AmCham, the American Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand (www.amcham.co.nz) is constantly seeking opportunities to build business and trade relationships within the private and public sectors. The annual Innovation and Success Awards are a fine example of recognising and honouring entrepreneurship, innovation and achievement in creating mutually beneficial and rewarding relationships that will help accelerate growth in bilateral trade with the USA. NZP was a finalist in the 2004 “Exporter of the Year – Goods” category. The Prime Minister of New Zealand presented the Awards to the winning companies at the black tie Awards dinner.

New Zealand Pharmaceuticals Ltd (NZP) launched a bold project to develop capability in carbohydrate chemical synthesis, using knowledge acquired over many years by a world-leading research team at Crown research institute, Industrial Research Limited (www.irl.cri.nz/carbo). The multi million dollar initiative is designed to deliver the GMP standard building blocks for new drugs to prevent and treat a range of life threatening conditions. (See article).