51.   Not surprisingly, members of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries were highly critical of the New England legislators efforts, particularly price controls.

52.   Now environmental advocates in this country have mounted their own effort to turn public opinion against such products, putting the biotechnology industry on the defensive.

53.   Of course, there are good reasons that Merck is now worth more than the entire biotechnology industry.

54.   Now the biotechnology industry, which said all along that there was little threat to public health from the corn, may breathe a bit easier.

55.   Now environmental activists in this country have begun their own effort to turn public opinion against such products, putting the biotechnology industry on the defensive.

56.   Of course, the history of the biotechnology industry is littered with tales of once-promising companies that disappointed investors.

57.   Rifkin has been a persistent critic of the biotechnology industry.

58.   Rather, the field he pioneered has exploded into the modern biotechnology industry.

59.   Renewed confidence in the biotechnology industry and emerging opportunities in the telecommunications sector are also pushing the flow of venture dollars, the new survey said.

60.   Representatives of the biotechnology industry, however, said a moratorium would halt the development of life-saving drugs.