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
