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Company News • SciClone Pharmaceuticals' Hepatitis B Treatment to Gain Approval in Japan • Prana Biotechnology Partners with Neuroscience Victoria • BGF Approved for Treatment of Diabetes Foot Ulcer • US-based Disease Sciences to Explore Possibility of Mad Cow Disease in China and Australia • US-based GeneMachines Supplies Microarrayers to Genome Institute of Singapore • Beijing Genomics Institute Selected as Sun Microsystems Center of Excellence • US-based Pharmacia Donates Eye Medicine to China • SciClone's ZADAXIN Approved as Cancer Treatment in the Philippines • US-based Trinity Files New Drug Application for HIV Treatment in Thailand • Genemedix to Launch US$28.6 Million Biotech Venture Capital Fund • Germany's Degussa Focussing on Asia • Kirin Brewery to Expand Collaboration with US-based Dendreon • India's Candila Pharmaceuticals to Increase Sales in Australia and NZ • Australian Biotech Firm among Founders of New Stem Cell Research Facility • Australian Firm, Cerylid Biosciences, Receives A$9.9 Million Investment • Shriram Biotech to Produce Xanthan Gum • Singapore Firm Buys British Drug Company • Marketing of Bayer's Anti-Cholesterol Drug in Taiwan Halted • Taiwan Biowell Produces Biochip to Help Fight Crime • US-based Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces Multi-Receptor Cart Collaboration with Taiwan Taigen Biotechnology • US Tanox to Set up Protein Drug Plant in Taiwan
Rules & Regulations • China Concerns about Antibiotic Abuse • Pregnant Women in Hong Kong Encouraged to Receive HIV Screening • One-Stop Food Agency to be Set Up in Thailand by 2003 • Japan Sets Guidelines for Embryonic Stem Cells Research
Research News • Landmark Operation in Singapore • Chinese Scientists to Explore Surname for Personalizing Drug Prescription • China Clones World's Second Goat • Cooking Gases Can Trigger Asthma Symptoms
Alternative Medicine • Harvard Invests in Research of Alternative Medicine • Malaysia Patents Aphrodisiac Plant As Enhancer
General Information & Statistics • Website on Bioethics Launched in Singapore • Chinese Drugstores Short of Registered Chemists • Legal Wrangle Sheds Light on Slimming Secrets • International Conference on Bioinformatics 2002 to Be Held in Thailand • Green Revolution Hero Bows Out • Singapore Welcomes a Life Science Mogul
Trends and Prospects • Will TCM's Time Come Soon?
Calendar of Events • A comprehensive listing of upcoming biotechnology conferences in Asia-Pacific