Policies & Regulations
•  China Amends Its Administrative Regulations of Veterinary Drugs
•  China Bans Logging in Natural Forests

Major Event
•  Estrogen-Replacement Drug Lowers Cholesterol Levels
•  Enterovirus Outbreak in Taiwan
•  New Health Minister Stresses Need for Reform
•  Thais Called to Step Up Research on Local Herbs

Feature Article
•  Current Research Activities and Regulations for Agricultural Products Derived from Biotechnology in Taiwan

Research News
•  Popular Belief of Cocaine Addiction May Be Wrong
•  Bloodless Medicine Achieves New Status
•  US Scientists 'Preempt' Salmonella
•  Vaccinations With Food -- A Possibility In the Near Future

Chinese Medicine
•  Progress and Basic Research in Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology Awards 1997

Company News
•  Nine Drug Companies Post Impressive First-Quarter Results
•  Yunnan Sets Up Wine Production Base
•  P&G Spells out Commitment to China
•  Hoechst Closes Factory in Thailand

General Information & Statistics
•  Japan Actively Promotes Agricultural Industrialization
•  Cocoa Farms Under Siege
•  Shanxi Province Sets Up New Hybrid Rape Research Centre

News In Brief
•  SMI Genzyme Carries Out Japan's First Transgenic Trial
•  Shanxi Province Restructures Drug Industry
•  US Manufacturer Buys Swiss Drug Producer
•  Israeli Firm Sets Up Potash Plant in China

Patents
•  Chinese Patents

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