2024-02-05 | permalink

GMOs/NGTs : a deceptive patent ban

At its plenary session on 6 February 2024, the European Parliament's Environment Committee will present its proposed amendments to the initial draft on the deregulation of GMO plants obtained using “ new genomic techniques ”. These include the non-patentability of “ NGT plants ”. But what could be behind such a proposal when it has been discussed upstream with the seed multinationals, which hold the majority of patent rights on NGTs?

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