When will Israeli biotech grow up?

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Israel's creativity in the life sciences is doubtful, much of which comes from the country's seven major academic institutions, though investors are cautious of the apparent lack of ability to turn all the intellectual property into biotechnology products. The Israeli government and venture capitalists need to do more to fund biotech start-up companies in an effort to boost the country's biotech prospects, assert industry watchers.

Israel, Drugs, Biotechnology industry, Biotechnology industries, Growth, Company growth

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Dow pulls out of bioplastics due to slow sector maturation

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Chemical giant Dow declared that it was pulling out of a large investment in the agricultural and industrial company Minnesota-based Cargill since it might take longer than expected time to bring a return on investment. The joint venture between Cargill and Dow Chemical was set up to commercialize polyactic acid (PLA) under the brand name Nature Works.

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS, Plastics Materials and Synthetics, Company investment, Investments, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Michigan), DOW, Pesticides industry, Herbicides, Synthetic fibers industry, Sulphur industry, Synthetic fibres industry, Cargill Dow L.L.C.

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First inhalable insulin approved

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Exubera, the inhalable insulin made by Nektar Therapeutics, the San Francisco-based company is approved in both the United States and Europe in January 2006. Exubera offers diabetics an alternative to traditional needle-based delivery.

Product development, Government regulation, Pharmaceutical preparations, Pharmaceutical industry, Licensing, certification and accreditation, Insulin, Nektar Therapeutics

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