Browner was responsible for gratuitous EPA regulations that have slowed the application of biotechnology to agriculture and environmental problems for more than a decade.
In fact, his senior thesis on the application of biotechnology in conservation biology was published in the Journal of Molecular Ecology in June of 1998.
Mark Karvosky, a biotechnology analyst at Piper Jaffray, wrote in a note to investors that he expects the application to be filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in June or July.