Candidates pledge to support biotech industry
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Biotech got the long-term tax breaks it wanted most out of Olympia last February, but if the candidates for governor are serious, the young industry can expect to continue getting its way.
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WASHINGTON -- Local biotech powerhouses were comforted by yesterday's congressional testimony that urged federal regulators to take a cautious approach to approving generic versions of biologics, including mandatory human clinical trials.
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Lobbying and other political spending by the pharmaceutical industry includes:
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By Mowad, Michelle  The local biotechnology and technology industries, highly dependent on very highly skilled workers, are waiting to see if their foreign job applicants have been awarded work visas.  U.S.
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Biotech companies, medical device   makers and food manufacturers joined patient groups and three   former U.S. health secretaries on Monday in calling for   increased funding for the Food and Drug Administration.
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Republican presidential hopefuls Mike Huckabee and Sam Brownback on Tuesday suggested that as president they would increase federal spending for cancer research and focus more on preventing the disease.
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Science & environment: Research is step towards goal of creating supplies of embryonic stem cells genetically matched to patients
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Gov. Jim Doyle announced plans Wednesday to invest nearly &#36;750 million to support human embryonic stem cell research and other medical experiments.
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The investor Carl C. Icahn said he was trying to get three supporters elected to the board of the biotechnology firm Biogen Idec because of concerns over the sales process.
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US Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry promised to lift limits on embryonic stem cell research if he wins the White House, drawing a sharp distinction between himself and President George W. Bush, who imposed the limits three years ago.
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Organizations representing the nation's 3 million scientists, engineers and doctors have invited both presidential candidates to have a word with them &#151; online.
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Silicon Valley tycoons, Nobel laureates and Hollywood celebrities are backing a measure on California's Nov. 2 ballot to devote &#36;3 billion to human embryonic stem cell experiments in what would be the biggest-ever state-supported scientific research program in the country.
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The candidates from both parties were trying on Friday to generate momentum for policies designed to keep the country from sinking into recession.
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Gov. Mitt Romney, who has voiced past support for stem cell research, told Massachusetts legislative leaders Thursday he believes some embryonic stem cell science "crosses the boundary of ethics."
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10/19/04- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is putting his political career at risk. He endorsed a 3-billion-dollar bond measure that would fund human embryonic stem cell research.
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Following the deaths of Ronald Reagan and Christopher Reeve, embryonic stem cell research with its potential to find cures for debilitating illnesses is giving John Kerry and other Democrats an issue to pitch to moderate Republican voters.
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SAN FRANCISCO California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has endorsed a three (b) billion-dollar bond measure that would fund human embryonic stem cell research.