Policies & Regulations
•  China Sets Guidelines for Joint Ventures
•  China Carries Out Reassessment of Drug Prices
•  India Exempts Levy for Sugar Exports
•  Delhi Rice Exporters to Pay 8 Percent Tax

Alternative Medicine
•  Herb in Weight-Loss Medication Found to Cause Cancer, Kidney Disease
•  Acupuncturists in Singapore to be Registered

General Information & Statistics
•  Inventors Offer Free GM Rice to Third World Farmers
•  Enterovirus Outbreak in Taiwan
•  Severe Drought in Central and Eastern China
•  Fertilizer Subsidies Not Benefiting Backward Areas

Company News
•  Chiron Establishes Drug Discovery Company in Singapore
•  ATI Plans Biotech Investment in Taiwan
•  Celera Genomics in Taiwan Joint Venture
•  Ranbaxy to Expand Sales in Europe
•  Dr. Reddy��s Lab and Cheminor Drugs Merge
•  Candila Healthcare Sets Up Subsidiaries Abroad
•  Two Multinationals in India to Merge Subsidiaries
•  Nihon Nosan Kogyo Enters into Distribution Agreement with Protein Science
•  Takeda 1999 Results Show 30 Percent Increase
•  e-Radiology Firm Breaks into Japanese Market

Research News
•  New Drug Test Slated for Olympics
•  Potential Cancer Drug from R&D in Mumbai

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•  Sigma-Aldrich Corporation

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