15.06.2013
- The unapproved genetically modified wheat that was discovered sprouting in Oregon appears to have been "a single isolated incident," U.S. agricultural officials said on Friday in...
11.06.2013
- A former Bristol-Myers Squibb finance executive on Monday pleaded guilty to an insider trading charge, admitting to buying stock options in a biotechnology company that the...
11.06.2013
- Monsanto on Monday won another round in a legal battle with U.S. organic growers as an appeals court threw out the growers' efforts to stop the company from suing farmers if traces...
10.06.2013
- European Union governments failed to agree on Monday whether to approve three genetically modified maize varieties for use in food and feed, the European Commission said. The...
06.06.2013
- Inspired by its success in high-tech electronics and software, Israel is hoping to pull off the same trick in life sciences. The Mediterranean country already boasts the world's...
30.05.2013
- A strain of genetically engineered wheat never approved for sale or consumption was found sprouting on a farm in Oregon, the U.S. government said on Wednesday, and grain traders...
29.05.2013
- GlaxoSmithKline is betting on a new vaccine technology based on chimpanzee viruses by acquiring Swiss-based Okairos for €250 million ($321 million) - the latest bolt-on biotech buy...
29.05.2013
- When Billy Joel once sang about spending his weekend on the Jersey Shore, he most likely wasn't thinking about the pharma, chemical and biotech industries' best and brightest...
29.05.2013
- Ready To Buy - Biomass as a resource for chemicals and plastics is on the rise. Drivers may differ - while some regions are looking for ways to commercialize their abundant biomass...
28.05.2013
- AstraZeneca is to buy Omthera Pharmaceuticals for as much as $443 million to build up its cardiovascular drug business, a priority area for Britain's second-biggest drugmaker. The...
