Policies & Regulations
•  India to Finalize Blood Policy Guidelines
•  China Pursues Freeze on Arable Land Use

Major Event
•  Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry Urged To Do More R&D
•  Disease Threatens World¡¯s Largest Mangrove Forest
•  India to Increase Spending on Agriculture
•  Incidence of Dengue Fever in Singapore Dips

Feature Article
•  Taiwan's Development Center for Biotechnology

Research News
•  Revolutionary Way of Treating Cancer
•  Anti-AIDS Instant Drink Being Tested
•  Gene linked to Alzheimer¡¯s Disease Reported Found
•  Australian Scientists Find Weevil-Resistant Gene
•  Bioengineered Skin for Treatment of Burns and Skin Ulcers
•  Etiology of Ovarian Cancer

Chinese Medicine
•  Long Pepper Extensively Used by the Chinese to Treat Illness
•  'Xianhecao' -- Effective in Stopping Bleeding

Company News
•  Beida-Weixin Co. Develops New Cholesterol-Lowering Drug
•  Hoechst to Switch Focus to Life Sciences
•  Recent Biotechnology Joint Ventures

General Information & Statistics
•  Tropical Fruit Production Expected to Go Down
•  SkyWeb India Sets Up World¡¯s First Pharmaceutical Web-Fair
•  China Sells Off Cotton Stockpile
•  China Food News Sets Up Food Database Network

What We Hear
•  Analysts Fret Over Monsanto's Rapid Expansion

Patents
•  Chinese Patents

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