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Biotechnology

Type: Keyphrase

Name: Biotechnology

description: Techniques that use living organisms or parts of organisms to produce a variety of products (from medicines to industrial enzymes) to improve plants or animals or to develop microorganisms to remove toxics from bodies of water, or act as pesticides.

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 9 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Environment)

BIO disputes report's arguments; says U.S. farmers continue to favor biotech crops

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- American farmers have adopted genetically engineered (GE) crops widely since their introduction in 1996 because of the tangible benefits that biotech varieties deliver, the Biotechnology Industry Organization says.According to the ... [AgProfessional - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Biotechnology, Agricultural Biotechnology, Pesticide, United States

First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Biology)

NYSSA Presents 13th Annual Biotech and Specialty Pharmaceuticals

The New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) will present the 13th Annual Biotech and Specialty Pharmaceuticals Conference on December 1, 2009.The biotech sector has rebounded off its Q1 lows of the year, but does the industry have what it takes ... [Business Wire via MSN Money - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Biotechnology, S&P 500, CFA Institute

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 6 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Medicine)

MarketWatch Inc

Health care's healthy decade

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- It's been a tough 10 years for Corporate America, but you wouldn't know it by looking at the nation's biggest health-care firms.Examine all the companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index /quotes/comstock/21z!i1:in\x (SPX ... [MarketWatch - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Biotechnology, MarketWatch Inc, Les Funtleyder, Mark McClellan, Standard & Poor's

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Biology)

Facet Biotech Announces Four Presentations at American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting

REDWOOD CITY, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) Facet Biotech Corporation (NASDAQ: FACT) today announced that data for the company's elotuzumab and TRU-016 development programs will be presented at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) 2009 Annual Meeting and Exposition ... [Street Insider - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Biotechnology, American Society of Hematology, Elotuzumab

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Corporate Deals)

EFT BioTech Holdings to Make Institutional Presentation

EFT Biotech Holdings Inc (EFTB) Stock Quote, Chart, News, Add to WatchlistEFT BioTech Holdings, Inc., (PINKSHEETS: EFTB) a proprietary e-commerce solutions company providing 'made in the USA' health, beauty and nutraceutical products under the EFT brand ... [Market Wire via MSN Money - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Biotechnology, Proprietary, International Marine Ltd, Critical Mass

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Biotechnology)

GM crops divide nation: survey

The latest ANU Poll, issued to The Canberra Times, also finds Australians believe the nation's farmers produce safe food sustainably and ethically, and there is strong support for giving them extra financial help.The poll discovers Australians are still ... [Stock Journal - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Genetically Modified Crops, Biotechnology, Genetically Modified Foods

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 Documents (in New Business)

Biofuel startups need big partners to drive growth, experts say

Fledgling biofuel companies need the capital, infrastructure and distribution power of major oil businesses to achieve commercial-scale production, industry experts said. "If you don't have a big brother with deep pockets, like a BP, like an Exxon or ... [SmartBrief - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Biofuels, Startup, Biotechnology, Verenium Corp

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Biology)

Irish biotech venture wins start-up award

Start-ups New Irish biotech venture wins NovaUCD Start-Up Award19.11.2009Equinome has won NovaUCD's 2009 Start-Up Award and a 5,000 prize after being named overall winner of the 14th NovaUCD Campus Company Development Programme (CCDP). Located at NovaUCD, ... [Silicon Republic - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Biotechnology, Jim Bolger, ChangingWorlds, Veterinary Medicine, UCD

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 Documents

Biogen Idec Accused Again of Excessive CEO Pay, Lousy Performance, By Big Shareholder

Biotech , Drugs , Multiple Sclerosis Luke Timmerman wrote:[ Update: 1:55 pm Eastern, 11/20/09 ] After a bitter standoff earlier this year with billionaire investor Carl Icahn over alleged mismanagement , Cambridge, MA-based Biogen Idec now faces another ... [Xconomy - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Biogen Idec, James Mullen, Arthur Cohen, Biotechnology, Luke Timmerman

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

OncoVista (OVIT.PK) Reports 179% Increase in 3Q Revenues Due to Subsidiary’s Proprietary Branded Products and R&D Revenues

