Roche, based in Basel, Switzerland, was a pioneer among big pharmaceutical companies in acquiring biotech companies with its 1990 acquisition of Genetech and the 1994 purchase of Syntex corp. Roche acquires biotech company. Drugs that have emerged from the burgeoning field of human antibody technologies use antibodies to fight infections carried throughout the body in bacteria and viruses. Analysts have said big pharmaceutical companies are shying away from large mergers and acquisitions...

Researchers say genetic engineering could help fight the spread of a disease that is killing crops in parts of the south pacific. That's why about a hundred people protested at the state capitol this morning, against the genetic modification of taro. A senate bill, banning the genetic engineering of taro, could soon die in the 2007 legislative session. Native Hawaiians feel genetically engineered taro will contaminate the purity of the crop. Those who support genetic manipulation of taro...

There is ample evidence from both the Bible and extra-biblical books that shows strong disapproval of genetic engineering. Yet, it may quite possibly be the most important question of all regarding all aspects of biotechnology. Bible disapproves genetic engineering. Tuesday, March 27, 2007 - FreeMarketNews.com Quite surprisingly, this question is one that has rarely been discussed by anyone in the scientific community. Free-Market News Network does not represent, warrant, or endorse the...

JCB is an India focused private equity firm floated by New York Life Investment Management LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of New York Life Insurance Company, Singapore-based Excelfin, Indo Pacific Estates and Punj Lloyd, one of the leading engineering construction firm in India. JCB is an India focused private equity firm floated by New York Life Investment Management LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of New York Life Insurance Company, Singapore-based Excelfin, Indo Pacific Estates and Punj...

But every cloned human embryo requires at least one human egg, and here the biotech industry confronts another obstacle. If embryonic stem cell researchers have their way, young women will soon be paid to lay eggs on demand like chickens in a factory farm, but with more pain and personal risk. The biotech industry says it needs millions of embryos and stem cell lines for the research it wants to do, not 275, which reveals why S. According to a study published in the journal of the American...

India s nascent biotech sector is facing a scarcity of risk capital during key early-stage funding, said a study published in Nature Biotechnology on Monday. So biotech companies are forced to generate revenue from the get-go, diluting re-investment in research and development, or rely on bank funding. Bank of America and Citibank are eyeing India s biotech sector, and some funds from abroad are beginning to trickle in, including investment from the International Finance Corporation, the...

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Web Posted: 03/31/2007 01:44 AM CDT Don Finley Express-News Medical Writer A small mound of fruit flies sleeps en masse on a rubber pad beneath Gregory Macleod's microscope, the pad releasing a faint hiss of carbon dioxide to maintain their peaceful fly slumbers. Web Posted: 03/31/2007 01:44 AM CDT Don Finley Express-News Medical Writer A small mound of fruit flies sleeps en masse on a rubber pad beneath Gregory Macleod's microscope, the pad releasing a faint hiss of carbon dioxide to...

Peter Robson 30 March 2007 Greenpeace has revealed that an independent report into safety testing by genetic engineering giant Monsanto was ignored in the lead-up to a vote on whether the company s new genetically engineered maize would be approved for consumption in the European Union. About Donate Subscribe Activist Calendar Links Contact Us Google search . Advanced search. Peter Robson 30 March 2007 Greenpeace has revealed that an independent report into safety testing by genetic...