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Indianapolis, Indiana, USA and
Basel, Switzerland
April 1, 2009
Syngenta and Dow
AgroSciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical
Company, today announced an agreement to cross license their
respective corn traits for commercialization within their
branded seed businesses. The agreement will allow both companies
to maximize the value of their technologies and to bring greater
choice and flexibility to growers.
Under the terms of the agreement, Syngenta will receive global
non-exclusive licenses, with stacking rights, to Dow
AgroSciences’ Herculex® I Insect Protection for broad
lepidopteran control and to Herculex® RW for corn rootworm
control.
Additionally, Dow AgroSciences will receive global non-exclusive
licenses with stacking rights to Syngenta’s Agrisure® GT trait
for glyphosate tolerance, and to its insect control traits
Agrisure® CB/LL for corn borer and Agrisure® RW for corn
rootworm. The licenses also include access to Syngenta’s
Agrisure Viptera™ trait for broad lepidoptera and to a second
generation trait for corn rootworm control.
Davor Pisk, Chief Operating Officer of Syngenta Seeds, said, “We
are very pleased to have reached this agreement which
significantly expands the options available to growers while
further demonstrating the value of our proprietary technology.
The combination of Herculex® Insect Protection traits with our
Agrisure® portfolio represents a major advance in insect
control. From 2011 we plan to offer our U.S. customers multiple
modes of action targeting refuge reduction and improved
efficacy.”
Jerome Peribere, President and CEO of Dow AgroSciences, said,
“With the combination of technologies, corn growers will benefit
from increased flexibility through their preferred trait
platforms, and we continue to be pleased that growers find the
industry-leading Herculex® technology to be a valuable option to
increase productivity due to improved pest protection.”
Financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.
Syngenta is one of the world's leading companies with more
than 24,000 employees in over 90 countries dedicated to our
purpose: Bringing plant potential to life. Through world-class
science, global reach and commitment to our customers we help to
increase crop productivity, protect the environment and improve
health and quality of life. For more information about us
please go to www.syngenta.com.
Dow AgroSciences LLC, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, is a
top-tier agricultural company that combines the power of science
and technology with the "Human Element" to constantly improve
what is essential to human progress. Dow AgroSciences provides
innovative technologies for crop protection, pest and vegetation
management, seeds, traits, and agricultural biotechnology to
serve the world's growing population. Global sales for Dow
AgroSciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical
Company, were $4.5 billion in 2008. Learn more at
www.dowagro.com.
Herculex® is a trademark of Dow AgroSciences LLC.
Agrisure®, Agrisure Viptera™ and the Syngenta logo are
trademarks of a Syngenta Group Company.
Agrisure Viptera™ is not currently approved for sale or use in
the U.S. and is not being offered or promoted for sale. Agrisure
Viptera™ will not be available for sale until all necessary
regulatory approvals and authorizations have been granted.
Syngenta und Dow AgroSciences vereinbaren gegenseitige
Lizenzierung von Mais-Traits
Syngenta und Dow AgroSciences, ein
Tochterunternehmen von The Dow Chemical Company, haben heute
eine Vereinbarung in ihren Saatgutgeschäften zur gegenseitigen
Lizenzierung bestimmter Mais-Traits (Pflanzeneigenschaften)
bekannt gegeben. Die Vereinbarung wird beiden Unternehmen
ermöglichen, die Wertschöpfung ihrer Technologien zu maximieren
und wird den Landwirten eine grössere Auswahl und Flexibilität
eröffnen.
Im Rahmen der Vereinbarung erhält Syngenta weltweite,
nicht-exklusive Lizenzen mit dem Recht sowohl Dow AgroSciences
Herculex® I Insect Protection (zur breiten Kontrolle von
Schadschmetterlingen) als auch Herculex® RW (zur Kontrolle des
Maiswurzelbohrers) mit anderen Traits zu kombinieren.
Im Gegenzug erhält Dow AgroSciences weltweite, nicht-exklusive
Lizenzen mit dem Recht Syngenta Agrisure® GT (zur
Glyphosat-Toleranz) sowie Agrisure® CB/LL (gegen den
Maiszünsler) und Agrisure® RW (gegen den Maiswurzelbohrer) in
Kombination mit anderen Traits zu verwenden. Die Lizenzen
umfassen auch den Zugang zu Syngenta Agrisure Viptera™ (zur
breiten Kontrolle von Schadschmetterlingen) und zu einer
Technologie der zweiten Generation zur Kontrolle des
Maiswurzelbohrers.
Davor Pisk, Chief Operating Officer von Syngenta Seeds, sagte:
„Wir sind sehr erfreut über diese Vereinbarung. Sie ermöglicht
uns, unser Angebot für Landwirte deutlich auszubauen und belegt
gleichzeitig den Wert unserer eigenen Technologien. Die
Kombination von Herculex® Insect Protection-Traits mit unserem
Agrisure®-Portfolio eröffnet grosse Vorteile bei der
Insektenkontrolle. Ab 2011 planen wir, unseren Kunden in den USA
verschiedene Wirkungsweisen anzubieten, die kleinere
Ausweichflächen erfordern und eine verbesserte Effizienz
aufweisen.“
Jerome Peribere, President und CEO von Dow AgroSciences, sagte:
„Die Kombination der Technologien ermöglicht Landwirten, die
Mais anbauen, eine grössere Flexibilität mit einem Angebot ihrer
bevorzugten Traits. Wir freuen uns, dass Landwirte in der
führenden Herculex®-Technologie eine gute Möglichkeit sehen,
ihre Produktivität durch eine verbesserte Insektenkontrolle zu
erhöhen.”
Finanzielle Einzelheiten der Vereinbarung wurden nicht bekannt
gegeben.
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For Syngenta, this will mean the
ability to offer hybrids
featuring multiple modes of
action on lepidopteran corn
pests including European corn
borer, corn earworm, Western
bean cutworm, black cutworm,
fall armyworm, stalk borer,
sugarcane borer and damaging
corn rootworm pests. Pending all
regulatory and key import market
approvals, Syngenta anticipates
that hybrids containing both
Agrisure and Herculex events
will be available for planting
in 2011.
David Morgan, President of
Syngenta Seeds, Inc., said:
“This pro-grower,
pro-competition agreement
represents a major advance in
insect control and choice for
growers while further
demonstrating the value of our
proprietary technology. Herculex
will complement our
industry-leading Agrisure
portfolio. Together with
Syngenta Crop Protection and
Seed Care technologies, we will
be able to offer growers diverse
choice for insect control while
developing reduced-refuge
product concepts designed for
use throughout the U.S. Corn
Belt.”
Pending Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) approval, the
agreement paves the way for the
industry’s first reduced-refuge
stack in Midwestern corn
featuring a combination of
functionally and structurally
different proteins: Cry proteins
(Agrisure CB/LL, Herculex I) and
a Vip protein (the Agrisure
VipteraTM event). The EPA
recently recognized this
technology combination by
approving a nationwide 20
percent refuge for hybrid stacks
containing the Agrisure Viptera
event and either the Agrisure
3000GT triple stack or the
Agrisure GT/CB/LL stack. This is
a reduction from the 50 percent
refuge previously required in
corn and cotton-growing areas in
the Southern United States.
Furthermore, the agreement
allows Syngenta to leverage its
proven history in technology
integration—incorporating
multiple traits into elite
genetics. “We look forward to
applying the same processes we
used to create our Agrisure
3000GT high-performance stack to
integrate Agrisure and Herculex
events into our elite germplasm
base,” said Tracy Mader,
Agrisure Marketing Manager.
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