A Survey of the Use of Biotechnology in U. S. Industry

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Foreword: At the dawn of the 21st century, no new area of science and technology holds greater promise or potential than biotechnology. From genomics and proteomics to biotechnologies for improving industrial production processes, advances in our ability to understand and manipulate living materials promise to address many significant challenges facing our society.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Industries and Areas of Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x Economic Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi R&D Expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii Workforce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii Barriers to Business Competitiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Competitive Strategies and Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii CHAPTER 1: OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Definition of Biotechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Scope of Assessment and Survey Population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Other Methodological Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Organization of the Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 CHAPTER 2: OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Variety of Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Statistical Classification of Biotechnology Companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Establishment Dates and Geographic Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Ownership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Financial Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Business Characteristics by Firm Size Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 CHAPTER 3: BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Human Health Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Human Health (HH) Respondents? Biotechnology Applications and Activities . . . . . . . . 26 HH Respondent?s Financial Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Exports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Government Partnerships and Collaborations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Future Business Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Agricultural and Aquaculture/Marine Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 AAM Respondents? Biotechnology Applications and Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 AAM Respondents? Financial Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Exports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Government Partnerships and Collaborations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Competitive Concerns and Future Business Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Animal Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Animal Health Respondents? Biotechnology Applications and Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 AH Respondents? Financial Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Exports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Government Partnerships and Collaborations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Future Business Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Industrial and Agriculture-derived Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Biotechnology Applications and Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 IAP Respondents? Financial Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

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