Brief economic news from September 8, 2021
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – September 8, 2021
- The RIVM reports 2843 new positive corona tests on Wednesday. That is 356 more than on Tuesday. On average there is a slight increase.
- Virologists and epidemiologists argue for more widespread testing capacity on BNR. This must prevent the number of hospital admissions from rising in regions with few testing streets.
- Turnover in the transport sector was 21.5 percent higher in the second quarter than in the second quarter of 2020. reports CBS. Aviation grew the most, but all carriers are still below 2019 levels.
- The French pharmaceutical company Sanofi buys the American biotech company Kadmon for 1.6 billion euros. Kadmon is the company behind Rezurock, a US-approved drug that can prevent the human body from rejecting a transplant.
- WUR will license five patents in the field of CRISPR-Cas make available free of charge. These patents are intended for non-profit NGOs that want to improve the world food supply.
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