Danisco has entered into a license agreement for its
anhydrofructose technology with Japan's Nihon Starch Co, the first
such deal aimed at bringing the new calorie-free sugar to
market.
Agro-firms Monsanto and Bayer CropSciences have entered into a
series of new agreements, which could result in crops that contain
two of the leading herbicide technologies - Roundup Ready and
LibertyLink.
Swiss biotech giant Syngenta is to form a joint venture and
licensing agreement in the US with DuPont, a move designed to
expand access to the firms corn and soybean genetics and
biotechnology traits.
Speciality cakes is one of the fastest-moving sectors in the UK
baked goods market, and producers are continually looking for new
products to extend their presence in this sector.
US- and Australia-based biotech firm Novogen has been granted a US
patent covering health supplements based on the use of soy
isoflavones in tablet or capsule form.
US health science company Forbes Medi-Tech announced this week that
it has exercised its right not to buy back the licensing and
distribution rights to its cholesterol-lowering food ingredient
Reducol from Novartis Consumer Health...
Ingredients company DSM has signed an agreement with enzyme
producer Novozymes, thereby settling a number of lawsuits filed in
several countries, relating to the infringement and validity of
phytase patents owned by DSM.
US flavour specialists Senomyx, Inc.,and US soups giant Campbell
Soup Company announced this week a collaborative research and
license agreement to discover...