Policies & Regulations
•  Western Australia Bans GM Crops for Two Years
•  Taiwan's National Health Insurance in Financial Crisis
•  Qingdao Successful in Keeping Medical Expenditure Down
•  New Technologies Park Opens in Shanghai
•  Development Plans for Beijing Unveiled
•  Tax Exemption for Pharmaceutical R&D Firms in India
•  Entry of New Zealand Apples into Australia?
•  Should Parasitic Wasps be Used to Control Pests?
•  Indian Tea Planters Support Import Duty Hike
•  China's Agriculture Development Plan Improves Yield, Livelihood

Research News
•  The Beijing Genomics Institute to Sequence Rice and Pig Genomes
•  Virus That Caused Havoc in Malaysia and Singapore Identified
•  Biological Chips for Detecting Cancers
•  Gene for Rare Hereditary Disease Discovered
•  Proteins to Combat Pathogenic Bacteria
•  The Chromosomal Link to Liver Cancer
•  China Faces the "Post Genetic Age"
•  New Rice Strain Expected to Increase Output by 15 Percent

Alternative Medicine
•  Yam Beneficial to Menopausal Women

Company News
•  Mahyco Seeks Approval to Produce Transgenic Cotton
•  China Premium Food Corp. Expands Operations
•  Allergan Plant in Hangzhou BeginsOperation
•  Shanghai Pharma To Collaborate with Horizon Pharmacies
•  China Continental Ventures into Singapore
•  Daiichi-Microcide Collaboration in Bacteria Efflux Pump Inhibitors
•  Ranbaxy Acquires Bayer's German Generic Drug Business
•  Biacore and Axiom Signs Collaboration Deal

New Product
•  Japanese Company Develops Gene Tester

General Information & Statistics
•  First Non-GM Soyabean Market SetUp in Japan
•  European Patent Office Withdraws NeemOil Patent
•  Indian "Vision Group on Biotechnology"
•  Drought in India Not Expected toAffect Agricultural Output
•  Japanese Weed Runs Amok in UK and US
•  Thai Sugarcane Farmers Demandfor More Subsidies
•  Increased Role for Pharmacists in Malaysiaand Singapore

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