BIBLIOTECA VIRTUAL DE CIÊNCIAS HUMANAS
BIOTECHNOLOGY
NOLOGY IN EUROPE
AND LATIN AMERICA
PROSPECTS FOR CO-OPERATION
Bernardo Sorj
Mark Cantley
Karl Simpson
Editors
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Karl Simpson
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Biotechnology
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SUMMARY
Preface ....................................................................................................... III
Welcoming Speech .......................................................................................1
Karl-Heinz Narjes
1.10. Spain ............................................................................................ 107
Armando Albert
1.11. The United Kingdom ................................................................... 113
Roy Smither
Remarks........................................................................................................7
Phili Viehoff
Introduction .................................................................................................9
Karl Simpson
SECTION TWO – Biotechnology in Latin America ........................... 124
Comments ............................................................................................. 125
Luis Ramiro Alfonsin
2.0. Overview of Latin American Activities in Biotechnology ........... 129
SECTION ONE – Biotechnology in Europe ...........................................21
1.0. Overview of European Activities in Biotechnology ........................22
Karl Simpson
1.1. Belgium ............................................................................................29
Adapted from speech made by Mr C. de Wispelaere
1.2. Denmark ...........................................................................................37
Bruno Hansen
1.3. France ...............................................................................................46
Daniel Thomas
1.4. The Federal Republic of Germany ...................................................53
Helmut Zeittrager
1.5. Greece ..............................................................................................68
Presentations by Drs Tzotzos and Dourtouglou
Karl Simpson
2.1. Argentina ....................................................................................... 136
José La Torre and Sara B. de Rietti
2.2. Brazil ............................................................................................. 145
Antonio Paes de Carvalho
2.3. Mexico ........................................................................................... 150
Rodolfo Quintero Ramirez and Rosa Luz Gonzalez Aguirre
2.4. The Andean Countries .................................................................. 171
B. Carlos Aguirre
Health in the Third World: The Role of International Co-operation .... 205
Luiz Pereira da Silva
Conclusions and Analysis ....................................................................... 211
Bernardo Sorj
1.6. The Republic of Ireland....................................................................73
Brendan Finucane and Staff of BioResearch Ireland, Dublin
1.7. Italy ..................................................................................................81
Carmello Iacobello
1.8. The Netherlands ...............................................................................90
Henk C. van der Plas
1.9. Portugal ..........................................................................................100
Julio Novais
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