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Eidgenössische Ethikkommission für die Biotechnologie im Ausserhumanbereich EKAH
Swiss Expert Committee for Biosafety SECB
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Marketing
1. Genetically modified plants
Soya 40-3-2
Monsanto
Objective: Tolerance of glyphosate
Bt176 maize
Novartis Seeds
Objective: Protection against corn borer
Bt11 maize
Novartis Seeds
Objective: Protection against corn borer
2. Recombinant vaccines
Orochol BernaTM
Swiss Serum and Vaccine Institute
Objective: Vaccine against cholera
3. Pathogenic organisms
VectoBac
VectoBac is a biopesticide; its active ingredient is live spores of the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti). These are capable of forming Bt toxins, which can be used very specifically against species of mosquito that are prevalent in some areas of Switzerland. In its Statement, the SECB recommended the marketing of VectoBac (in German):
Approved by FOPH, 1998
Last updated on: 01.01.2008