11.   Amgen Inc., the pioneer biotechnology company, recently got good news and bad news on the patent front.

12.   An animal-rights group may have planted bombs at research facilities of Canadian biotechnology company BioChem Pharma Inc., police said.

13.   Among other companies in the state index, a pair of biotechnology companies were among the ten biggest gainers.

14.   Amgen is the largest biotechnology company but has depended for a decade on basically two drugs, EPO and Neupogen, which boosts white blood cells.

15.   Amylin, a biotechnology company based in San Diego, also reported Tuesday a fourth-quarter loss that was greater than Wall Street expectations.

16.   An Oakland biotechnology company agreed to plead guilty yesterday to conspiring with a major cigarette-maker to jack up the nicotine content of tobacco plants.

17.   Analysts caution that biotechnology companies should not get too cocky.

18.   And if farmers turn against them, the big biotechnology companies could face huge losses.

19.   And biotechnology companies are eager to gain access to exotic environments containing tens of millions of plant and animal species that have yet to be scrutinized.

20.   And if other businesses and biotechnology companies get their way, they could receive immunities and limitations on damages from lawsuits in the future.