Germany gives OK
14 July 1997 00:00 [Source: ICB]
BASF-Lynx Biosciences, the joint venture between BASF and the US biotechnology firm Lynx Therapeutics of Hayward, California, has received approval by German authorities to work with recombinant organisms at its Heidelberg laboratories.
Approval was granted under the German genetic engineering framework act and placed in safety category 1, which assumes no risk to either human life or the environment.
The company plans to carry out massive parallel signature sequencing (MPSS) to find a treatment for epilepsy.
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