BioBoard
•  Australian Cancer Technology Announces that theCompany's Name has Changed to Avantogen
•  Syngenta to Set Up R&D Unit in Goa, India
•  Cadila Healthcare and Mayne Pharma Set Up Joint Venture Company
•  New Zealand Patient to Receive the First Heart Turbocharger
•  Australia's TGA Approves Vac TX Vaccine Trials
•  Hunan Jingda Bioengineering Co Develops Hepatitis C Detection Kit
•  Pharmaids Pharma to Launch Anti-Aids Drug
•  New Company Name for Daiichi
•  Large scale Conference in Maryland for Indian Biotech Firms and US Counterparts
•  New Medicinal Park Near Bhopal, India

Industry Watch
•  Bionomics Acquires Melbourne-based Iliad Chemicals
•  Cryptome Pharma and Xantos Biomedicine Join Forces to Validate Novel Cancer Lead
•  VioQuest's New Production Facility in China
•  AlphaRx Gains Access to Asian Markets Through Joint Venture with Basin Ltd
•  Emcure Pharma Cooperates with Iceland's Actavis Pharma
•  GSK and Japan's Eisai Pair Up to Sell Paritec in India
•  KV Pharma Invests $11.3 Million in Strides Arcolab
•  Lupin in Marketing Pact with Henry Schein
•  Sumitomo Pharma and Protez Pharma Announce Licensing Agreement on Breakthrough Antibiotic
•  Neuren Pharma - World Leader in Developing Treatment for Neurological Disorders
•  Singapore's A-bio Collaborates with Novo Nordisk
•  From Poisons to Pills
•  AbGenomics Licenses Antibody to Boehringer Ingelheim
•  Sino Cell and Taiwan Genome Sciences Team Up in Predictive Genetic Testing for the Taiwan Market
•  Agilent Technologies Sells US$4 million in Equipment to CDC

Products/Services Highlights
•  Olympus Presents New Multi-Directional Endoscope

Research Findings
•  South Korean Scientists Develop Tailored Stem Cells to Treat Individuals
•  New Antiviral Therapy for Avian Influenza
•  MicroRNAs as Oncogenes?
•  Sharp's Plasmacluster Ions Effectively Deactivate H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus

Agriculture
•  New Agricultural Treasury Established in Taiwan
•  Sumitomo Chemical and Bayer CropScience Develop New Rice Fungicide

Alternative Medicine
•  Chinese Herb - Kudzu Helps Cut Down Alcohol Drinking
•  Acupuncture - To Help Migraines

Commentaries & Analyses
•  The Growth and Challenges of Clinical Trials in Asia

General News
•  International Finance Corporation Invests in First Chinese Biotech Fund
•  RIKEN and Keio University Cooperate in Metabolome Research
•  New Treatment for Those Who Snore
•  Professor Sir George Radda Leads New Singapore Bioimaging Consortium
•  Bird Flu - Human to Human Transmission Possible

People
•  William Chia

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