Drugmakers seek funds to fight 'terrorists'

[emad]

James Rossiter, Eveing Standard,
24 June 2005

BRITAIN'S pharmaceuticals industry wants more funding to help enforce a crackdown on 'terrorist' animal rights groups.

The call comes from the BioIndustry Association (BIA) in the wake of Canaccord's resignation as broker to drugs firm Phytopharm after extremists blew up the car of Canaccord director Michael Kendall.

New legal powers come into force in a week allowing the police to use powers of criminal investigation to pursue extremists whose threats to, or attacks on, drugs firms can lead to hefty financial losses.

Until now, such firms have had to rely on civil actions - a route that is often too slow or ineffective. The Animal Liberation Front's website claimed the attack on Canaccord was due to the broker's investment in Phytopharm which, it said, had links with Huntingdon Life Sciences - a company that uses animals for drugs testing.
http://www.thisislondon.com/news/business/articles/timid401675?source=This%20is%20Money

[Oversea Visitor]

1. Aaah

now animal right group also terrorist ....bad

[doodadem]

2. Poor pharmaceutical companies!

God knows these companies are SO poor, they can't fight their own battles. They're only in business for the good of humanity. It has nothing to do with profits. And we all know animals have no feelings anyway.

Where's that dripping sarcasm thingie?