Company News
•  Cell Robotics' Medical Devices Well Received in China
•  US National Nutritional Foods Association and China's Sanjiu Pharmaceutical Establish Historic Partnership
•  Novacor LVAS Approved for Commercial Use in Japan
•  NOMOS and Lynmed to Jointly Distribute Medical Products in China and HK
•  Eli Lilly to Buy Out Ranbaxy's Stake
•  US-based Dragon Expands Business in Hong Kong and China
•  Australia's Global Doctor and US MedAire Announce Strategic Alliance
•  Taiwan's Gene Born Biotech Corp Adopts Thermogenesis's BioArchive System
•  Cepheid and Biosyntech Sign Distribution Agreement To Enter Life Sciences Research Market in Southeast Asia
•  Harbin Pharmaceutical Completes China's Largest Antibiotic Wastewater Recycling Project
•  Eli Lilly to Set Up State-of-the-Art Systems Biology R&D Center in Singapore
•  Varian, Inc. Receives First Order for World's Most Powerful NMR Spectrometer from Japan

Rules & Regulations
•  Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Approves Exelon for Alzheimer's Treatment
•  India Withholds Clearance for Transgenic Cotton
•  HK Regulates Feeding of Chemicals to Livestocks
•  Taiwan Regulators Relax Rules for Biotech Ventures

Research News
•  Chinese Doctors Use Cyanide to Treat Serious Heart Failure
•  Australian Scientists Develop "Hairpin RNA" Plant Protection Technique

Alternative Medicine
•  HK Scientists Develop Rapid Technique for TCM Testing
•  Greenhouse Medicinal Herb Transplanted to Mountains in Xinjiang
•  Taiwan Designates Seven Hospitals as the Nation's First Centers for Clinical Trials of Chinese Medicine

General Information & Statistics
•  The Asian Rice Biotechnology Network: An Overview
•  Top Scientists to Speak at BioMedical Asia 2001
•  China's OTC Drug Market Prospers
•  Tainan Science Park to be Extended
•  India and New Zealand to Cooperate in Food Processing
•  Taiwan to Boost Mango Sales in China, Hong Kong and Singapore
•  Medical Library Service Available in Beijing

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