Bio/Technology/Diversity Week, Volume 3, Number 17, 1994

Bio/Technology/Diversity Week Produced by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy July 26, 1994 Volume 3, Number 17 Code: NL94043 Size of Files: Text: 28K Graphics: No Associated Graphics Files CONTENTS * MOST MEXICAN PATENTS GO TO MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS A recent article in the FINANCIAL TIMES says that in Mexico last year, 95% of all patent applications were by multinational corporations or foreign-owned companies.... * FARMERS WILL PICK UP TAB FOR UNIVERSITY PLANT VARIETIES The University of Minnesota announced earlier this month that farmers will be required to pay more for seeds developed by University scientists.... * SUCCESS OF FLAVR SAVR DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK The success of Calgene's genetically engineered Flavr Savr tomato in the marketplace depends on who you ask.... * rBGH NEWS OF THE WEEK A Missouri researcher says the use of recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH or rBST) will not affect the price of milk over the long haul.... * HUNT FOR BREAST CANCER GENE ATTRACTS ATTENTION, COMPETITION With an epidemic facing the female population of the U.S., scientists are reportedly in a mad dash to find the gene responsible for breast cancer.... * REPS ASK CLINTON TO RECONSIDER IPR PROVISIONS IN GATT Representatives Helen Delich Bentley (R-MD) and Dan Rostenkowski (D-IL) have written to President Bill Clinton out of concern over proposed patent protection provisions in the new General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).... * BIOTECH BUSINESS NEWS A recent article in the WALL STREET JOURNAL asks if biotechnology companies aren't going broke by rushing to clinical trials too soon.... * APPEALS COURT STOPS LOGGING UNTIL IMPACT ON SALMON ASSESSED A federal appeals court ruled earlier this month that logging, grazing and road construction in two national forests in Oregon must stop until the U.S. Forest Service can determine the impact these activities will have on the endangered Chinook salmon in the Snake River.... * SEA POPULATIONS CONTINUE DECLINE Toxic tides, coastal development and nonpoint source runoff are contributing to the demise of ocean species.... * CALENDAR OF EVENT