Policies & Regulations
•  India to Standardize Drug Licensing Fees
•  EU Votes Okay to Philippines's Processed Seaweed
•  Regional Congress Outlines Future of Pharmacology
•  Japan, China Sign Fisheries Agreement
•  Beijing Sets Up Registry for Import and Export of Wild Animals
•  Rules to Curb ¡®Mad Cow' Disease
•  New Water Purification Process Increases Fishing Yields

Major Event
•  Research Center in Beijing to Promote Technological Innovation
•  Ag-West Meeting Emphasizes Pharmaceutical and Environmental Uses of Plants
•  Upcoming Conference on Agricultural Biotechnology
•  Baptist University Establishes Institute of Natural Resources and Waste Management
•  Seoul Lifts Ban on US Beef
•  Agricultural and Fishery Exhibition Held in Dalian
•  China Emphasizes Research into Coastal Oceanography

Research News
•  Research and Utilization of Proteins from Snake Venom
•  Cold-Tolerant Transgenic Sugar Beet
•  Cow Cloning Successful in Korea
•  Japan's New Diagnostic Procedure Can Evaluate Cows' Health
•  Pharmaceutical Proteins Harvested from Insect Larvae
•  Advanced Method of Detecting Leptospirosis
•  20-Year Study of Family Reveals Gene that Causes Deafness
•  Development of Antibacterial Fibers

Chinese Medicine
•  Medical Properties of Lon icera
•  Ginkgo biloba for Wrinkle-free Healthy Skin

Company News
•  Sanofi Pharma Establishes Joint Venture with Chinese Pharmaceutical Group
•  EIPWL and CCF to Collaborate in Biotechnology
•  Japanese Company to Purchase Shares form Canadian Counterpart
•  Nycomed Amersham Issues Strong Reports
•  Merck Consolidates Position in Region
•  Chinese Pharmaceutical Firms Perform Well in 1997
•  Terumo to Set Up Manufacturing Base in India
•  Paulownia Plantations Attract Investor Interest
•  Shanghai Biotech Company Develops Drugs from Nucleic Acids

General Information & Statistics
•  Indian Vaccine Market Expanding Rapidly
•  India's Chemicals Industry Records Good Growth
•  Vietnam's Rice and Coffee Harvests Escape Typhoon's Fury
•  Japanese Consumers Switch to Organic Produce
•  India Needs to Diversify Exports
•  How Sustainable is China's Agricultural Industry?
•  Good Profit for Sugar Companies in India
•  EI Nino Blamed for White Pepper Shortage

Education
•  HKU to Restructure Medical Degree Course
•  CUHK Organizes Advanced Orthopedics Course

New Products
•  Multiple-disease Resistant Transgenic Tomato Plant
•  Drug for Hypertension Treatment
•  Enbrel Effective Against Arthritis, Passes Clinical Trial

Patents
•  DuPont Awarded Patents for Topcross
•  Chinese Pharmaceutical Patents

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