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We are accelerating the transition to a resilient, technology-driven bioeconomy

Bio-innovation is increasingly recognized as a critical driver of economic resilience, industrial competitiveness, sustainability, and healthier societies. Advances in DNA-related technologies are reshaping industries ranging from food and agriculture to materials, chemicals, energy, and health. Yet despite growing momentum, adoption remains constrained by high costs, scaling challenges, fragmented data, and limited policy readiness.

The Bioeconomy Initiative brings together leaders across government, industry, academia, and civil society to accelerate the adoption of bio-innovation and help build resilient, sustainable, and competitive economic systems.

Convey societal impact

Translate scientific and technical complexity into clear, accessible narratives that help stakeholders understand the economic, environmental and societal value of bio-innovation.

Transform value chains with bio-innovation

Advance more resilient, future-ready value chains by helping scale bio-innovation across sectors such as food systems, materials, chemicals, health and energy.

Support innovative policy practices

Support policy and regulatory approaches that enable responsible bio-innovation through cross-sector collaboration, practical guidance and regulatory sandboxes that help accelerate adoption.

From Policy to Practice: Actionable Recommendations for a Commercial Bioeconomy

This report presents insights into how governments can move from bioeconomy strategy to implementation, and identifies policy actions to unlock private investment, scale domestic manufacturing and build future-ready workforces.

Next generation bio-innovation: Delivering commercial value

This paper presents insights into how bio-innovation can move beyond technology-led development to deliver differentiated commercial value, and identifies opportunities for businesses, investors and policy-makers to unlock scalable bioeconomy transformation.

Accelerating the tech-driven bioeconomy

This paper presents insights into how policy can accelerate the transition to a bio-based economy, and spotlights interventions across health, energy and chemicals, and food and agriculture that can turn bio-innovation into viable commercial models.

Accelerating the tech-driven bioeconomy

This report presents insights into how technology-enabled bio-innovation can accelerate the transition to a commercial bioeconomy, and identifies opportunities for policy, business and research leaders to turn biological engineering into scalable market impact.

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Faster Drugs, Better Access?

China is the second-largest developer of new medicines, with its companies running an increasing share of the world’s clinical trials. It is also rising to the top in several critical areas of research, including cancer. As discovery accelerates, what will faster and more competitive drug development mean for patients and how will it affect the prices they pay?

Bioeconomy Initiative

We are accelerating the transition to a resilient, technology-driven bioeconomy

Our focus areas

Convey societal impact

Transform value chains with bio-innovation

Support innovative policy practices

Our reports

From Policy to Practice: Actionable Recommendations for a Commercial Bioeconomy

Next generation bio-innovation: Delivering commercial value

Accelerating the tech-driven bioeconomy

Accelerating the tech-driven bioeconomy

Watch our public sessions at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026

Faster Drugs, Better Access?

Deep Tech, Shallow Markets

Why Biomanufacturing Is a Big Deal

Success in biomanufacturing is now about much more than the molecule

What China's push into biomanufacturing means for the next industrial era

Beyond the AI gold rush: How the Global South can lead the bioeconomy revolution

Join the global effort to advance the bioeconomy