Five Taiwanese companies are presenting their new products and technology at the BIO2006 exhibition being held at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago through April 12, featuring traditional Chinese medicine and gene modification for plants.
Organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA,
Four of the five companies are presenting agro-bio products and technology, namely the Sinphar Group (
The Sinphar Group is presenting products which feature extracts from green tea. A Sinphar report indicates that the products are expected to reach the market next year as the US Food and Drug Administration has approved the medicine-grade ingredient.
Well Shine Biotechnology is introducing cultivation techniques for Antrodia, a well-known source of traditional Chinese medicine for improving the human body's immunocompetence.
While health food has been growing in popularity around the world, Microbio is expecting that its new product, made from fermented soybeans, which claims to increase the activity of natural killer cells in the human body, can make its way smoothly onto the world market.
Exon Science has developed advanced gene modification techniques for orchids with a grant from the Council of Agriculture under the Executive Yuan. The new techniques allow the implanting of modified genes into orchids to help the plants resist cold or blight.
The Council of Agriculture's delegate to the exhibition gave a briefing on Taiwan's agriculture biotechnology at a seminar on Monday, saying that the council was undertaking six major projects, including orchid breeding and gene modification for animals and plants.
The projects involved several government agencies and research institutes as well as the private sector.
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