REMARKS OF DR. ROBERT A. FILDES 
Chairman 
Industrial Biotechnology Association 
Committee on Industrial Applications and Scale- Up 
June 29, 1982 
Good morning ladies and gentlemen. 
I am Robert A. Fildes, President of Biogen Inc., and Vice 
President of the Industrial Biotechnology Association. I am 
appearing before you this morning, with the gentlemen at my side, 
on behalf of the IBA's Committee on Industrial Applications and 
Scale-Up. With me today are: 
Mr. Harvey Price, Executive Director of the IBA, 
Mr. John Galat of Schering-Plough, Inc., 
Mr. Rick Eustis of Biogen Inc., 
Dr. Bruce Hamilton of Cenex Corporation, and 
Dr. Asger Langlykke of Cenex Corporation. 
The IBA is an international trade association presently 
consisting of two dozen companies actively engaged in developing 
commercial products utilizing biotechnology. A list of current 
IBA member companies is attached to this statement. Many new 
members are anticipated in the next several months. We are here 
today at your request to present information concerning 
commercial development associated with rDNA research that we 
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