Policies & Regulations
•  Singapore Injects Another $1 Billion into Life Sciences Program
•  Hong Kong Doctors and Hospitals Deadlocked Over Reform
•  Japan to Curb Medical Malpractice
•  Medical Costs Made Transparent in Thailand
•  Korea Gives GM Soyabeans Green Light
•  Singapore Launches Public Education Program on GM Foods
•  NZ Debates Percentage of GM Ingredients in Labeling
•  Indian Sugar Industry Demands Creation of Buffer Stock
•  India Forms Team to Study Impact of WTO Agreements on Fertilizer Industry

Alternative Medicine
•  India to Set Up Medicinal Plants Board

Company News
•  Quintiles Opens Training Facility for Pharmaceutical Industry in Japan
•  Indian Company Gets Export Orders for Traditional Medicine
•  Hitachi Enters Life Science Business
•  Singapore¡¯s New Lab Helps Faster Drug Development
•  Nestle to Release 5 Percent Stake in Excelcia Foods

Research News
•  TERI Announces Breakthrough Technology for Mass Production of Mycorrhizal Biofertilizer
•  Hong Kong Uses New Therapy to Cure Eye Disease

General Information & Statistics
•  Tumors Leading Cause of Death in Taipei
•  Pharmaceuticals Trends in the Future
•  Move to Curb India¡¯s Edible Oil Imports
•  ASEAN College of Cardiology to be Established

What We Hear
•  Dr. Pill-Soon Song Awarded 2000 Ho- Am Prize

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