Policies & Regulations
•  RiceTec Withdraws 3 Claims from Basmati Rice Patent
•  Singapore Pumps Another $1 billion into Life Sciences
•  Indian Foundation Calls for 10-year Freeze on GM Commercialization
•  HK's Integrated Clinics Saves Time and Money
•  Taiwan Plans Free Medical Coverage for Children
•  China Fine-tunes Drug Pricing Policies
•  Taiwan to Introduce Genetic Research Consent Form
•  Malaysia Proposes ˇ°Telehealthˇ± Project

Company News
•  Lupin to End Joint Venture with Mova
•  Shantha Biotech in Joint Venture with East West Labs
•  Lexicon and Oriental Yeast in Drug Discovery Collaboration
•  Drug Group Listed as Key State Enterprise
•  SC Biosciences Signs Distribution Agreement with IGEN Inc.

Alternative Medicine
•  CD-ROM on Ayurveda
•  New Anti-Cancer Drug Approved

Research News
•  Taiwan's Academia Sinica Develops DNA Synthesizer
•  GM Rice Proved Resistant to Insects
•  China Breeds Improved Soybean Species
•  Indian Scientists Find Gene for Atherosclerosis
•  Japan to Fund Research Center for Tissue Engineering
•  Herbicides from the Sea
•  Taiwan Carries Out East-West Medical Trials for Hepatitis B

General Information & Statistics
•  India Propose ˇ°Rice-for-Gunsˇ± Deal with Russia
•  Medical Informatics Improves Healthcare
•  Young Diabetics on the Increase

What We Haer
•  CSIRO Scientists Awarded Inaugural PM's Science Prize

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