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Company News • India's Glaxo and SmithKline to Merge by December 2001 • India's Sun Pharma Looks into Merger with Local Company • Ranbaxy to Increase Stake in Specialty Ranbaxy Ltd. • Mitsubitshi Chemical to Distribute Clinical Diagnostics in Japan • Japanese and US Firms to Develop Drug for Acute Ischemic Stroke • Virtek Vision to Set Up Sales and Support Center in Singapore • HK Property Giant Ventures into Biotech
Policies & Regulations • Expert Committee Set Up to Review Singapore's Education System • China Tightens Control of Drug Advertisements • Hong Kong Healthcare Services May be Regulated • India May Allow 100% FDI in Pharmaceuticals • NZ Court to Rule on GE Research • NZ Checks Tomatoes for Viroid
Research News • Golden Rice to be Launched in India • Japanese Scientists Develop New Method to Decipher Gene Sequences • Korean Scientists Discover New Cholesterol-Reducing Compound • Taiwan's Academia Sinica Pushes for Genome Research • New Biochip to Diagnose Respiratory Diseases • Simple Technique Boosts China's Sweet Potato Harvest • Chemicals from Cockroaches in Fight against AIDS • Cardiff and Guangdong Universities Collaborate on Nasal Cancer Research • Indian Scientist Couple Discover New Malaria Drug • Breakthrough for Fish Oil Products
Alternative Medicine • Indian Systems of Medicine to be included in MBBS • Compulsory Registration for Singapore Acupuncturists
General Information & Statistics • Export-Driven Growth for Indian Pharma Sector • Foreign Imports Invade China • China Needs to Increase Medical Plastics Supply • Agricultural Reforms Benefit Beijing Farmers
Calendar of Events • A comprehensive listing of upcoming biotechnology conferences in Asia-Pacific