Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
April 29, 2005
Source:
Channel News Asia
via SciDev.Net
The prime minister of Malaysia
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has outlined a nine-point strategy for
boosting biotechnology in the country.
Among the plan's main features
are making the Malaysian agriculture, healthcare and industry
high-tech; setting up biotechnology centres of research
excellence; applying 'lab-to-market' funding and incentives; and
offering 100 per cent tax relief on biotechnology investments
from the private sector.
Speaking yesterday (28 April)
at the 2005 BioMalaysia conference in Putrajaya, Badawi also
announced the establishment of the Malaysian Biotechnology
Corporation, which will identify and back promising
biotechnology ventures.
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