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INVENTORS Seminis (Bambino), Syngenta (Pureheart...
...health-care company Roche, Scala, 38, hasn't had much time to pursue his hobby--scuba diving. He's been busy restructuring the pharmaceutical division and integrating a diagnostics firm Roche acquired. The workload isn't likely to let up when in June he takes over as CFO at Syngenta, the world's largest agrochemicals company, based in Basel. Scala's first priorities: raising awareness and confidence among investors...
...material bound for the International Research for Rice Institute, IRRI for short. The goal of IRRI scientists will be to develop a golden tropical rice, based on the techniques Potrykus has used for his temperate rice variety. And this is only the first step. Two private companies?Swiss-based Syngenta and Myriad Genetics of Salt Lake City in the U.S.?revealed last week that they have mapped the entire rice genome, paving the way for other dramatic breakthroughs. Years of lab work on a viable genetically modified (GM) rice variety are still needed, but scientists in Asia will undoubtedly find...
...scientists soon discovered, however, that giving away golden rice was not going to be easy. The genes they transferred and the bacteria they used to transfer those genes were encumbered by patents and proprietary rights. Only after extensive negotiations have the two scientists managed to strike a deal with Syngenta, Monsanto and the four other companies that held exclusive licenses to the technologies used by Potrykus and Beyer to create golden rice. In exchange for commercial marketing rights in the U.S. and other affluent markets, the companies recently agreed to donate the technology free to developing countries...
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