Company News
•  US-based Peregrine to Continue With Tumor Necrosis Therapy in China
•  CardioDynamics' Proprietary Technology Available in Taiwan
•  Gilead Initiates Phase I Clinical Trial for Hepatitis B Drug in China
•  China's Medical Glass Manufacturer Imports Production Line from US-based EM
•  Japan's Kyowa Hakko Aims to be Top Bio-pharmaceutical Company by 2010
•  Australian Biotech Company Invests US$2.65 million in US Firm
•  Qugen ¾ Singapore's First Gene Therapy Company
•  Roche Launches Cancer Drug in Japan
•  ChemBridge Corporation Forms Combinatorial Chemistry Alliance with Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals
•  Indian Pharma Company Receives US FDA Approval for Pentoxifyline
•  Dr. Reddy's to Launch Generic Version of Prisolec in US US Patent Granted for Heparanese Gene
•  Taiwan Tobacco and Wine Board to Collaborate with Mainland China
•  Taiwan Company Develops Fast Blood Test for Enterovirus
•  Ranbaxy Laboratories: An Update

Rules & Regulations
•  Freer Farm Produce Market Expected in China After WTO Entry
•  Stricter Patent Regulation to Accelerate Gene Therapy Clinical Studies in China
•  China Enacts GM Product Rules
•  Patents for AIDS Drug Filed in China
•  Price List of Drugs to Go Online in Malaysia
•  Australia Imposes Nationwide Ban on Human Cloning
•  Japan Bans Imports of Chinese Poultry Products
•  Taiwan Drafts Genetic Research Regulation

Research News
•  HIFU System Developed in China
•  Thailand Scientists Sequence B. pseudomallei Genome

Alternative Medicine
•  New Method of Analyzing Chemicals in TCM drugs
•  China's TCM Producers Urged to Collaborate with Foreign Counterparts

General Information & Statistics
•  An Introduction to Functional Genomics Program at KAIST
•  United Nations and China to Jointly Set Up Bio-pharmaceutical Industrial Park
•  Taiwan to Host APEC 2002 Biotech Symposium
•  Thai Expects Sugar Output Fall This Year
•  Taiwan Hopes to Echo IT Success in Biotech
•  Rice Research: The Way Forward
•  Indian Pharma Companies Expected to Increase R&D Spending

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