Archive for February 7th, 2008

Kindo Secures Additional Seed Funding From Skype’s Founding Engineers

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… New Delhi, Delhi, IND, 2008-02-07 20:40:47 (IndiaPRwire.com) ASI joins … fund has invested in companies in telematics, biotechnology, power electronics and internet services. The Accelerator … merged with . He now engages as business angel in European technology start-ups and was …
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Yet2.com Announces Record Quarter

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… services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and specialty materials. Honeywell’s … 2007, yet2.com facilitated DSM’s investment in Ganeden Biotech, a consumer healthcare company with a successful … needs in countries such as Russia, China, India, Korea, Brazil, South Africa, Japan, the US, …
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Vice-President Ansari calls for harnessing biotechnology

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… Ansari Thursday called for embracing and harnessing biotechnology as it enables to address people’s problems … Forum - BioAsia 2008. Ansari noted that India is one of the very few among … to an increasing role for this knowledge industry in agricultural production and ensure both its …
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Hyderabad to have two premier biotech research institutes

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… city, one of the pioneers in India’s biotechnology sector, will now be home to two … of the fifth edition of the Global Bio-business Forum - BioAsia 2008. Indian Council of … said. Hyderabad, one of the pioneers in India in the biotechnology sector, emerged as a …
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Budget expectations…. C.L Rathi, MD, Advanced Enzymes Tech

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… 2.50 lac. 2.Expectations in the Pharma and Biotech Sector: .Pharma policies need to be of … sectors like Agriculture, Textile, and Food: .Food Industry appears to be very promising. Cold storage … (out sourcing of R&D activities whether from India or abroad) for better and faster results …
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Abraxis Bioscience Establishes Global Leadership Team

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… ), a fully integrated biotechnology company, today announced the establishment of a … Soon-Shiong. ABRAXANE is approved for marketing in India, is under active review in Australia, Russia, … Operations with more than 18 years of industry experience in a number of therapeutic areas …
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BII Noida introduces Professional Programs in Emerging Domains of Life Sciences

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… Bioinformatics Institute of India is happy to introduce 6 months Professional … and introduced due to great demand from industry and professionals. The Program duration is 6 … Control, Drug Design and Patenting, IPR and Biotechnology etc. BII is proud to have thousand …
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Ansari for directing biotechnology towards resource-poor farmers

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… here today, Ansari listed various reasons for biotechnology being important for the country, the foremost … economy - agriculture and the knowledge industry.” “India being the second largest food producer offers … it brings together entrepreneurship, innovation, business and industry, state support, private and venture capital funding …
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Novexin will be known as Expedeon

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… production and analysis in major pharma and biotech companies’ Novexin announces it company will be … purification, analysis and crystallisation processes The new business name also demonstrates the company’s renewed focus … in emerging markets such as China and India, we have enhanced our capabilities to create …
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Syngenta Full Year Results 2007

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… “2007 was an outstanding year for Syngenta’s business and marked a turning point for agricultural … in the USA, the development of proprietary biotech traits has been accelerated and in 2007 … in the emerging markets - notably China, India and Vietnam - more than offset the …
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Thermo Fisher Scienti Fic, Inc. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript

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… the highly fragmented life and laboratory sciences industry continues to hold opportunities for acquisitions and … markets continue to serve us well, especially biotech tie-ups are very strong and we are … academic and life sciences type of demand. India is very life sciences and healthcare focused, …
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Dr. Inder Verma named recipient of 2008 Vilcek Prize in biomedical science

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… be returned to the body, where they produce an essential protein that the body is … regulates gene activity. When the field of biotechnology was in its infancy, the Government of India invited Dr. Verma to join a task …
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Bill Gates Aims to Save Africa

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… of poor Indian farmers. In the mid-1960s, India was importing grains to avert looming famines. … limited investment in irrigation, and pricing and marketing policies that penalized farmers made the Green … The Scientific and Moral Case for the Biotech Revolution, is available from Prometheus Books. …
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