Glycos Biotechnologies Granted BioNexus Status in Malaysia

The Malaysian government has granted Glycos Biotechnologies Inc. BioNexus Status via the Biotechnology Corp. (BiotechCorp), a national agency established by the government to support the development of a Malaysian biotechnology industry. According to GlycosBio, the announcement marks a key milestone in its expansion into Malaysia, where the company is constructing [...]

Going Global

As President Obama emphasized in his State of the Union address, America features the world’s greatest innovation machine. This is clearly demonstrated by the sheer volume of biochemical startups our nation has produced in recent years.
While America leads in innovation and technology development, scaling up those processes overseas is often an [...]

Houston Biostartups Strong in Innovation

Companies Ride Robust Economic Wave That’s Been Washing Over the State of Texas
Carol Potera

The recession slowed the economy in many parts of the United States, but Houston, Texas, boasts a job growth rate of 11.7%, compared to an average 1.2% nationally, according to Newsweek (November 15, 2010). The city’s 160 life science companies [...]

Bio-XCell Recognized as Multi-Project Development of the Year

In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced that Solazyme, Amyris, Neste Oil, Ceres and Bunge led this years roster of Biofuels Digest Award winners. The awards, first established in 2008, recognize excellence in the research, development and commercialization of biofuels, renewable chemicals and bio-based products. The awards are voted by the Biofuels [...]

Palm oil outlook positive in Asia

Biotech companies Glycos Biotechnologies of the US and Malaysia’s Bio-XCell have also entered a joint venture to build a biochemical and biotechnology centre in Malaysia that would utilise glycerine to produce bio-chemicals. The centre will be completed in 2012.