Editorial and News

Australasian Biotechnology, Volume 6 Number 6, November/December 1996,\npp.322-346 Editorial and News Code Number: AU96019 Size of Files: Text:\n94K Graphics: No associated graphics files Editorial FROM THE PRESIDENT\nConflicting signals from Government in 1996 - What now for 1997? If\nindustry supports the Mortimer "Review of Business Programmes", there\nis a prospect that the arbitrary cost cutting of 1996 will be followed\nby a broader vision in 1997 NEWS Use of Transgenic Commodities in\nFoods: Resistance and Response A trade association representing food\nretailers and wholesalers in 20 European countries has taken a stand\nagainst purchasing U.S. soybeans this year unless genetically\nengineered soybeans are clearly separated and labeled. At a news\nconference in Washington October 6, a spokesman for EuroCommerce warned\nthat several of the organization's major members would not buy soybeans\nfrom the U.S. without assurance that they would not receive genetically\naltered ones. Expression of Foreign Genes in Transgenic Fish Commercial\nproduction of transgenic fish engineered with desirable characteristics\nsuch as enhanced growth or disease resistance is coming closer to\nreality in several species, including catfish, trout, salmon, carp,\ngoldfish, and tilapia. Significant effort has been invested in\npreparing and evaluating vectors for expression of foreign genes in\ntransgenic fish. Microbiology News Focus on the latest issue of\nMicrobiology Australia (the journal of the Australian Society for\nMicrobiology) is on microbiology in the environment, and includes\narticles on biodiversity in the Antarctic, microbial diversity of\nthermophiles and dentrifying bacteria in Port Phillip Bay. Queenslander\nWins Nobel Prize World Horse Care Breakthrough by South Australian\nBiotech Company Field trials have begun on an Australian-developed\nprotein which could revolutionise the $50 billion horse industry\nworld-wide. The protein Equine Somatotropin (eST), developed by South\nAustralian based biotechnology company BresaGen, has the potential to\nsubstantially reduce crippling breakdowns suffered by young horses in\ntraining, speed up healing and improve the condition of older animals.\nBresaGen has sought registration for eST from the National Registration\nAuthority (NRA) and the field trials are part of the process to obtain\nthis certification. BresaGen is the only company in the world producing\nrecombinant eST. BioResearch Ireland Product Licensed to DAKO A/S\nBioResearch Ireland has licensed a monoclonal antibody to DAKO A/S,\nCopenhagen, Denmark. The BRI antibody is used for the detection of\ncancer cells which are resistant to anti-cancer drugs i.e. multi-drug\nresistant (MDR) cells. In treatment of cancer patients, it is important\nto determine such resistance before the appropriate chemotherapy\ntreatment is chosen. Field Tests for GMO's Reviewed EDBT - What is it?\nIndia - Biobusiness Contact Queensland Clunies Ross Centre for Science\n& Technology In late 1995 a special agreement was signed which\nallowed the Queensland Government to work in a joint venture with the\nIan Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation to provide a $7 million Centre for\nscience and industry on the Brisbane Technology Park. Change of Address\nfor JBA New Chairman for CSIRO Archaebacterium Sequenced Archaea, along\nwith prokaryotes (bacteria) and eukaryotes (including yeasts, plants,\nanimals, humans) form the three branches of life. On 23 August 1996,\nScience (273:1058-73) reported the first complete sequence of the\ngenome of Methanococcus jannaschii, a member of the Archaea branch of\nmicroorganisms. Centre for Plant Conservation Genetics The Centre was\nestablished in mid 1996 at the Southern Cross University at is Lismore\nCampus in northern NSW. Bio-Rad forms CHEF Users Group Bio-Rad\nLaboratories held the inaugural CHEF Users Group meeting on Wednesday\n27 November 1996 at University of Melbourne. The speakers were: Prof\nWarren Grubb, School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin University of\nTechnology, Perth, Dr Jenny Thompson, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute\nand Dr Barbara Howlett, Department of Botany, University of Melbourne.\nFlorigene Launches Moondust Carnation The first genetically modified\ncut flower product to be approved for sale anywhere in the world has\nbeen released by an Australian company. ABA NEWS Report from the\nDirectors GTIU Directors meet Minister Next Australian Biotechnology\nConference Branch News Membership Next Council Meeting Strategy for the\nABA Journal News EDUCATION NEWS New Master's Course at UNSW University\nof Melbourne COMPANY NEWS New Chairman for Peptech AMRAD Highlights for\n1995-96 ForBio Limited Australian World First in Robotic Technology\nUnveiled in Sydney CSL'S ANNUAL REPORT About the Company The Year at a\nGlance REGULATORY NEWS Gene Technology and the Food Regulators\nAustralia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) is presently considering a\nproposal to develop a standard to regulate foods developed with an\ninvolvement of gene technology. In order to guide the Authority in\ndealing with this complex issue, the Parliamentary Secretary to the\nMinister for Health and Family Services, Senator the Hon Bob Woods,\nrequested that it dconvene the forum `Gene Technology and Food - The\nChallenge Ahead' on 1 and 2 August, 1996. The FDA's New Stealth Policy\nfor Biotech Foods - A View by Dr Henry Miller American presidents'\nrhetoric is often belied by their actions. Wilson and FDR both promised\nthey would keep us out of wars. Bush said "read my lips, no new taxes."\nClinton pronounced that he had attained "the end of the era of big\ngovernment." The disconnect between the Clinton administration's words\nand deeds is nowhere more profound than in federal regulation. While\nclaiming to reduce government intrusiveness and burdens, high-level\nadministration officials instead create expanded roles for federal\nagencies. Consider, for example, unnecessary regulation of new,\nimproved and safer foods. ASIAN NEWS News from Indonesia New Molecules\nof Gadjah Mada University Centre for Tropical Fruits Studies, Indonesia\nTropical Fruits the National Assets News from Malaysia WHO Calls for\nGrant Applications for Vaccine Development from the Asia-Pacific Region\nBiotechnology in Asia PATENT NEWS Contributed by Dr. Vivien Santer,\nGriffith Hack & Co., Melbourne Attempts in the United States to\nRestrict Patentability of Surgical and Medical Methods US Patent and\nTrade Marks Office Public Hearings Changes to Canadian Patent Law\nChiron-Murex Case Settled House of Lords Dismisses Biogen's Appeal\nAgainst Medeva General Patent News LEGAL NOTES Contributed by Natalie\nStoianoff, Stoianoff & Associates, Business Editor In this issue,\nLegal Notes considers some of the key issues to protecting and\ncommercialising your technology and know how, recently presented by the\nwriter at an international business conference in Pusan, South Korea.\nCopyright 1996 Australian Biotechnology Association Ltd.

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