Contents

BioBoard

Australia
•  Australia Commits Extra Fund to Combat AIDS in Asia Pacific
•  Australia Joins European Molecular Biology Laboratory
•  Australian Scientists Discover New Drugs to Treat Childhood Cancer

China
•  China Tries to Reduce Corruption in Medical Equipment Industry
•  Chinese Police Arrest Fake Drug Ring
•  China Donates US$30 000 to Cambodian Red Cross for Dengue Control
•  Sino-Dutch Center for Plant Molecular Breeding Established in Shanghai
•  Project of S&T for Grain Harvest Launched
•  UNAIDS Chief Heaps Praise on China's Anti-AIDS Efforts
•  China and ASEAN Work as a Team to Fight Against Avian Flu

Hong Kong
•  Guangdong Province, Macau and Hong Kong Health Authorities Cooperate in Infectious Diseases Control

India
•  Indian Health Ministry to Finalize Draft on HIV/AIDS Bill

Indonesia
•  Indonesia to Step Up Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Japan
•  Japan Scientists Develops Artifical Womb

New Zealand
•  Government Urged to Reject Dangerous GM Corn

Singapore
•  Singapore and France Launch Workshop on Managing Bird Flu Epidemic
•  National Registry of Diseases Act to Help Medical Data Collection for Research
•  New Cervical Cancer Vacccine Available in Singapore Shortly

South Korea
•  Korean Scientists Advance Genome Research with Bioinformatics

Taiwan
•  Taiwan to Develop US$900 Million National Biotech Park

Others
•  Asia Braces for New Dengue Outbreak

Special Feature
•  Brisbane Technology Park — A Hub For Biotech In Queensland
•  China Invests in Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences
•  The Genome Valley — Doing India Proud as A Major Biotech Research Hub
•  Biotech and Life Science R&D Shining Strongly in the Land of the Rising Sun
•  Singapore — The Biopolis of Asia
•  Taiwan's Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park and Kaohsiung Biotechnology Park

Industry Watch
•  Mesoblast Expands Pipeline into Spines
•  Model Company For Biotech in Hong Kong—HKDNA Chips
•  Constella Group Collaborates with TCG Lifesciences
•  Interview with EPS International Co Ltd
•  Nicholas Piramal Gets Approval for Cancer Trials
•  Novozymes Buys Enzyme Business of Biocon Pharmaceuticals Ltd for US$102 Million
•  RFCL Acquires Biomedical Company from Wipro
•  ESI Remains Focused on Stem Cell Research

Commentaries and Analyses
•  China's Biotech Long March

General News
•  Asia's Leading Process Engineering, Controls, Instrumentation and Scientific Equipment Event to Return to Singapore

Interview
•  A Woman's Dream Come True — Interview with Dr Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

People Profile
•  AgResearch Appoints New Board Director
•  Ambrx Appoints Stephen Kaldor as Chief Executive Officer
•  WuXi PharmaTech Appoints Deepak Hegde as VP
•  Stem Cell Expert, Dr Alan Colman, Joins A*STAR to Head Stem Cell Consortium
•  ICP Biotechnology Ltd Appoints New CEO, Mr Sanne Melles

Conference Calendar