Company News
•  CompuMed Presents Bone Research Findings in Normal Chinese Population
•  Rocky Mountain's China Business to Expand Internationally
•  Taiwan's UBI Asia Acquires Glaxo's Pharmaceutical Factory
•  Pharmagenesis's Bone Marrow Stimulant PG2 Receives New Drug Certification in China
•  Proteome and Protagen to Collaborate in Protein Study
•  Merck Makes Huge Investments in Singapore
•  Quark Biotech Receives Equity Investment from Mitsubishi-Tokyo Pharmaceuticals
•  Australia's Bionomics to Collaborate with Hybrigen on Breast Cancer
•  GlaxoSmithKline and Tanabe Seiyaku to Team Up on Drug Research
•  India's Leading Biotech Group Awaits Approval for First Local Immuno-Suppresant Drug
•  Guidant Announces Market Release of Its Most Advanced Pacemaker Systems in Japan
•  ES Cell International Offers Its Embryonic Stem Cells to Scientists Worldwide
•  Taisho Pharmaceutical Merges with Tanabe Seiyaku Co.
•  India's Cadila Healthcare to Acquire Kopran's Heart Drug Aten

Rules & Regulations
•  Agreement Aimed at Easing Mental Illness Burden in West Pacific
•  China's Medical Insurance System to Replace Social Security System
•  Singapore's Pharmacists to Help Cut Healthcare Costs
•  Taiwan to Eliminate Tariffs on 465 Products
•  China Bans Livestock from Japan after Mad Cow Disease Outbreak
•  New Zealand Government to Develop Biotech with Biotenz
•  Private Hospitals Encouraged in Shanghai
•  Shanghai Adopts Differentiated Mark-ups in Drug Pricing

Research News
•  Chinese Scientists Grow Bladder Tissue on a Mouse
•  Chinese Doctors Use Laser to Treat Varicose Veins
•  Top Japanese Cancer Expert Joins Singapore Research Team
•  Taiwan University Hospital Develops Protein Chip for Cancer Detection

Alternative Medicine
•  Singapore TCM Task Force to Propose US$100 Million Plan
•  Guangzhou to Build State TCM Industrial Base
•  Harvard Study Shows Alternative Medicine Joins Mainstream

General Information & Statistics
•  Singapore Aims to be Regional Hub for Biomedical Research
•  Infant Mortality Rate Down in China
•  China's First Breast Cancer Treatment Center Established
•  Singapore Hunts for CEO of Biomedical Fund from Private Sector
•  Western China to Set Up Embryonic Transplantation Training Center
•  Appetite Pill Abused in Thailand
•  Taiwan Patents 41 Biochip Technology
•  NZ Science Minister to Promote Biotech in Singapore
•  Korea to Invest Heavily in Health Industry
•  Mad-Cow Disease Reported in Japan
•  Australia's CSIRO Ranked Top Five in the World

Trends and Prospects
•  Stem Cell Research May Hold Key to Medical Revolution
•  Drug Advertisements to be Severely Hit Soon in China

Publications News

Calendar of Events
•  A comprehensive listing of upcoming biotechnology conferences in Asia-Pacific