Policies & Regulations
•  Harmonization of Vaccines in ASEAN
•  India May Have to Import Sugar
•  Important Measures Taken for Grain Production in 1998
•  China¡¯s State Council Promulgates New Regulations on Agricultural Pesticides

Major Event
•  Asia¡¯s First Cord Blood Registry
•  NNI Seeks Foreign Experts to Train Neurosurgeons
•  Academy of Military Science Outlines Plans for 1998
•  Foot-and-Mouth Disease Causes Concern in Taiwan
•  Comprehensive High-tech Zones Established in Beijing and Shanghai

Feature Article
•  New Age for Agricultural Biotechnology in Singapore

Research News
•  CAAS Succeeds in Extracting Acid from Royal Jelly
•  China¡¯s Antimalarial Drug Research Attains World Standard
•  Production of Human Hematopoietic Factor in Goats¡¯ Milk
•  Groundnuts May Prevent Cancer and Heart Attacks
•  Medicinal Uses of Shaji Oil Preparations
•  Cucumber with Strong Resistance to Diseases and Pests
•  Immobilization of Photosynthetic Bacteria and its Application

Chinese Medicine
•  China Manufactures Eardrops from Coptis Roots
•  Corni Fructus, A Chinese Herb With Much Medicinal Value
•  Expert Cautions Against Misuse of TCM

Company News
•  Top Twenty Listed Chinese Pharmaceutical Enterprises
•  Drug Companies Compete for Markets
•  Dutch Pharmaceutical Company to Set up Subsidiary in India
•  Japanese Firms Join Chinese Medicine Market

General Information & Statistics
•  Korean Agricultural Research Coordinators Study Research Management Methods in Japan
•  Grain and Soybean Production for 1997/1998
•  India¡¯s Rice Exports to Remain Steady for 1997/1998
•  FAO Predicts Increased Oilseed Output
•  Japanese Government Decides on Barley and Wheat Prices

Patents
•  Chinese Patents

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