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April 15, 2009
The ban defies the European Commission's earlier approval of the corn....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Germany-Bans-Monsanto-GM-Corn_18294.html April 14, 2009
Researchers from the wood research center at the Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut (WKI; Braunschweig, Germany), say they have developed a scratch-resistant furniture varnish comprised 50%...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Varnish-from-Vegetable-Oil_18269.html April 13, 2009
Synthetic biology firm Verdezyne (Carlsbad, CA) says it has signed a contract with Novozymes to optimize selected genes that encode industrial enzymes....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Novozymes-Taps-Synthetic-Bio-Firm_18263.html April 10, 2009
Givaudan tells CW that it has terminated a three-year taste technology development and licensing agreement with biotech firm Redpoint Bio (Cranbury, NJ) after a key milestone was not...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Givaudan-Terminates-Deal_18166.html April 10, 2009
Merck KGaA says it has launched a venture capital fund, called Merck Serono Ventures, to invest in emerging biotechnology companies. The fund aims to support biotech startup companies...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Merck-KGaA-Launches-Fund_18212.html April 9, 2009
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), a class of biopolymers, could succeed the use of polylactic acid (PLA) in many applications, according to the implications of research presented by George...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Biopolymers-Could-PHA-Succeed-PLA-update_18113.html April 6, 2009
The success of technologies for next generation biofuels, which will use non-food crop biomass as feedstock, will depend heavily upon national regulations for biofuels and feedstock...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Second-Generation-Biofuels-Dependent-on-National-Policies-and-Feedstock-Availability_18066.html April 3, 2009
The chemical industry needs to expand its base of bio-scientists if it is to grow beyond a petroleum-feedstock base to that of sustainable bio-feedstocks, say industry executives...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Tackling-the-Biotech-Talent-Shortfall_18028.html April 3, 2009
Bayer CropScience says it will consolidate its European plant biotechnology research at its Innovation Center at Ghent, Belgium and further extend its activities in the main...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Bayer-CropScience-Consolidates-European-Plant-Biotech-Research-at-Ghent_17990.html April 2, 2009
BASF says it has begun taking steps to commercialize a strain of Lactobacillus, a pro-biotic micro-organism, which it has engineered to protect against bacteria that cause cavities in...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/BASF-Commercializes-Bacteria-that-Cleans-Teeth_17969.html March 23, 2009
Merck KGaA says it has launched a venture capital fund dubbed Merck Serono Ventures, to invest in emerging biotechnology companies. The fund will support biotech start-up companies...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Merck-KGaA-Launches-Venture-Capital-Fund-for-Start-Up-Biotech-Firms_17802.html March 20, 2009
DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol, a 50-50 biofuels joint venture between DuPont and food ingredients firm Danisco, is on track to begin manufacturing cellulosic ethanol at its pilot...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/DuPont-Danisco-to-Start-Cellulosic-Ethanol-Pilot-Plant-by-2010_17720.html March 18, 2009
The chemical industry shouldn't... show arrogance....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/THE-5-MINUTE-INTERVIEW-Feike-Sijbesma-Chairman-of-DSM_17641.html March 17, 2009
The chemical industry’s shift toward renewable feedstocks is accelerating, despite the relatively low price of crude oil, according to a recent report by analysts Frost &...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Adoption-of-Bio-feedstocks-Accelerates_17667.html March 16, 2009
Wacker Chemie says it has opened a previously announced new process-development unit for the production of pharmaceutical proteins, or biologics, at Jena, Germany. The new unit...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Wacker-Opens-Process-Development-Unit-for-Biologics-in-Germany_17638.html March 12, 2009
BASF says it is progressing well with its development of genetically engineered soybean species that are designed to be resistant to soybean rust, a fungus that has the potential to...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/BASF-Progresses-Rust-Prevention_17587.html March 10, 2009
Under the terms of the agreement, Codexis will work with Shell and Iogen Energy (Ottawa) to enhance the efficiency of enzymes used in the Iogen's cellulosic ethanol production process....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Shell-Expands-Biofuel-Efforts-Increases-Codexis-Stake_17548.html March 10, 2009
Merck & Co (Whitehouse Station, NJ) and Schering-Plough (Kenilworth, NJ) say their board of directors have approved a definitive merger agreement under which Merck will acquire...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Merck-and-Co-to-Acquire-Schering-Plough-for-$41-Billion_17517.html March 10, 2009
Isoprene, a key intermediate for synthetic rubber production, has previously only been produced from crude oil....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Genencor-Begins-Supplying-Bio-isoprene-to-Goodyear_17519.html March 9, 2009
Biotechnology company Biocon (Bangalore, India) says its Syngene International (Bangalore) subsidiary has entered into an agreement with DuPont Crop Protection, to provide integrated...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/biotech/Biocon-Forms-Research-Alliance-with-DuPont-Crop-Protection_17541.html |
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