Industry
This list of companies, with significant life sciences interests, illustrates the breadth of impact on industry that any changes in regulations governing the availability of life sciences information would have. This may include limitations on publication openness, control or review of experiments and research, or various other factors arising from the sensitive, dual-use nature of some life sciences work. Where possible, links have been provided to any webpages relating directly to biosecurity and codes of conduct. This is a “living” document and comments about the content or any potential omissions are welcome. Please contact webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
Canada Top
Eli Lilly Corporate Centre
Comment: Eli Lilly is a global pharmaceutical company. They have research and development laboratories throughout the world and through this network develop new life saving and cost reducing pharmaceuticals. Contact: + 1 (416) 694 - 3221
Finland Top
Chemical Industry Federation (in finnish only)
Comment: CIF is Finland 's chemical industry association. It has all together ten member- and cooperation organisations including Finnish Crop Protection Association, Finnish Plastics Industries Federation, Printing Inks Association, Finnish Bioindustries, Finnish Cosmetics, Toiletry and Detergent Association, Boat Building Employers Association, the Association of Finnish Paint Industry, the Association of Environmental Enterprises and Oil Product Association. The Federation has four fields of activity; know-how and research, labour markets, environment and health and security.
Finnish Bioindustries
Comment: Finnish Bioindustries is Finland's biotechnology industry association.It is a private, independent non-profit organization. It has 55 companies as members which represent all life science areas, from health care and functional food to biomaterials.
Pharma Industry Finland
Comment: PIF is an association supervising the industrial policy interests of the research-based pharmaceutical industry. PIF's aim is to develop the competitiveness as well as the research and operation environment of the industry both in Finland and the EU so that the best possible pharmaceutical treatment reaches patients without delays. This is done by influencing economic, industry and socio-policy legislation.
Finnish Crop Protection Association
Comment: The Association is working on behalf of its members in the field of crop protection in Finland . The association represents its members in negotiations with the government authorities and organizations and other interest groups. In addition information services belong to key actions.
Germany Top
Industry Association of Synthetic Biology (IASB)
Comment: IASB is a consortium of biotech companies that are concerned with bioethical and biosecurity questions raised by synthetic biology, as well as with the scientific and economic prospects of synthetic biology.
Contact: Contact form on website
Qiagen
Comment: Coming Soon
Contact: + 49 2103 29 - 11710
India Top
Ranbaxy Laboratories
Comment: Coming Soon
Contact: + 91 - 124- 5135000
Japan Top
Takeda Chemical Industry
Comment: Coming Soon
Contact: + 81 - 6 - 6204 - 2111
Netherlands Top
Biofarmind
Comment: BioFarmind was created in 1998 to bring the additional value of biotechnology-produced pharmaceuticals to the attention of society and policymakers. Biofarmind has a biosecurity working group.
Contact: info@biofarmind.nl
Switzerland Top
Novartis Group
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Contact: + 41 61 324 11 11
Roche Group
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Contact: + 41 61 - 688 1111
United Kingdom Top
Acambis
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Contact: + 44 (0) 1223 275 300
AstraZeneca
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Contact: + 44 (0) 20 7304 5000
GlaxoSmithKline
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Contact: + 44 (0) 20 8047 5000
United States Top
Alloy Ventures
Comment: Alloy Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm with experience in funding and nurturing over 200 information technology and life science companies. Their investments have helped produce such companies as Adaptec, Amgen, Applied Micro Circuits, Applied Biosystems, Aspect Communications, CV Therapeutics, Nuance, Octel, PMC-Sierra, Remedy, and Verity.
Contact: + 1 ( 650) 687 - 5000
Arnold and Porter
Comment: Arnold and Porter is an international legal firm which focuses on coordinated and integrated cross-border regulatory, litigation and transactional services. The firm prides itself on understanding changing business environments as they intersect with law, public policy, and technology.
Contact: + 1 (202) 942 - 5000
Chiron
Comment: Coming Soon
Contact: + 1 (510) 655 - 8730
Gilead Sciences
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Contact: + 1 (650) 574 - 3000
Merck
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Contact: + 1 (908) 423 - 1000
Pfizer
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Contact: + 1 (212) 733 - 2323
Comment: SAIC is the largest employee owned research and engineering firm in the United States , and works globally to provide its commercial and government customers with solutions to their information technology, systems integration and eSolutions needs. SAIC also has a biosecurity team which works with their clients to provide biosecurity and biosafety technical knowledge, risk assessment, auditing and remediation procedures, policy and regulatory analysis, development of emergency response and assistance plans, as well as personnel training, education and awareness.
Contact: + 1 ( 800) 430 – 7629 (USA)
Contact: + 44 (0) 845 366 7242 (Europe)
Wyeth
Comment: Coming Soon
Contact: + 1 (610) 902 - 1200
