Animal 0 Posté(e) le 14 mars 2005 Je viens de trouver cette nouvelle et l'ai posté dans la liste animalsnews... De pire en pire !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Newfoundland researchers, Chinese to develop seal oil nutrient Dene Moore Canadian Press March 14, 2005 ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP) - Newfoundland researchers have signed a multimillion-dollar deal with a Chinese pharmaceutical company to develop and market a seal oil nutritional product for distribution to hospitals in the Asian country. Four researchers from Memorial University in St. John's have started animal testing of the product in Newfoundland and hope to begin human trials next spring in China. If testing goes well, the product, a fat emulsion used as intravenous nutrition for hospital patients, could generate millions of dollars in royalties for the researchers. More importantly for the province, it could put a more benevolent face on the seal hunt, which continues to stir controversy around the world. "We have a great resource here in seals and an industry that has the potential to grow," Trade Minister Kathy Dunderdale said last week. "It is extremely important that we find uses for all parts of the seal and this is an innovative way and a very advanced way of helping people who are in distress. There are multiple benefits to this for the seal industry and for people who have medical problems." But opponents of the seal hunt say there is no stomach for products generated from a cruel and outdated hunt. "They'll do whatever they can to keep the industry going," said Pat Tohill of the World Society for the Protection of Animals in Toronto. "You're not going to find huge markets for seal products of any kind here in Canada. I'd be surprised if they find a significant market for it in China." Next week seal hunt opponents are planning protests in five Canadian cities in conjunction with protests planned in Europe and the United States. But protests aren't enough, Tohill said, so seal hunt opponents are about to launch a campaign that might get the federal government's attention - a boycott of Canadian seafood products aimed largely at the United States, the market for 80 per cent of it. "The reality is that if it wasn't for the government subsidies propping it up, this industry, the seal hunt, would have faded out of existence a long time ago." North Atlantic Biopharma, the company formed by the Memorial researchers in 2001 to commercialize their work, did receive funding from several provincial and federal sources. The Newfoundland trade minister provided $50,000 in seed money. The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, the National Research Council, Industry Canada and the Centre for Fisheries Innovation also assisted the company. Guangzeng Pharmaceutical Group of China will invest $8 million to $10 million in the coming years to complete clinical testing in exchange for exclusive distribution rights. North Atlantic and the GENESIS Group, formed by Memorial University to help researchers turn their work into commercial enterprises, will receive $1 million up front, as well as royalties on sales estimated at as much as $160 million a year in China. http://www.canada.com/news/national/story.html?id=f82354ce-16ab-49f9-b006-80217debfcc1 Partager ce message Lien à poster Partager sur d’autres sites
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Animal 0 Posté(e) le 15 mars 2005 Seal oil based IV drip in the works Mon, 14 Mar 2005 CBC News ST. JOHN'S, NFLD. - Seal oil from Newfoundland and Labrador could someday nourish hospital patients around the world, now that a St. John's-based research firm has signed a deal to produce a marine formula for intravenous feeding. North Atlantic Biopharma has struck a deal with Guangzeng Pharmaceutical Group of China to bring the new seal oil based formula to market worldwide. Hu Liu Rich in omega-3 fatty acids, seal oil is already widely marketed globally as a health product. Researchers at Memorial University have found the oil, combined with other nutrients, may provide a better solution than what is currently used. Today's drips use a combination of vegetable oils and nutrients that do not agree with all patients. "We have so much seal oil available from this side of the ocean," said researcher Hu Liu of North Atlantic Biopharma. "And seal oil, we know, is a very stable oil compared to fish oil, and ... its concentration is very consistent." North Atlantic Biopharma is owned by three researchers at Memorial University. The university's technology commercialization arm patented the discovery. The company believes first-year gross sales in China could top $180 million, said Philip Davis, a biochemist at the university and a co-owner of the company. Of that revenue, about three per cent would come back to Newfoundland and Labrador, said Davis. Clinical trials are expected to start soon. If the results are favourable, the product could be on the market in four or five years. Frank Pinhorn of the Canadian Sealers Association said the prospects for a new market will strengthen the sealing industry, which comes under perennial fire from animal-rights groups. "We always believed that through scientific research, that the true value of the seal industry will only be realized when we continue to do work like it's being done here today," Pinhorn said. http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/03/14/oil-iv050314.html Partager ce message Lien à poster Partager sur d’autres sites
