Company News
•  Information Technology Propels SingHealth into the 21th Century
•  India's Top Biotech Firm Receives Award for R&D
•  Biotech Company BresaGen Clones Australia's First Pig
•  Taiwan's Biggest Conglomerates Jump on Biotech Bandwagon
•  Roche Launches Brand Name Drug in China
•  NexMed Files New Drug Application for Sexual Dysfuction
•  Australia's Analytica Collaborates with Chinese TCM School
•  Taiwan Sinphar Signs MOU with US Nutraceutix
•  Hyclone of US Helps China's Institute Commercialize Calf's Serum
•  Barenburg of US Offers Free Grass Seeds to China's Largest Cow-Raising County
•  India's Candila to Introduce New Products
•  Tata Group's Rallis Downsizes
•  Indian Institutes Develop New Artificial Heart Valve Prosthesis
•  DuPont to Expand Operations in India
•  India's Aurobindo Pharma Offers AIDS Drug at Reduced Price to Local Market
•  Chiron and Rhein Biotech Jointly Develop Combination Pediatric Vaccines
•  Thai Company Aims to Create Herbivorous Pig
•  New Venture for Zydus Cadila
•  Takeda Chemicals Licenses Simulations Plus' Pharma Software

Policies & Regulations
•  India's New Policies Aimed at Biotech Growth and Development
•  China Encourages Private Funds for Chain Drugstores
•  Early Publicity of Drug Prices Required in China
•  Long-term, Effective and Thorough Solution to HK's Bird Flu Problem
•  Taiwan Government Pledges to Invest US$1.58 Billion in Biotech over Five Years
•  Setting Standards for New Zealand's Organic Produce
•  Korea to Issue Guidelines for GM Agricultural Products

Research News
•  Gene Therapy for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
•  Yale Univ. and Beijing Univ. Found Biotech Research Center
•  Japan Opens New Genomics Center
•  Gene Bank for Wild Ramee to be Built in China

Alternative Medicine
•  Legalizing TCM in Thailand
•  Some Statistics on Major Herbal Markets in the World

Announcement
•  Frontiers of Biotechnology & Biomedical Science in the New Millennium

General Information & Statistics
•  Rapid Growth for India's Healthcare Industry Predicted
•  Malaysia Unveils Plan for RM5 billion BioValley
•  Research Activities at Johns Hopkins, Singapore
•  Vienna Biocenter Invites Taiwan Companies and Highly Skilled Individuals
•  Super Computer "Shuguang" Facilitates China's Genome Research
•  China Becomes World's Largest Fungi Producer
•  Four New Biotech Centers for Taiwan
•  Statistics on Ownership of Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry

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