FROM THE PRESIDENT - MOST VALUED CUSTOMERS

Robert Gottliebsen of The Australian newspaper thinks that the future belongs to companies that make the effort to know who their clients are and what they like. The Federal Government is making a determined effort to get to know what the industry is thinking as well as providing funds to get to know what research is able to provide. In Brisbane at the ABA2000 conference, both the Queensland Deputy Premier Jim Elder, and the Science Minister, Senator Minchin, described biotechnology as one of the most important industry sectors of the new century...