30-08-2012

Novozymes and Terranol, a Denmark-based biotechnology company specialized in yeast, announced an agreement that will ensure the final optimization of the Terranol C5 yeast strain and give Novozymes the rights to register and market Terranol’s C5 yeast technology. C5 yeast is an essential ...

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Key raw material for the production of bio-based superabsorbents for baby diapers

21-08-2012

BASF, Cargill and Novozymes have signed an agreement to develop technologies to produce acrylic acid from renewable raw materials.Presently, acrylic acid is produced by the oxidation of propylene derived from the refining of crude oil. BASF, Cargill and Novozymes will develop bio-based ...

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20-08-2012

Novozymes has succeeded in developing a fungus that enables production of malic acid from renewable raw materials instead of oil. Malic acid is used as a flavor enhancer in the food industry and can be converted into other chemical derivatives used for a variety of plastic, polymer and resin ...

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01-06-2012

Advanced biofuels took a $200 million step forward on the march toward commercialization with the inauguration of Novozymes’ enzyme plant in Blair, Nebraska. Creating 100 career positions and 400 construction jobs, the plant will specialize in making enzymes, a key technology component for ...

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03-02-2012

Novozymes Biopharma, part of Novozymes A/S, announced it has received the 2012 Drug Delivery Partnerships™ (DDP) Technology Innovation award for the company’s half-life extension platform. The albumin based technology platform offers the potential to enhance patient quality of life through ...

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01-02-2012

Novozymes announced an exploratory research agreement with Sea6 Energy, an India-based company, to jointly develop a process for the production of biofuels from seaweed. The research alliance will use enzymes to convert seaweed-based carbohydrates to sugar, which can then be fermented to ...

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19-12-2011

MorphoSys AG and Novozymes A/S announced the signing of a multi-year licensing and technology transfer agreement. The agreement provides Novozymes with a non-exclusive license to use MorphoSys's proprietary Slonomics technology to develop novel products within the industrial biotechnology ...

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09-05-2011

Novozymes Biopharma, part of Novozymes A/S, unveiled its enhanced next-generation albumin technology, which was developed in collaboration with the University of Oslo. Built on Novozymes’ original Albufuse platform, the proprietary Albufuse Flex technology has been designed to enable users to ...

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30-06-2010

During a keynote address at the BIO World Congress conference, Steen Riisgaard, CEO of Novozymes, unveiled a new report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) which concludes that converting biomass into fuels, energy, and chemicals has the potential to generate upwards of $230 billion to the ...

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Partners to develop a commercially viable process for making ethanol from forestry waste

17-06-2010

Novozymes and Lignol Energy Corporation signed a research and development agreement to make biofuel from wood chips and other forestry residues. The partners aim to develop a process for making biofuel from forestry waste at a production cost down to $2 per gallon, a price competitive with ...

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