Italy, US look to expand cooperation on biotech. Italy intends to strengthen industrial relations with the US, a world leader in biotechnologies and life sciences, to forge stronger value-based ties, bolster its own sectoral prowess and contribute to tackling shared issues. That’s how Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani framed the Italy-US International Cooperation in Emerging Biotechnologies and Life Sciences event he chaired on Tuesday morning.

The US “is our greatest ally at this historic moment,” he added, stressing the possibility of economic synergies in the field as well as the need to “consolidate political relations and forge industrial ties,” including “strategic partnerships,” in innovative sectors such as biotech. The event brought together Italian biotech companies and US investment funds.