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BioWorld Industrial Biotechnology StatReport: Immediate and Comprehensive Industry Information
Joint venture with Cargill to use biotechnology to improve feed for pigs,
cattle, poultry and fish (5/98)
Formed American Seeds Inc. (ASI), a holding company to support regional
seed businesses (11/04)
BUSINESS STRATEGY: Produce leading seed brands and develop biotechnology traits that assist
farmers in controlling insects and weeds
Provide other seed companies with genetic material and biotechnology traits
for their seed brands
Provide lawn-and-garden herbicide products for the residential market
Provide animal agricultural products focused on improving dairy cow
productivity and swine genetics
AGREEMENTS: Name Products Content of Agreement Date
Genaissance to map single nucleotide research agreement 3/05
Pharmaceuticals polymorphism (SNP)
Inc. and the DNA markers in
Agricultural
Research Service
(part of USDA)
soybeans
Agracetus Inc. transgenic cotton purchased all plant 4/96
technology
biotech assets from
W.R. Grace & Co
Arcadia
development and licensing agreement 9/05
Biosciences Inc. commercialization of
Arcadia's nitrogen use
efficiency technology in
canola
ArQule Inc. agrochemicals development
agreement
12/96
Calgene Inc. fresh produce and plant
oils
R&D agreement 10/95
Calgene Inc. oilseed research cross-licensing 5/96
programs
agreement--
Calgene will receive
royalty-free license
to current and
future Monsanto
agronomic
technology in
combination with
Calgene's oils
modification genes.
Monsanto will pay
Calgene royalties
and $17M and will
receive portion of
profits of Calgene's
specialty oils
business
Calgene Inc. patented technologies cross-licensing
agreements--
Monsanto received
licenses to
Calgene's patents
and patents
pending in the
areas of plant
transformation,
certain genetically
engineered plants,
and antisense RNA
technology.
Calgene received
licenses to
4/93
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