The black, red and gold standard

摘要

For a scientist like Simon Moroney, hoping to swap academia for industry, moving to Germany in the early 1990s was a risky move. With strict laws hindering drug research and strong public opposition to genetic engineering, German biotechnology seemed dead before it even started. Fifteen years later and it's not just the beer and bratwurst that entice British scientists to follow in Moroney's footsteps, but an impressive hub of biotechnology.