Critics pan timid European response to TeGenero disaster

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The new guidance proposals by U.K. Medical and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency/European Medicines Evaluation Agency following the catastrophic first-in-human-trial incident involving the agonist TGN1412 produced by German biotech company TeGenero received weak response from industry watchers.

United Kingdom, Pharmaceutical preparations, Care and treatment, Pharmaceutical industry, Monoclonal antibodies

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Europe's anti-GM stance to presage animal feed shortage?

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European Union's (EU's) zero-tolerance stance about genetically-modified (GM) plant materials in imported goods is likely create a huge shortage in livestock feed by 2009-2010. European importers might reject the feed shipments containing traces of the unapproved new varieties of GM crops.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing, Prepared Feeds, Other Animal Food Manufacturing, Prepared feeds, not elsewhere classified, Livestock Feeders, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Genetically modified plants, Animal feeding and feeds, Feed industry

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Europe sees sharp decline in GMO research

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New genetically modified crop tests have decreased in the European Union to 61 in 2001 compared with 254 in 1998. A moratorium on new transgenic organism development was introduced in 1999 because new legislation is desired.

Product development, Biotechnology industry, Biotechnology industries, European Union, Agricultural policy, Genetically modified organisms

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