Policies & Regulations
•  Singapore's Food and Agriculture Body Restructured
•  India Imposed 80 Percent Duty on Rice Imports
•  India Again Hiked Prices for Wheat and Rice
•  Tough time for Indian Agro-exporters
•  Japan to Set GM Food Testing Standards
•  Maharashtra to Privatize State Hospital
•  India To Promote Pharmaceutical Research
•  Taiwan Improves Disease Control
•  FDA Approves New Antibiotics

Feature
•  The Beijing Laboratory of Cancer Molecule Biology

Research News
•  Monsanto Announces Major Breakthrough in Decoding Rice Genome
•  Taiwan Signs Biotech Pact with Canada
•  Indian Delegation Visits Germany
•  More Milk for Indians
•  Australian Scientist Develops New Technique For Assessing Genetic Damage
•  Gene that Causes Aging Discovered
•  Singapore and Chinese Universities to Collaborate in Biotech Research
•  Thais to Clone Buffalo

Alternative Medicine
•  Internet Website for TCM Consultations Launched
•  Reduping Reduces Inflammation

Company News
•  Sumitomo Chemical Expects Profits to Rise
•  SRL Markets GM Food Test Kit in Japan
•  China's Medical Group Sees Profit Rise
•  Quality Healthcare in Bid to Run HK Health Service
•  Ranbaxy Signs Agreement with Knoll

General Information & Statistics
•  Upbeat Pharmaceutical Industry in China in 1999
•  David Ho Gives Another Boost to Taiwan Biotech
•  Australia on Alert for Animal Diseases
•  Genetic Test Results May Be Used to Determine Insurance Premiums
•  India's Agriculture Output Far from Ideal
•  China's Online Drug Sales in Disarray

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