As the FDA inches toward approving food products from cloned animals, the EU stays mute, setting up another potential trade conflict. After many years of…
On December 22, 2006, the European Commission issued the first call for proposals for the seventh edition of the Framework Programme, the system through which…
The discovery of traces of unapproved genetically modified rice in United States exports has once again put the spotlight on biotech companies’ failure to fully…
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on August 24 validated a real-time PCR test forLiberty Link (LL) Rice 601, an unapproved genetically modified (GM) rice…
British pharmaceutical industry organizations say they are generally pleased with draft recommendations by a scientific expert panel for tighter rules governing phase 1 trials of…
Some highly successful early internet investors are setting their sights on white (industrial) biotech, a recent stream of venture capital suggests. This could give fresh…
On April 11, 2006, agricultural company Syngenta International of Basel launched a $100-million venture capital fund that willinvest in growth companies and biotech startups working…
In what could be a milestone for veterinary as well as human vaccine research, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on January 31, 2006, announced…
Most maize and soy products sold in South African food stores contain detectable amounts of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), including products that are labeled ‘non-GMO,’…
In often delayed, still secret, but not unexpected preliminary findings, a three-person expert panel at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, on February 7…