Policies & Regulations
•  China Focuses on Green Issues as Economy Takes Flight
•  Drug Ingredients Imported into the US not Screened Adequately

Major Event
•  Thailand Seeks IRRI's Help Against Patenting of Jasmatic Rice
•  Indian State to Set Up New Medical University
•  Major Reorganization of China's State Council

Feature Article
•  Biotechnology in Switzerland

Research News
•  FDA Approves Clinical Trial of AIDS Vaccine
•  China Develops Anti-Cancer Vaccine
•  New Drugs for Arthritis Available Soon

Chinese Medicine
•  Gouqi Effective in Treating Senescence
•  Proposal for the Development of the Ginkgo Industry in China

Company News
•  New Coke Company Refreshes the Eastern Bloc Countries
•  The First Meat Processing Company in China
•  President to Use Thailand as Export Base
•  Monsanto to Purchase Cargill's Seed Operations
•  Manora Continues to Dominate Thai Chip Market
•  Nordisk, Pfizer Race to Develop First Insulin Inhaler

General Information & Statistics
•  China's Premier Proposes Grain Marketing Reform
•  Thai Rubber Industry to Benefit from Indonesia's Crisis
•  A Second ¡®Green Revolution'

News In Brief
•  Drug Industry Sees Increase in Mergers
•  Algae to Help Remove Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Patents
•  Chinese Patents

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