Policies & Regulations
•  Thailand's New Medical Executive Committee
•  India to Set Guidelines for Foreign Seed Companies
•  Drug GMP Certification in China
•  India Relaxes Rules for Overseas Investments

Major Event
•  International Rice Genebank Helps Restore Germplasm to Native Countries
•  Farmers' Committee Sets Up Large Fund to Aid Thai Farmers

Research News
•  A New Imaging Method to Capture Activity within Cells
•  Preserving the Freshness of Beef
•  Biological Basis to Bulimia
•  Recycling' Old Cocoa Trees
•  Indian Institute Develops Transgenic Brinjal and Tomato

Company News
•  Asahi is King of Beers in Japan
•  China Cautious About Viagra Imports
•  EPA Approves Eco Soil Systems¡¯ Biopesticide
•  Akzo Nobel and Kanebo Pharmaceutical Business Merge

General Information & Statistics
•  China Takes Steps to Revitalise'Its Sugar Industry
•  Thailand's Ornamental Fish Exporters Take on Singapore
•  China's Agricultural Insurance Business Shrinks
•  Bumper Rice Harvest Expected for Pakistan

Outstanding Asian Scientist
•  Professor Po Tien

News In Brief
•  Rhone-Poulenc Collaborates with Oxford Medica
•  Goodricke Group Ltd. Will Focus on Quality Improvement
•  Coca-Cola Bottlers Merge

Patents
•  Chinese PatentsI

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