41.   Kennedy also said he would pursue legislation on behalf of the biotech industry to make the FDA changes permanent.

42.   Lack of domestic support for the biotech industry here has also created a brain drain, with German scientists being hired away by companies abroad.

43.   Last year, FDA commissioner David Kessler gave his verbal approval to some of the regulatory changes being sought by the biotech industry.

44.   Massachusetts is one of the centers of the US biotech industry.

45.   Next, Levin worked briefly for the Foxboro Co. in Foxborough, selling computers to the biotech industry.

46.   No, never, not a chance, biotech industry observers say.

47.   Now, nearly a decade later, the biotech industry, after a period of intense and often painful consolidation, is slowly making a comeback on Wall Street.

48.   Of course, the biotech industry is motivated partly by self-interest.

49.   Organic growers are now considering a class-action lawsuit against the biotech industry that would seek damages for the contamination.

50.   Over the long term, Sullivan believes, the prospects for the biotech industry are excellent.