Innovation in health and agriculture. We need to think bigger

Sep 22, 2020

A laboratory technician works during a demonstration for Reuters, revealing part of a technology by Betalin Therapeutics, who say they developed an artificial biological pancreas that can be implanted in diabetics and render daily insulin injections unnecessary, at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, in Jerusalem September 14, 2020. Picture taken September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad - RC2LZI9A701H

Inside the world’s labs, there is a technological revolution looming. Image: REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Werner Baumann

Chairman of the Board of Management; Chief Executive Officer, Bayer AG

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