Modern Biotechnology - What Is New About It?

The Evaluation of Technology as an Interactive Commitment-Building Process - The Failure of Technology Assessment
G. Van Steendam, International Forum for Biophilosophy, Leuven, Belgium

Concepts of Risk Assessment: "Process versus Product" Controversy Put to the Rest
H. I. Miller, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

Biosafety in rDNA Research and Production   [PDF 71 kB]
D. Brauer, Hoechst AG, Frankfurt/Main, Germany; M. Bröker, Behringwerke, Marburg, Germany; C. Kellermann, E.-L. Winnacker, Genzentrum, Martinsried, Germany

Biotechnology and Bioethics: What is Ethical Biotechnology?
D.R.J. Macer, Eubios Ethics Institute, Christchurch, New Zealand

Product Development and Legal Requirements

Structured Risk Assessment of rDNA Products and Consumer Acceptance of these Products
C.T. Verrips, Unilever Research, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

Strategic Regulations for Safe Development of Transgenic Plants
T.L. Medley, S.L. McCammon, US Department of Agriculture, APHIS, Washington, DC, USA

Biomedicinal Product Development
J.-P. Gregersen, Hoechst AG, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Regulations for Recombinant DNA Research, Product Development and Production in the US, Japan and Europe
D. Brauer, Hoechst AG, Frankfurt/Main, Germany; H.D. Schlumberger, Bayer AG, Wuppertal, Germany

Intellectual Property and Bioinformatics

Biotechnology and Intellectual Property
J. Straus, MPI für ausländisches und internationales Patent-, Urheber- und Wettbewerbsrecht, München, Germany

Patent Applications for Biomedicinal Products
J.-P. Gregersen, Hoechst AG, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Databases in Biotechnology
E. Poetzsch, FIZ Chemie, Berlin, Germany

Biotechnology in a Developing World

Commercial Biotechnology: Developing World Prospects
G.T. Tzotzos, ICGEB, Wien, Austria; M. Leopold, University of Quebec, Canada

Biotechnology in the Asian-Pacific Region
R.D. Schmid, Universität Stuttgart, Germany; B.-H. Chung, KIST, Taejon, South Korea; A.J. Jones, Australian Embassy, Bonn, Germany; S. Saono, Research and Development Centre, Bogor, Indonesia; J. Scriven, GBF, Braunschweig, Germany; J.H.J. Tsai, Göttingen, Germany

Biotechnology and Biological Diversity   [PDF 49 kB]
M. Kawai, Japan Monkey Center, Tokyo, Japan

Public Attitudes and Political Responses

"Oui" or "Non" to Biotechnology: The Other French Referendum
A. Millet, Biofutur, Paris, France

Government, Researchers and Activists: The Critical Public Policy Interface
S.L. Huttner, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Press Coverage of Genetic Engineering in Germany: Facts, Faults and Causes
H.M. Kepplinger, S.C. Emig, Universität Mainz, Germany

The Regulation of Modern Biotechnology: A Historical and European Perspective   [PDF 77 kB]
M.F. Cantley, OECD, Paris, France