Privatisation of Seeds?

Canada: Monsanto victory plants seed of privatisation Brooklin, Canada, 5 Oct (IPS/Stephen Leahy) — Canadian farmers’ traditional right to save seeds is being threatened by proposals to collect royalties on virtually all such seeds fo […]

Biotechnology: Continuing Hype?

Biotechnology: Continuing hype? By Chee Yoke Heong Source: Third World Resurgence, No. 167-168 July/August 2004) PUBLICLY traded biotechnology companies in the US have been estimated to have suffered cumulative losses of over USD40 b […]

Biotech’s Dismal Performance

Biotech’s Dismal Bottom Line: More Than $40 Billion in Losses As Scientists Search for Cures, They Gobble Investor Cash; A Handful Hit the Jackpot ‘The Ultimate Roulette Game’ DAVID P. HAMILTON / Wall Street Journal 20 may 04 Sin […]

Monsanto Eyes Royalties from Latin American Soya Imports

Monsanto Eyes Royalties on Latam Soy Imports to US Story by Richard Cowan REUTERS NEWS SERVICE, USA, March 25, 2004 WASHINGTON – Biotech crop leader Monsanto Co. (MON.N: Quote, Profile, Research), hoping to capitalize on an expected […]

Trilateral Agreement Undermines Biosafety Protocol

Are Biotech Companies Retreating?

Is Biotechnology Losing Its Nerve? By ANDREW POLLACK, New York Times February 29, 2004 (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/29/business/yourmoney/29biotech.html?ex=1079069500&ei=1&en=daa337be15239edf) AS a founder of four biotec […]

Agribusiness on PR Blitz in Latin America

Item 1 Syngenta goes on RRsoya blitz By Lilian Joensen Molecular Biologist, Grupo de Reflexion Rural (Argentina) “Republiqueta Sojera” (Soya Republic), is the name that NGOs in Argentina have used to warn the po […]

Conflict of Interest — Alive and Well

Eric Schlosser: USDA is too dominated by cattle industry Alisa Harrison has worked tirelessly the last couple of weeks to spread the message that bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, is not a risk to American consume […]

Biotech IPOs See Boom but Performance Disappointing

October sees a frenzy of biotech IPOs By Elizabeth Wine in New York Financial Times; Nov 10, 2003 October was the busiest month in three years for initial public offerings in the biotechnology sector. But the performance of the newly li […]

Monsanto Pulls Out of Europe, Stops Biopharming Research

Item 1 Monsanto to quit Europe By Paul Brown and Mark Oliver Thursday October 16, 2003 The Guardian Monsanto, the world’s largest GM seed company, is pulling out of the European cereal business in a surprise move that […]