Policies & Regulations
•  China Prohibits Internet Drug Sales
•  India to Increase Import Duty on Edible Oil and Sugar
•  Australia's Institute for Molecular Biosciences Establishes an Ethics and Public Policy Unit
•  China to Give Pharmaceutical Joint Ventures a Shot in the Arm

Major Event
•  Five-Year Plan for Taiwan's Biotech Industry
•  Singapore's NTU to Venture into Medical and Life Sciences

Research News
•  Life Science Research in Space
•  CSIRO Recommends Intake of Folate and Vitamin B12
•  China Begins Production of DNA Chips
•  Scientists Herald Discovery of Blood Pressure Gene
•  Collaborative Development of Glandular Fever Vaccine

Alternative Medicine
•  China's Sichuan Province and Compaq to Establish Chinese Medicine Website

Company News
•  Merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham
•  A Major Step Toward a Cure for Diabetes
•  India Allows Bayer to Turn JV into Fully-Owned Subsidiary
•  Foreign Pharmaceutical Companies Grab Lion's Share of Market for New Drugs in Korea

General Information & Statistics
•  Biochip Market Predicted to Achieve Billion Dollars in Salesin Five Years
•  Australian Farm Production Expected to Decline
•  China Increases Imports of Flu Vaccines

Patents
•  Chinese Patents

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