Policies & Regulations
•  China to Boost Economy, Streamline Financial Policies

Major Event
•  New Crop Varieties to Increase Farm Production
•  AIDS on the Rise in China

Research News
•  Sewage Sludge as Fertilizers in Pine Plantations

Chinese Medicine
•  HKU Offers Tertiary Courses in Traditional Chinese Medicine
•  China¡¯s MOH Issues Notices on State-Protected Traditional Chinese Drugs
•  Advances in Research on Immunosuppression Functions of TCM
•  Plans to Set Up Traditional Chinese Drug Base in Sichuan

Company News
•  JK Pharmachem Plans New Formulations Based on Pen-G
•  The Fast Growing Migraine Drug Market
•  Mitsubishi Chemical and Tanabe to Merge
•  Amgen¡¯s Sole Rights to Anemia Drug Sends its Shares Soaring

General Information & Statistics
•  World Soyabean Production Expected to Decline
•  The Status of World Cereal Production
•  China has oversupply of Sugar
•  Vanilla Trade in India to Enjoy Good Growth
•  Wages Costs in S¡¯pore Become Most Competitive among 4 Asian Tigers
•  New Pain Relief Drug Attracts Attention of Big Companies
•  Demands for Cereals on the Rise in Developing countries
•  HR Development Program for Eight Indian Commodities Exchanges

What We Hear
•  Professors Cho and Chung Share the Prestigious 1998 Kumho Foundation Life Sciences Awards

News In Brief
•  Goa -- A Popular Destination for Pharmaceutical Companies
•  Zeneca Licenses Seroquel to Fujisawa
•  Western, Japanese Pharma Cos. to Form Alliances at BIOPartnering Asia Conference

Outstanding Asian Scientist
•  Professor Sadami Tsutsumi

Patents
•  Chinese Patents

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