Policies & Regulations
•  China¡¯s ¡®50 Powers¡¯ Plan to Reshape Pharmaceutical Industry
•  China¡¯s New Five-Year Biotechnology Plan
•  Taiwan Relaxes Listing Rules for Tech-based Enterprises
•  Japan Reconsiders Organ Transplantation

Major Event
•  Trade Collaboration between Singapore and Myanmar
•  NUS Promotes University¡¯s Life Sciences Research with AMP&A
•  China Produces Pesticide Base
•  High Tech Brain Surgery

Feature Article
•  The International Rice Research Institute

Research News
•  Chinese Aquaculture Industry Combats Shrimp Diseases
•  Shanghai Develops Vaccine Production Line
•  Xinjiang Province Establishes New Vegetable Production Base
•  China Progresses Well in Producing Recombinant Interferon

Chinese Medicine
•  Ginkgo biloba, an Extract for Alzheimer¡¯s Disease

Company News
•  Shenqiu Xinya Group Making Headway in Henan¡¯s Agricultural Market Reforms
•  First Filing for Lamivudine
•  Biota Enlists Help of BRI for Research
•  Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals Co. to Expand Internationally
•  Top Chinese Import and Export Enterprises

General Information & Statistics
•  Capital Inflow in Developing Countries Remain High
•  South Pacific Lumber Prices Take a Dive
•  Taiwan Uses Science and Technology Indexes to Measure Competitiveness
•  Medical Expenditure in Japan Continues to Rise
•  Weaker Baht Stabilizes Thai Rice Prices
•  Agricultural Biotechnology in India

New Products
•  Genelabs Diagnostics
•  Japan Develops New Antibacterial Metal

What We Hear
•  Professor Yang Chen-ning to Head Hong Kong¡¯s Science Advisory Committee

Patents
•  Chinese Pharmaceutical Patents

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