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Auckland biotech firm tackling COVID-19 and M. bovis announces successful development of rapid, accurate Johne’s disease assay
Auckland-based biotechnology company Pictor Limited has been developing an accurate, affordable multiplexed diagnostic test for Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP) – also known as Johne’s disease – that could save the New Zealand

Fonterra inks blue chip dairy nutrition science deal with MIT heavyweight
Fonterra has signed a deal with a US company that's a world force in biotechnology and nutrition science to turn New Zealand milk probiotics into premium-priced health enhancers.The big dairy cooperative is to collaborate with VitaKey...

Why NZ should rethink rules on genetic modification
OPINION: The National Party says strict controls on biotechnology are stifling innovation.

Catalent to expand Wisconsin biomanufacturing operation
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A biotechnology company plans to add more than 100 new jobs at its facility in southern Wisconsin.The Wisconsin State Journal reports that New Jersey-based Catalent announced on Monday a nearly $100 million...

Blis Technologies expects ‘small profit’ in fiscal 2019 as revenue recovers
Blis Technologies expects to post a “small profit” for the fiscal 2019 year as the biotechnology firm reported revenue more than tripled in the first quarter while its losses narrowed

The NZ company growing new skin for burn victims
A Kiwi biotechnology company which has found a way to grow bigger-than-A5 sheets of replacement human skin says the product might be ready to start clinical trials on burn patients in 2020 or 2021

Quantec to put years of China business lessons to the test
Doing business in China for six years has taught Waikato dairy biotechnology company Quantec a textbook of lessons, now it's taking that learning to the wire.Quantec, which specialises in high-value bioactives from natural products...

Health care companies lead stocks higher; gas prices jump
NEW YORK (AP) " U.S. stocks are rising Monday morning, with health care companies making some of the largest gains after biotechnology company Gilead Sciences agreed to buy cancer drug maker Kite Pharma for $11.9 billion. Wholesale...

Fonterra partners with 'the Edison of Medicine' to develop probiotics
Fonterra is working with leading biotechnology company VitaKey to develop its probiotics as it looks to get more value from every drop of milk.

IVD medical expert joins Pictor leadership team
Auckland-based biotechnology company Pictor Limited has named US-based Tadd S. Lazarus, M.D. as its Consulting Chief Medical Officer

Bad blood: The rise and fall of Theranos boss Elizabeth Holmes
When Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes came walking through the office, employees would mutter "E is coming" under their breath."We didn't want to say her name out loud," says Cheryl Gafner, a former receptionist at the biotechnology...

GOP congressman from New York charged with insider trading
NEW YORK (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Christopher Collins of New York was arrested Wednesday on charges he fed inside information he gleaned from sitting on the board of a biotechnology corporation to his son, helping family and friends...

NZ company growing new skin for burn victims
A Kiwi biotechnology company which has found a way to grow bigger-than-A5 sheets of replacement human skin says the product might be ready to start clinical trials on burn patients in 2020 or 2021.Upside Biotechnologies, a company...

Give me skin! The NZ company growing new skin for burn victims
A Kiwi biotechnology company which has found a way to grow bigger-than-A5 sheets of replacement human skin says the product might be ready to start clinical trials on burn patients in 2020 or 2021

Salt seller: Dominion Salt shares snapped up by Hong Kong company
A Hong Kong-based biotechnology and pharmaceuticals company has gained full ownership of a salt company based in Marlborough.