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FDA approves Monsanto plant

March 27, 2006 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 84, Issue 13

Monsanto says FDA has approved finished-dose formulation of recombinant bovine somatotropin (BST) at its Augusta, Ga., facility. The firm can now ramp up supply of the genetically engineered hormone, which increases a cow's milk production by 8 to 12 lb per day. Supplies have been restricted since 2004, when Sandoz, the owner of the only facility then approved to make the finished formulation, could not supply all of the doses for which Monsanto contracted. Monsanto recently agreed to pay the University of California $100 million to settle a dispute over BST patents (C&EN, March 6, page 16).

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