BioBoard
•  Japan Pledges US$500 Million for AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis Research
•  Abott Labs Sues Takeda
•  Visiomed Begins Clinical Evaluation Trials of MicroEYE?
•  SFDA Approves Powerheart's Automatic External Defibrillators
•  Scientists Succeed in Growing Bone Tissues from Adult Stem Cells
•  FDA Warns Consumers Against Chinese Diabetes Drug
•  India and Israel Sign Initiative to Collaborate in Biotechnology, Space Science and Nanotechnology
•  Sumitomo Licenses Schizophrenic Drug to Merck
•  Schering-Plough Expands in Asia
•  Panacea Biotec Sets Up 3 New Plants and 4 R&D Centers
•  Indonesia to hold a National Immunization Campaign against Polio

Industry Watch
•  Clinigene and SCIREX Cooperate on Global Clinical Trials
•  CSL Announces New Share Buyback
•  International Alliance Between ChemGenex and Stragen Pharma
•  Mayne Pharma Expands in Europe
•  Bausch & Lomb Acquires Shandong Chia Tai Freda Pharma
•  Eli Lilly Collaborates with Taisho Pharma
•  Pingchuan Signs Purchase and Sales Agreement with Sinopharm
•  Vietnam to Begin Animal Testing of VIRA 38
•  NIRS and Toshiba Medical Systems Develop a New 4-D Medical Imaging Device
•  Medipost - First Biotech Company to List on the Korea Stock Exchange
•  Korea Plans First Stem Cell Hospital
•  Bio-Diagnostic Commercializes Rapid Diagnostic Kits for Infectious Diseases
•  INS Bioscience Expands to China, US and West Asia
•  Neuren Teams up with Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
•  Paradigm Signs Licensing and Collaborating Deal with Ortho-McNeil
•  Paradigm and Takeda Enter Into CNS Therapeutics Alliance

Products/Services Highlights
•  SAS Introduces New Drug Development Software

Research Findings
•  Pineapples as a Source of Anti-Cancer Drugs?
•  New Nanoparticle PCR
•  Researchers Make Ground Breaking Findings on HGPS
•  Japanese Scientists Develop New HIV Drug
•  Singapore's Cell Research Discovers New Source of Stem Cells

Rules & Regulations
•  Australia Sets Up an Independent Body to Review Cloning Laws
•  Scientists Unhappy about New Stringent Regulations in China

Agriculture
•  New Colored Rice in the Market Soon
•  Global Bio-Chem Technology Buys Out Eight Subsidiaries for US$116 Million
•  Mass Vaccinations of Poultry in Asia

Alternative Medicine
•  Acupuncture Reliefs Pain for Osteoarthritis
•  Cobblestone Walking has Health Benefi ts
•  Sino-French Research Team Advances in Research of Glossy Ganoderma
•  SFDA Approves YanLiXiao Pill
•  Yoga as Sleeping Pill?

General News
•  China Plans Second Phase of SARS Vaccine
•  India to Step Up on Stem Cell Research
•  Japan Faces Tuberculosis Epidemic
•  Seoul to Set Up Herb Medicine Center
•  New Zealand Collaborates with Iowa on Biotechnology Opportunities
•  NTU Sets Up Institute of Advanced Studies
•  Bill Gates Funds Tuberculosis Research

People
•  Dr. David T Wong

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