If Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development is to be believed then the average cost of developing a new biotechnology product is around $1.2 billion. This is being regarded as the first comprehensive estimate in the field of biotechnology.
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Have a look. Australian government rejects subsidy for a cervical cancer vaccine and now it is being used in a campaign for promoting Australian biotechnology industry as an attractive destination for foreign companies.
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Africa is one of those continents which is not only poor but also suffers from starvation. Biotechnology has come to the rescue of millions of people who are suffering at the hands of famines and starvation out there. Efforts are underway to improve...
In 2005 around 22,000 new cases of gastric cancer surfaced in America and 11,000 patients died from this disease itself. In most of the cases the disease is discovered only during the advanced stages and methods currently being deployed for detecting...
A funding of £420,000 has been granted to the University of Surrey for using nanotechnology for developing cancer treatments. Supported by the EU under the Marie Curie scheme, this funding is a part of the project 'Multifunctional Carbon Nanotubes
Generex Biotechnology Corporation is conducting human clinical trials of Antigen Express synthetic avian influenza vaccine which is being regarded as one of the first studies to be conducted on man. For conducting trials, the company has entered into...
University of Colorado and University of Denver scientists are on the verge of finding out a solution to an old mechanical roadblock in the delivery of gene therapy.
Dr. Corinne Lengsfeld, Associate professor, University of Denver said:...
British Prime Minister Tony Blair wants that scientists should make the case for biotechnology, GM crops and other scientific developments. He stated that as a child he was quite poor in the subject and he wanted the children of the country to view...
This comes as shocking news for VaxGen. FDA has postponed the advanced testing of anthrax vaccine being developed by the company. The second mid stage clinical trials of the vaccine were about to begin. The reason for this is that FDA found out the...
Some hope for diabetes patients. For the first time insulin secreting cells have been created from human embryonic stem cells which could lead to the unlimited supply of cells which might be transplanted into people suffering from type 1 diabetes....
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