Biotechnology in Europe - Statistics & Facts
In general, biotechnology is the use of biological systems and living organisms to make or modify products or processes for specific purposes. Agriculture, food production, and medicine are the most important areas of application of biotechnology, along with interdisciplinary fields such as genomics, applied immunology, and the development of pharmaceutical therapies and diagnostic tests. Biotech in medicine lately came into focus due to the discovery and development of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines, like those by BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna.
