Tanzania is currently conducting confined field trials for its drought-tolerant, insect-resistant TELA maize.
Similarly, Transkaryotic undertook full clinical trials for its version of EPO because its production process was different from Amgen's.
AstraZeneca, the British pharmaceutical company, is in the final stage of clinical trials for its drug Iressa, which is being tested in lung-cancer patients.
The Cambodian government, critics say, is trying to limit the scope of the trials for its own political reasons, a limit that the critics say would compromise justice and could discredit the entire process.
While it has been suggested that these problems may be overcome by administration of vancomycin in much higher doses, the efficacy and safety of this approach remains to be determined and will require randomized clinical trials for its demonstration.
TD Bank's session in December at the Cambridge range will mix technical challenges for the bank's security incident response team with legal, public relations and privacy trials for its top executives.
