Future Prospects for Industrial Biotechnology

✍ Scribed by OECD

• Publisher: OECD Publishing
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 142
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The field of industrial biotechnology has moved rapidly in recent years as a combined result of international political desire, especially in the case of biofuels, and unprecedented progress in molecular biology research that has supplied the enabling technologies. Different geographical regions; have different priorities, but common drivers are climate change mitigation and the desire for energy independence. Now, industrial biotechnology has reached the centre of scientific and political attention. At no time in the past has there been a more pressing need for coherent, evidence-based, proportionate regulations and policy measures; they are at the heart of responsible development of industrial biotechnology. This publication examines the international drivers, the enabling technologies that are fast-tracking Industrial Biotechnology, industry trends, some of the products that are appearing on the market, industry structure and finance, and finally policy measures and trends. It examines separately biofuels, biobased chemicals and bioplastics. It is quite clear that a supportive policy framework for the development of biofuels exists in many countries, but that no such framework is in place for biobased chemicals and bioplastics. This seems at odds with the apparent need for the integrated biorefinery, where chemicals and plastics production will significantly improve profitability when produced alongside transportation fuels.

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 7
Executive summary......Page 11
Introduction – Scope and drivers for industrial biotechnology......Page 13
Global drivers......Page 15
Regional drivers......Page 17
References......Page 21
Emerging synthetic enabling technologies......Page 25
Discovery technologies......Page 26
Modification/optimisation technologies......Page 29
Synthetic biology brings all the elements together......Page 31
The role of extreme environments......Page 33
References......Page 35
Trends in industry and products......Page 37
Biofuels......Page 38
Bio-based chemicals......Page 53
Platform chemicals and integrated biorefineries......Page 55
Bulk chemicals......Page 58
Fine or specialty chemicals......Page 59
Bioplastics......Page 61
Future outlook......Page 65
References......Page 68
Current high-visibility industrial biotechnology products......Page 75
Industrial biotechnology penetrates the thermoplastics market......Page 76
Sorona from bio-PDO......Page 77
Bio-isoprene: sugar to rubber......Page 78
Toyota and green growth......Page 79
Coca-Cola bio-PET: PlantBottle......Page 81
Spider silk may soon come of age......Page 82
References......Page 83
Business organisation and finance in industrial biotechnology......Page 85
Industrial biotechnology companies......Page 86
Business models and growth strategies in industrial biotechnology......Page 89
IP and industrial biotechnology......Page 91
Growth strategies for industrial companies......Page 93
Financing and investment models for industrial biotechnology......Page 95
References......Page 100
Biotechnology policy – Developments, implications and conclusions......Page 103
Short- and long-term policy instruments......Page 104
Current policy trends......Page 108
Some emerging policy trends......Page 111
Comparative bio-based chemicals and bioplastics policy: a common regime?......Page 117
Conclusions......Page 123
References......Page 126
Annex A. OECD workshop on the outlook on industrial biotechnology......Page 131
Annex B. OECD workshop on building an efficient bioeconomy through industrial biotechnology......Page 137

✦ Subjects

Биологические дисциплины;Микробиология и биотехнология;Промышленная микробиология и биотехнология;