AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoEU Enforcement: The EU hit AliExpress with a €550M fine over illegal product sales, including unsafe toys and cosmetics. Belgian Industry & Health Tech: Samsung Biologics is buying PolyPeptide for about CHF 1.46B to expand peptide manufacturing for next-gen therapies. Life Sciences in the Region: Merck KGaA opened a €25M BioReliance testing facility in Darmstadt to boost in-region release and stability testing for biologics. Belgium Policy Watch: A lawyer warns Belgium could lose ground in life sciences if EU pharma reforms and the Critical Medicines Act aren’t prepared for now. Border Tech & Travel: Airport bosses say the EU’s new Entry/Exit System is tripling waiting times for Brits, with Rome reporting jumps from ~7 to ~20 minutes. Space Science: A Belgium-linked international team says the Chicxulub impactor was a rare CO chondrite, based on nickel traces. F1 Tech & Operations: At Spa, George Russell lashed out at Mercedes over a battery-charge software issue after an early retirement; Red Bull also named Tom Hart as Verstappen’s next race engineer. Digital Economy: India and Estonia agreed to deepen digital governance, fintech, cybersecurity cooperation and back early implementation of the India-EU FTA.
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