PARIS - Opponents of genetically-modified organisms in France have mounted their usual summer offensive against farmers growing GM crops, carrying out nighttime and daytime raids to cut down fields of GM corn or other crops. (BioWorld International)

Icagen Inc.'s potential $1 billion-plus deal with Pfizer Inc. to develop sodium ion channel modulators for pain took the hurt out of a Phase III setback with senicapoc for sickle cell disease and the loss of two other pharma partners recently. (BioWorld Today)