The China question is tearing US biotech apart

Very clever or how China lures biotech companies from heavily overregulated Western countries!

Communists know how to play capitalists! 😊 There is e.g. this famous quote: "The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them"

Again, was the SARS-CoV-2/Covid 19 virus developed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (an institute known for dual use research), which was funded by the federal government of the US under Anthony Fauci!

"The problem is China. [US] Fledgling startups and pharmaceutical giants alike are addicted to Chinese drugs, filling their pipelines with would-be blockbusters developed at enviable speed and bought on the cheap. They’ve spent some $60 billion on Chinese molecules in the first three months of 2026 alone, according to state figures. That’s on pace to double last year’s total, which was already 10 times larger than the one from 2021.

No one disagrees that it’s good business. And more drugs moving swiftly through development means hope for patients around the world desperately awaiting new medicines. ..."

 

America's Chinese biotech question: A road to riches or ruin? (behind paywall) "Its ascent is forcing U.S. firms and investors to pick a side: Is the country an ally or an existential threat?"

California Startup Savor launches first butter made entirely from air and water

Call me skeptical!

"A California-based biotechnology startup has officially launched the world's first commercially available butter made entirely from carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and oxygen, eliminating the need for traditional agriculture or animal farming. Savor, backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates through his Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund, announced the commercial release of its animal- and plant-free butter after three years of development.

The revolutionary product uses a proprietary thermochemical process that transforms carbon dioxide captured from the air, hydrogen from water, and methane into fat molecules chemically identical to those found in dairy butter. According to the company, the process creates fatty acids by heating these gases under controlled temperature and pressure conditions, then combining them with glycerol to form triglycerides. 

First Commercial Deployments

Several high-profile restaurants and bakeries are among Savor's first customers, including Michelin-starred establishments SingleThread and ONE65, as well as Jane the Bakery in California. The company has been quietly collaborating with Bay Area culinary partners over the past year, allowing chefs to test the product in commercial kitchens. ..."

Startup launches first butter made entirely from air

Credits: Thursday, August 14, 2025 - Join The Flyover

Israeli Women Lead The Way In Thriving Biotech Industry

Very impressive! If I am not mistaken, this was achieved without government imposed gender quotas!

" ... but “there are not enough women in leadership roles — or who have their own startups.” In a time where high-tech and biotech go hand in hand, Carmi [Professor Rivka Carmi, former president of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev] says, women only make up “a third of the pie, not 50/50.”"
What is this nutty, presumably feminist professor talking about! 33% are women in leadership roles or have their own startups! This is incredible!

Israeli Women Lead The Way In Thriving Biotech Industry | Health News: Israeli women make up 60 to 70 percent of the biotechnology workforce, but they're still the minority when it comes to upper management roles. | NoCamels