Novartis

• Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz merger (1996)

• Buys Merck pesticide business (1997)

• Merger brings together Northrup-King, S&G Seeds, Hilleshog, Ciba Seeds

• Rogers Seed Co.

• Gerber Foods

Dow Chemicals

• Dow purchases Eli Lilly's 40% share of DowElanco (1997)

• Mycogen (1996)

• Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

• Mycogen buys Agrigenetics (1992)

• United Agriseeds becomes part of Mycogen (1996)

Zeneca/Astra

• Mogen International N.V. (1997)

• Alliance with Japan Tobacco on rice (1999).

• Advanta (merger of Zeneca Seeds and Vanderhave)

DuPont

• Alliance with Human Genome Sciences (1996)

• Curagen (1997)

• Pioneer (1997, 1999)

• Hybrinova (1999)

• Optimum Quality Grain (joint venture with Pioneer)

• Protein Technologies

• Cereal Innovation Centre UK

Empresas La Moderna/Seminis Monsanto in 1997)

• DNA Plant Technology (1996)

• Asgrow (1994) (sells corn and soybeans to

• Petoseed (1994)

• Royal Sluis

• Seminis

• Bionova