The US biotechnology industry has gone through more than three years of sustained IPO financings, but that news isn’t all rosy for the industry.

French biotech consultants Bionest Partners has a system for valuing loss-making biotech companies using information available on a company website.

UK Trade & Investment is hosting a delegation of Brazilian biotechnology executives this week, with a view to developing collaborations between the two countries.

Global acceptance of biotech crops increased in 2006, with acreage reaching 102 million hectares in 22 countries, according to a new report.

Danish biotech is on the rise and has outpaced its closest neighbour, Sweden, according to a study published last week.

For the first time biotechnology has overtaken software as the US venture capitalists’ darling, according to the quarterly MoneyTree Report published by PricewaterhouseCoopers last week.