A decade ago, critics suggested biotech crops would not be valuable in the developing world. Now 90 percent of farmers who benefit are resource-poor farmers in developing countries. These helped alleviate 7.7 million subsistence farmers in China, India, South Africa, the Philippines from abject poverty.
Quotes about biotech (16 Quotes)
Information technology, the environment, aerospace, energy, and biotech are where the (government) money is focused on.
We think it's going to be good news for all the stem cell players. This sort of news and this sort of media attention really brings all the attention into the biotech space and the stem cell stocks tend to do really well.
My wife was working for a biotech company in San Diego when she walked away to become a mom, ... We have two children now and she plans to go back part-time someday. Any investing I do for her right now would be in education, to keep herself updated, ahead of the curve, especially since technology is moving so fast right now.
We have all the ingredients for a strong biotech industry here with the agriculture, pharmaceuticals and educational base.
This is a real problem only if you are working in a high-tech field or biotech or anywhere where there is highly-competitive software development or research and analysis going on,
We are working with a biotech company, Calypte, which has designed a urine test for the HIV antibody.
Opposition to genetically modified foods is likely to increase if the WTO decides that European safeguards should be sacrificed to benefit biotech corporations. The WTO, the US administration and biotech firms should stop their bullying and let Europeans decide what food we eat.
The WTO ruling is not a victory for the US administration and the biotech giants. Countries around the world should continue to enforce tough legislation protecting their citizens and the environment from the risks of genetically modified crops.
Biotech takes big risks in areas of unmet need and they do that in an innovative way, ... As Capt. James Kirk of the fictional starship Enterprise says, it's not afraid to go where nobody else has gone before.
The 1st Congressional District contains almost half of the biotech and biomedical companies in Washington, and my job often allows me to meet the people responsible for this exciting research.
We have a unique form of biotech in Illinois and a lot revolves around agriculture, food processing and alternative forms of energy.
As part of our strategy going forward we are aggressively looking at alliances and joint ventures and acquisitions of biotech companies.
What happened is we went through a long period that was very difficult for biotech companies to raise money. Once this window opened, a lot of people decided that they would go ahead.
I don't think that a mutual fund that invests exclusively in biotech start-ups or invests exclusively in companies in Thailand offers any great safety or diversification.
Today's decision is great news for farmers and for Pioneer. This approval supports expanded choices for farmers and recognizes the safety and value of Pioneer biotech products worldwide.