS to function the nation’s world accelerator platform. JLABS will have interaction with varied native incubators and collaborators within the startup ecosystem to supply enterprise growth packages, stimulate employment and encourage commercialization to boost the worldwide competitiveness of Korea’s life sciences sector.
Costa Rica revises its biotech regulatory framework to ease restrictions on gene modifying and different new breeding strategies. Specialists say a banana selection immune to yield-reducing fungal illnesses sigatoka and Fusarium wilt could possibly be the primary genome-edited product commercialized in Costa Rica later this 12 months.