Australia Opens Doors to World’s Largest Exotic “Nature Bank” -- a 400,000 Compound Library for Drug Development -- at Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) 2007

BOSTON & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More than 57 Australian exhibitors [Australia Pavilion Stand #1515] are at BIO 2007, part of Australia’s 400-strong delegation. Among these are some of the most innovative research centres and universities in the region such as Griffith University which is launching its “Nature Bank”, a bank of more than 400,000 compounds from plants and marine invertebrates ready for drug trials.