US/UK: UNITED STANCE ON GENE PATENTING
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US President Bill Clinton and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair have joined together to try to dissuade the biotechnology industry from patenting human genes. The statement also claims that the sector has a moral duty to openly publish information it collates about the genetic code of humans. According to UK Minister for Science, Lord Sainsbury of Turville, biotechnology firms that try to hide information on gene sequences are damaging the prospects of developing new medical and therapeutic benefits.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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UK: INQUIRY INTO LOST PATENT WINDFALL
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Patent rights to applications of cloning technology were sold to a private company for just GB[pound] 1, a move that may have lost UK taxpayers a windfall of billions of pounds. The National Audit Office is to launch a preliminary inquiry into how publicly funded research is exploited commercially, and whether the UK taxpayer is receiving the best value for money when research institutions are granted freedom. Roslin Biomed was created in April 1998 to exploit Nuclear Transfer, the technology behind the cloning of Dolly the sheep, received GB[pound] 250,00 per year from the Conservative government. However, the company was acquired by US-based Geron Corporation in 1999, in return for a pledge of GB[pound] 12.5mn investment over the next six years.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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UK: BETTER LABELLING FOR GM FOODS PROMISED
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The labelling of genetically modified (GM) foods will soon be subject to tighter rules, according to Minister for the Cabinet Office, Mo Mowlam. The government also intends to formulate new rules regarding additives and flavouring labelling in the early part of January, 2000.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1999
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