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Apr 11 -- JAX Florida plans hinge on public funding.  Maine can't match financial incentives, Baldacci's office says. (Portland Press Herald)

Apr 11 -- IDEXX expansion not a done deal.  Plans hinge on zoning change.  (Portland Press Herald)

Apr 7 -- Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratories expected to receive $1.6 million DOD grant for expansion (Bangor Daily News)

Apr 6 - IDEXX Laboratories announces a $50 million expansion in Maine. (IDEXX Laboratories)

Apr 6 -- IDEXX Laboratories launches new Johne's dease test.  New antibody test provides improved sensitivity, excellent specificity and the flexibility of using milk, serum or plasma samples (IDEXX Laboratories)

Feb 18 – Researchers in Japan, Bar Harbor find 25 potential leukemia targets. (The Jackson Laboratory)

Feb 18 – Jackson researchers find genetic links to condition that causes kidney damage in diabetics.  (The Jackson Laboratory)

Feb 3 -- UNE professor helps shed light on SIDS' cause (Portland Press Herald)

Apr 8 -- A new website that claims to debunk "popular claims" with "peer-reviewed science" has published a point-by-point rebuttal of Jeffrey Smith's self-published book "Genetic Roulette" which purports to document the health risks of genetically engineered foods. (Academics Review)

Feb 6 -- Fewer than 1% of U.S. farms are organic, USDA says.  (Wall Street Journal)

Feb 5 -- Biotechnology group objects to U.S. stance on gene patents.  (Business Week)

Feb 1 -- Ironwood Gears Up for Biotech’s Biggest IPO in Years, Sending Ripple Effect Through Industry (Xconomy/Boston)

Jan 28 – PhRMA head Billy Tauzin gives 2010 outlook for pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. (Life Science Leader)

Jan 26 -- America's Agricultural Angst -- Farming is big business, but some green activists are seeking to destroy it.  (Forbes Magazine)

Jan 26 -- Biotech the top sector for venture investment in 2009.  (Seeking Alpha)

Jan 16 -- Biologic Drugs May Get Less Protection. President Obama is pushing for a last-minute change in the final health care bill that would shorten the time that expensive biotechnology drugs would be shielded from generic competition. (New York Times)
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