Policies & Regulations • South Korea Sets Rules for Labeling of GMOs • Basmati Rice Exports Threatened by Genetic Purity Testing • South Korea May Import US-made Hemophilia Drug
Major Event • Beijing Prepares for Imminent Flu Epidemic • The Growing AIDS Epidemic in Asia • Two New Wheat Varieties Marketed
Research News • IRRI’s “Super Rice” With Increased Yield • Gene Therapy Tool to Fight Liver Disease • Malaria Parasite Genome Mapped • Recent Progress in Artificial Lung Research
Alternative Medicine • New World Group Pushes Modernization of Chinese Medicine • China Rich Invests in Chinese Medicine Database
Company News • Unilever Looks Forward to Listing in China • Ranbanxy Posts 54.6% Growth in Net Profit • Merck’s Vioxx to be Marketed in Singapore • Amu Corp. Develops "Tear-Free" Onions • Pharmacia & Upjohn Receives FDA Approval for Aromasin • China Sets Up Third Asset Management Firm • 3-D Pharmaceuticals and AgrEvo Announce Agrochemical Collaboration
General Information & Statistics • Increase in Patent Applications for Biotech Products in Korea • India Mushroom Industry is All Set to Grow • France Opens Door to Thai Seafood Suppliers • India Expects Bumper Sugarcane Harvest • Malaysian Palm Oil Exports Show Improvement • Authorities Predict Future Rubber Trends
News In Brief • Indian Rice Imports Start Arriving • The Wellcome Trust to Fund a ￡10 Million Cancer Genome Project • Warner-Lambert and American Home Products to Merge • A New Version of Ibuprofen • Japanese Researchers Discover New Cancer Fighter • Korea’s New Venture Capital-Incubator Firm
Announcement • The Second Cao Tian-qin Memorial Symposium on Protein Research
Patents • Chinese Patents
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