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Biotech industry in survival mode

July 22, 2003 Comments Off Posted in: General Biotechnology

Biotech industry in survival mode Restructuring, retrenching and reinventing themselves, Bay Area biotechnology firms are adapting to weather the economic downturn. … “We’ve noticed (biotech companies) will abandon one or two research products and in the process may have discovered something of more use, readjusting their core competency to find something marketable today, rather than […]

The genetically-modified food fight

July 22, 2003 Comments Off Posted in: General Biotechnology

The genetically-modified food fight Once again, Europe and the U.S. are at loggerheads. This time, they’re fighting over food, not foreign policy. On July 2, the European Parliament passed legislation calling for detailed labeling of genetically modified (GM) food products.