Company News
•  Higa Medical Systems to Market Cardiovascular System in Japan
•  German Healthcare Company Sets Up Base in India
•  Australian Food Company Enters Indian Market
•  First Transgenic Farm to be Set Up in China
•  Largest Medicine Chain Opens in Tianjin
•  Monsanto Thailand Increases Efforts to Ease Concerns on GM Products

Policies & Regulations
•  China to Promote Outpatient-Hospital Treatment
•  Taiwan's Healthcare Review Committee Makes New Recommendations
•  India's New Policy to Help Improve Food Processing Sector
•  NZ Continues Debate on Genetic Modification

Research News
•  US Academic to Head Singapore's Genome Program
•  Truth of a Grain
•  Shanghai Sets Up World's Largest Tissue Engineering R&D Center
•  Australia Takes Measures to Control JE

Alternative Medicine
•  Acupuncture Approved in Belgium
•  Ningxia to Set Up Modern Traditional Chinese Medicine Production Base

General Information & Statistics
•  India's Agricultural Output Expected to Drop 10-20%
•  Guangdong Main Exporter of Rice in China
•  CSIRO Urges Review of Biowarfare Protocols
•  NZ's Agricultural Output to Improve by 24% in 2001

Calendar of Events
•  A comprehensive listing of upcoming biotechnology conferences in Asia-Pacific