Italy

Unilever opened a centre of excellence for Assembled Foods, a global development centre for products such as ready meals, salads, snacks and bakery goods.

The European Commission has ordered Italy to pay back €270M of loans for aeronautics R&D after rules on state aid were broken.

Anglo-Dutch antibody specialist PanGenetics BV has agreed a collaboration with Lay Line Genomics SpA of Rome, Italy, in the field of therapeutic antibodies for the treatment of pain.

So far Italy has barely registered on the roster of biotech nations. Now that is set to change as the first biotechnology champions emerge and the country goes all out to attract inward investment.