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Reti says biotech regs lag other countries by two decades

Dr Shane Reti says too many promising ideas are struggling to move from lab to market.

Dr Shane Reti will retire from politics at the election.

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Outgoing Science and Innovation Minister Dr Shane Reti says New Zealand’s biotechnology legislation needs to radically shift so local innovators can compete at scale on the world stage.

He made the comments at the Life Sciences Summit in central Wellington yesterday to a sold-out crowd of sector

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Jonathan Mitchell Wed, 11 Mar 2026
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