11/03/04

Biotechnologists seek to bridge South Asian divide

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<p><P>Scientists from India and Pakistan have struck a deal to collaborate in biotechnology. It is the first time that the rival nations have made such an agreement in a high-technology area.</P><br />
<P>Five agreements were signed by a Pakistani delegation to the BioAsia 2004 meeting in Hyderabad, India, last week — three involving Indian biotechnology companies and two with the All India Biotech Association (AIBA).</P><br />
<P>Under the agreements, AIBA will help Pakistan to establish its own biotechnology association and will provide a list of Indian technologies that are available for licensing in Pakistan.</P><br />
<P><a  href="http://www.nature.com/login/scidev_login.taf?ref=/nature/journal/v428/n6979/full/428110a_fs.html" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/tracking/external/'+this.href);" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link to full news story in <EM>Nature</EM></A><EM>  </EM></P><br />
<P>Reference: <em>Nature</em> 428, 110 (2004)</P></p>

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Scientists from India and Pakistan have struck a deal to collaborate in biotechnology. It is the first time that the rival nations have made such an agreement in a high-technology area.

Five agreements were signed by a Pakistani delegation to the BioAsia 2004 meeting in Hyderabad, India, last week — three involving Indian biotechnology companies and two with the All India Biotech Association (AIBA).

Under the agreements, AIBA will help Pakistan to establish its own biotechnology association and will provide a list of Indian technologies that are available for licensing in Pakistan.

Link to full news story in Nature

Reference: Nature 428, 110 (2004)