Policies & Regulations
•  NZ's Royal Commission on Genetic Modification Meets with Experts
•  Guangzhou Aspires to be Biotech Hub
•  India to Tighten Rules for Drug Imports

Feature
•  Lynk Biotechnologies Takes Off

Company News
•  Nicholas Piramal Ventures into Gene Project
•  Japanese Pharma Companies Voice Intentions to Merge
•  Danone Buys Stake in Shanghai Food Company
•  Profit Boost for Hong Kong's SIIC Medical Group
•  Takeda's Profits Unaffected by US Legal Payout

Alternative Medicine
•  China's Traditional Medicine Industry Needs Shaping Up
•  Gingko Products Fail WHO Criteria
•  Indian Institutes Offer Ayurveda Course
•  Tibetan Medicine Hospital to be Upgraded
•  Malaysia Sets Up Traditional MedicineCouncil

Research News
•  China Establishes Animal Cloning Base
•  Center for Taiwanese Agriculture Set Up in China
•  Atherosclerosis Mechanism Revealed
•  Seaweed Could Prevent HIV Transmission
•  China Develops High-Yielding Wheat
•  Indian Scientists Develop High-Yielding Rice Variety

General Information & Statistics
•  Taiwanese Live Longer
•  Heart Diseases on the Rise in Hong Kong
•  India Strikes Deals for Wheat Exports
•  Species 2000 Asia Oceania

What We Hear
•  PC Leung Wins Sliver Asian Innovation Award

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