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Oxitec Completes Successful Scale-Up of Next-Generation Friendly™ Mosquito Technology in Brazil Designed to Accelerate Global Impact Against Disease-Spreading Invasive Pests

Oxitec Ltd announced the conclusion of the first phase of a project dedicated to large-scale validation of the company’s next-generation Friendly™ Aedes aegypti technology.

August 18, 2022

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Oxitec Completes Successful Season of Friendly™ Fall Armyworm Deployments on Large, Commercial-Scale Farms in Two Corn-growing Regions in Brazil

Oxitec Ltd, a leading developer of biological pest control solutions, announces the successful completion of the second large-scale pilot season of the Friendly™ fall armyworm.

July 12, 2022

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Oxitec’s Malaria Program Receives New Investment to Expand to Pilot Phases in Two Malaria-Affected Regions

Oxitec Ltd, the leading developer of biological pest control solutions, today announced the launch of the next phase of the company’s malaria vector program, enabled by US$18 million of funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

April 13, 2022

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Oxitec and the Government of Djibouti Announce New Multi-Year Partnership to Fight Invasive Malaria-Transmitting Mosquitoes Threatening the Horn of Africa

[31-May-2022] With strong support from the Government of Djibouti , this program will pilot a new Friendly™ mosquito control technology to combat the growing threat to the region posed by the rapidly spreading malaria vector, Anopheles stephensi.

May 31, 2022

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Oxitec Signs New Multi-year Development Agreement to Apply 2nd Generation Technology to Control Soybean Looper

Oxitec to develop a safe, self-limiting insect capable of reducing pest populations and reversing insect resistance to biotech traits and chemistries

April 16, 2019

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Oxitec Successfully Completes First Field Deployment of 2nd Generation Friendly™ Aedes aegypti Technology

Oxitec Ltd., a UK-based biotechnology company specializing in developing novel, environmentally-sustainable pest management solutions, announced the successful completion of the first field trial in Brazil of its 2nd Generation Friendly™ Aedes aegypti technology.

June 3, 2019

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Oxitec to Apply New Generation of Self-limiting Mosquito Technology to Malaria-spreading Mosquitoes

Oxitec, Ltd. announced it is entering into a cooperative agreement with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (“BMGF”) to develop a new strain of Oxitec’s self-limiting Friendly(TM) Mosquitoes to combat a mosquito species that spreads malaria in the Western Hemisphere.

June 19, 2018

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Oxitec Transitioning Friendly™ Self-limiting Mosquitoes to 2nd Generation Technology Platform, Paving Way to New Scalability, Performance and Cost Breakthroughs

Oxitec’s 2nd generation technology will be used across mosquito and agricultural pest applications globally

November 28, 2018

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Study Heralds a New Transformative Solution for the Crop Destroying Fall Armyworm

Oxitec Ltd, the leading developer of biological solutions to control pests that transmit disease, destroy crops and harm livestock, announced the publication of early results heralding a new, transformative crop protection solution for the sustainable management of one of the world’s most devastating crop pests.

January 27, 2022

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Oxitec to Develop 2nd Friendly™ Mosquito Strain Designed to Combat Malaria-Spreading Mosquitoes

Expanded collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will leverage Oxitec’s Friendly™ biological engineering platform to develop a self-limiting Anopheles stephensi strain to help combat malaria in India, Middle East and the Horn of Africa

October 18, 2018

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