Company News • Seoul Dairy Cooperative Plans to Stay on Top • Celera to Invest in Japanese Company • Asian Star to Merge with Chinese Pharmaceutical Company • China Hopes to Eliminate Small, Low-Tech Pharma Firms • Glaxo's drug Zyban to Help Smokers Quit • Ranbaxy Aims to Acquire Biotech Firms • Shantha Biotech Not Listing in Nasdaq • Two Australian Companies Receive Awards for R&D
Policies & Regulations • Australia's CRC Receives A$16 million Funding Boost • Thai Agri Dept Says GM Crops Under Control • China to Handle GM Technology with Caution • Chinese Leader Calls for Healthcare Reform • KDFA Approves New Biotech Products
Research News • Taiwanese Scientist to Test AIDS Vaccine in Mainland China • China to Improve Test Tube Baby Technology • Harvard Univ. and HKU to Jointly Offer Course on Medical Administration • China and HK Scientists Use Microwaves to Treat Liver Cancer Patients • AgResearch's Interim Profits Up 40% • Vaccine for Australia's Rabbits • Korean Scientists Elucidate the Bacterium Genome
Alternative Medicine • Asia's Largest TCM Plant Set Up in China • TCM Production Base to be Built in Yunnan • New Anti-malaria Ayurvedic Medicine to be Included in India's Health Program
General Information & Statistics • Singapore Biomedical Sciences Industry on the Right Track • India to Cultivate Hybrid Maize • Sharp Increase of HIV Cases in Victoria • Current Trends in Australian Biotech Industry • WHO Certifies Australia Polio-free • Chinese Healthcare Industry Spends Heavily on Ads • China Takes Steps to Protect Nature Reserve • New Zealand Wine Exports Show Strong Growth • Chinese Experts Concerned about Drug Prices and Agriculture Modernization
Calendar of Events • A comprehensive listing of upcoming biotechnology conferences in Asia-Pacific