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Indonesia is pushing to expand its domestic vaccine manufacturing, so that the domestic market is covered with vaccines in Indonesia’s regular immunisation schedule. The country’s state-owned pharmaceutical company Bio Farma is at the centre of these efforts, and has been expanding exports so that 60% of its production (NOW?…

A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project will end this month (March), having discovered inhibitors for viruses, which could hasten the development of effective drugs. The EU-funded EUR21.8 million SILVER project (the EU contributed EUR 12 million) was launched in October 2010.…

THE INDIAN government has created a special committee to boost the development of an Indian pharma sector that makes original ‘made in India’ medicines, domestically sourcing active pharmaceutical ingredients.
The initiative is being developed by the central government’s ministry of chemicals and fertilizers, which released a communiqué saying it wanted to “realise the dream of ‘make in India’ in pharmaceutical sector.”…

Canada’s beef sector organisations have told globalmeatnews.com that they are optimistic about a national programme connecting all key players in Canada’s beef sector for the first time, whose goal is increasing production efficiency by 15% by 2020.
“This is the first time that all of the [Canadian beef sector] organisations have come together and supported as a whole” under a formal strategy  although there have been isolated efforts before, Kevin Boon, general manager of the  British Columbia (BC) Cattlemen’s Association told globalmeatnews.com.…

The Chinese scientist developing genetic technology to protect cattle against bovine tuberculosis (TB) has told globalmeatnews.com of the steps now under way to bring this innovation to market. The team around Professor Zhang Yong of the Northwest A&F University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, in Shaanxi province, central China, had made international headlines in early February by presenting a herd of genetically-engineered TB-resistant Holstein-Friesian cattle.…

The European Parliament’s industry, research and energy committee has called for the maintenance of tariffs protecting energy intensive industries in the European Union (EU), such as the industrial minerals sector, following trade deal talks with the USA.
This committee is one of 14 that will be giving detailed opinions in the coming weeks on the negotiations to force a Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement between the EU and USA.…

The European Parliament’s industry, research and energy committee has called for the maintenance of tariffs protecting energy intensive industries in the European Union (EU), such as the manufacture of key paint ingredient titanium dioxide, following trade deal talks with the USA.…

Kenya is the third largest market for industrial paints and coatings in sub-Saharan Africa, ranking behind South Africa and Nigeria, according to regional analysis conducted by market researchers Frost & Sullivan.
According to their report, released last May (2014), the three countries are projected to have a joint market volume of over 140 million litres for industrial paints and coatings by 2017.…

Increased demand for fire-retardant paints and coatings, and tighter regulations around the use of certain flame-retardant chemicals, is leading to a growing range of innovations in this sector. A wide range of such developments is emerging in the USA in particular, although European research is also ongoing.…

THE LATIN American paint and coatings sector has been facing tough times in the past year, with sluggish overall economic performance depressing demand for the industry. Even, last summer’s World Cup football fiesta in Brazil, did not give the region’s largest market any motive to celebrate.…