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