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Policies & Regulations • China Implements New Rules on Crop Variety Appraisal • Taiwan's NSC Announces Six Directions for Development
Major Event • Shanghai to Host Major Exhibitions on Food Additives • The Third Sino-Australian Sci-Tech Committee • R&D Activities within India's CSIR • Malaysian Rice Company Invests in Cuba • Sea-Ocean Demonstration Zone to be Set Up in Qidong City
Feature Article • The ¡®Food Revolution' • Indian Pharmaceutical Industry
Research News • Antifreeze Proteins: A Boon to Agriculture, Food and Medicine • Rising Hepatitis C Cases Spark New Research • Indian Lab Develops New Antibiotic • Plant Glucosides a Popular R&D Area in China • New Methods to Treat Artery Blockage • Industrial Production of Phytase in China • First Human Vaccine for ¡®Bird Flu' Developed • Micropropagation Without Tube
Chinese Medicine • The Clinical Uses of Dahuang (Rheum officinale) • Health Benefits of the Crataegus Fruit
Company News • SmithKline/Glaxo Will Form World's Largest Pharmaceutical Company • Genentech Develops New Breast-Cancer Drug • ICICI Initiates Human Genome Research in India • Fujisawa to Market Prograf in Asia • Bayer to Invest Further in China • Bristol-Myers Squibb to Acquire Redmond Inc. • Zhangzhou Pien Tze Huang Group Applies for Listing
General Information & Statistics • Costs of Drugs Escalate in Japan • India's Grain Imports Delayed • New Legislation Shakes Up Japanese Drug Industry • Soaring Rates of Diabetes in Industrializing Asian Countries
Comments • Lettuce Replaces Nicotine in 'Safer' Cigarettes • Pfizer Markets Powerful New Antibiotic • Johnson & Johnson's New Stent Meets FDA Approval
Patents • Chinese Patents
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