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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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