SAN ANTONIO - (Business Wire) OncoVista Innovative Therapies, Inc. (Pink Sheets: OVIT) reported continued strong growth in revenue, in the third quarter of 2009. For the nine months ended, revenues increased to $697,456 up from $249,565 in the prior year ... [Earthtimes.org - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Ger..., Proprietary, Biotechnology, Heidelberg (Germany), antineoplastic

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

The Best of Fast Company: A Green Version of the Red Wagon, Electronic Polar Bears, and the Freedom Leg

This week at Fast Company , we looked at a Silicon Valley designer's green take on the little red wagon, a zoo that replaced real polar bears with electronic versions, a prosthetic leg that replaces crutches, and Joule Biotechnologies' attempt to make ... [Treehugger - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Silicon Valley, Hewlett-Packard Company, Biotechnology

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Biology)

Biotech Import Ban Creates Feed Ingredient Shortage in Turkey

In the weeks following Turkey's announcement of additional requirements on importation of all food and feed products containing genetically enhanced components, progress to reverse or amend the stringent requirements has yet to be made. Those involved ... [USAgNet - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Turkey, Biotechnology, Corn, Joe O Brien, Solubility

Quotes

...the increasing demand for food given the constraints on expanding land and water used for food production,' a declaration from the summit said. "We will seek to mobilize the resources needed to increase productivity, including the review, approval and adoption of biotechnology and other new technologies and innovations that are safe, effective and environmentally sustainable."

Asia Prelates Give OK to Genetically Modified Rice [Zenit - 2 hours ago]

"We see expansion in the USA as an essential next step in our plans to develop a global business serving the major biotech and pharmaceutical companies worldwide "As our business has developed, we were clear that in order to serve our developing customer base we had to look to overseas markets in addition to our domestic opportunities.""

Sistemic's US opening [Business 7 - 3 hours ago]

Probiotics are defined by FAO/WHO as: "Live microorganisms which, when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host." Each probiotic strain is unique and exhibits particular effects in the gut resulting in certain health benefits...

Probiotics Highlighted as Solution to Help Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients [Nutrition Horizon - 3 hours ago]

"There is also a significant minority view that foods produced through biotechnology pose serious health risks."

GM crops divide nation: survey [Stock Journal - 6 hours ago]

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Forget about rotten tomatoes [The Hindu - 5 hours ago]
NYSSA Presents 13th Annual Biotech and Specialt... [Business Wire via MSN Money - 5 hours ago]
NYSSA Presents 13th Annual Biotech and Specialt... [Business Wire - 6 hours ago]

Blogs

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HealthCare Ventures: Substance Over form [TheFunded.com - 4 hours ago] \| Fund Rated 3.9I am the CEO of a biotechnology company that recently entered into a major transaction with a large pharmaceutical company. Healthcare Ventures ...
Book Review Monday: Intellectual Property Right... [Patent Baristas - 6 hours ago] I aim to shed light on the extent to which advance in the life sciences was directed by the profit motive and the availability of the patent system … and on the ...
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Stock Market Some Selling... Should Be More...N... [The Market Oracle - 11 hours ago] AM By: Jack_Steiman A lateral range is simply that, a lateral range. It frustrates. It's annoying. The bulls want things to break out and the bears want things to ...
Embraer, GE, Azul and Amyris in Renewable Jet F... [Green Car Congress - 11/19/2009] Amyris engineers microbes to convert sugar to hydrocarbon fuels. Micrograph of fermentation fluids from production of Amyris Renewable Diesel (Nov 2007). Source: ...

Audio/Video

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Quagmire: the Scandal of Biotechnology Public P... [Mefeedia Video Tag : biotechnolo - 11/18/2009]
BIO International Convention [BIO Channel - YouTube - 11/17/2009]
Pathways to Technology - Video Biotechnology Intro [Mefeedia Video Tag : biotechnolo - 11/17/2009]
The Burrill Report [Mefeedia Video Tag : biotechnolo - 11/17/2009]
The Burrill Report [Mefeedia Video Tag : biotechnolo - 11/17/2009]

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