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Singapore approves serum-free media for cultured meat
Singapore approves serum-free media for cultured meat

Replacing animal-origin cell culture reagents, such as fetal bovine serum (FBS), will support sustainability and cruelty-free claims for cultured meat. It is also an important step towards risk reduction and assuring food safety. The SFA continues to take a leadership position among the world’s regulatory agencies ensuring that these sustainable new products are also safe.

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Cultured Meat, Food Innovation, Innovation, Sustainability, RegulationFiona CaseCultured Meat
White House announcement of the Bioeconomy Initiative includes support for cultured meat and a streamlined process for regulatory approval
White House announcement of the Bioeconomy Initiative includes support for cultured meat and a streamlined process for regulatory approval

Of particular relevance to Vireo Advisors, LLC and our clients is the intent to improve the clarity and efficiency of the regulatory process for biotechnology products.

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Cultured Meat, Leadership, Sustainability, Policy, Regulation, Safety, Guidance, Bio-Based, Food InnovationFiona CaseWhite House, U.S. National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative, cultivating alternative food sources, cultured animal cellsComment
View Dr. Kimberly Ong’s “Solving for Safety” Presentation from the New Harvest 2022: Experience Cellular Agriculture Conference
View Dr. Kimberly Ong’s “Solving for Safety” Presentation from the New Harvest 2022: Experience Cellular Agriculture Conference

During the New Harvest 2022: Experience Cellular Agriculture Conference, Dr. Kimberly Ong of Vireo Advisors, LLC discussed how to bring safe products to market by evaluating and demonstrating safety in her presentation “Solving for Safety”.

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Commercialization, Cultured Meat, Innovation, Leadership, Risk Analysis, Safety, Regulation, Events, Food Innovation, Sustainability, PolicyLeslie HockmanNew Harvest, New Harvest 2022: Experience Cellular Agriculture Conference, Dr. Kimberly Ong, Solving for Safety, cultured meatComment
Achieving the potential of the US bioeconomy
Achieving the potential of the US bioeconomy

The US bioeconomy (biotechnology-based economic activity) currently contributes 5.1 percent or more of US GDP and has tremendous growth potential. Realizing that potential requires, among other efforts, investment by the government to advance innovation infrastructure including regulatory frameworks that are open to new technologies and don’t obstruct them.

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Bio-Based, Leadership, Markets, Commercialization, Sustainability, Safety, Policy, Innovation, GuidanceFiona CaseUS bioeconomy, biotechnology-based economic activity, US GDP, Schmidt Futures task force, synthetic biology, biobased and bio-enabled applications, advanced materialsComment
Landmark study extols the environmental benefits of novel foods in European diets
Landmark study extols the environmental benefits of novel foods in European diets

How can the world rise to the task of providing healthy and nutritious diets to feed more and more people, in a way that also improves the sustainability of food systems?

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Cultured Meat, Environment, Sustainability, Food InnovationPatricia HodgkinsonMazac, Incorporation of novel foods in European diets can reduce global warming potential, water use and land use by over 80%, novel foods, European diets, global food systems, sustainability of food systems, global warming, future foodsComment