Company News
•  US-based Peregrine Collaborates with Shanghai Medipharm on Tumor Necrosis Therapy in China
•  China's 999 Pharmaceutical Company Under Investigation for False Information Disclosure
•  Roche Launches Anti-Obesity Drug in China
•  China's Largest Stem Cell Industry Base Set Up
•  Germany 's Bayer Invests Heavily in China
•  Taiwan's Leading Academic Institute Teams Up with Compaq in Biotech
•  China's Largest Department Store Explores Market of Chain Drug Stores
•  Apex healthcare of Malaysia on the Right Track of Growth
•  Malaysia's Pharmvision Taps into IBM e-Incubatee for e-procurement Solution
•  Labor Trouble Threatens Operation of GlaxoSmithKline Philippines
•  Korean Company Develops New DNA Typing Kit for Organ Transplantation
•  Australian Biotech Firm Produces World's First Internal Quality Control Product for Microbiological Testing
•  Varian Develops State-of-the-Art System for Studying DNA and Proteins
•  Taisho Pharmaceutical Makes Equity Investment in Quark Biotech
•  Takeda and Bayer to Withdraw Cerivastatin from Japanese Market
•  Ranbaxy's Ciprofloxacin to be Approved by Indian Government Soon
•  Dr. Reddy's Files for Marketing Approval of Ondansetron in the US
•  Taiwan TaiGen Biotech Firm Secures Funding from MPM Asset Management
•  Taiwan's China Steel Corp to Invest Further in Biotechnology
•  NZ University Receives Large Funding from British Firm for Anti-Cancer Treatment
•  New Biotech Firm for Sheep Genome R&D Set Up in New Zealand

Rules & Regulations
•  India to Soon Announce Policy on Genomic Research
•  Ministry Approval Compulsory for Transfer of Stem Cell Lines in India
•  Hong Kong Government Urged to Invest More in Biomedical Sciences
•  Hong Kong Authority Dismisses Drug Firms' Proposal for Direct Link with Patients

Research News
•  Mimicking Pregnancy to Develop Anti-Breast Cancer Drug in Singapore
•  Chinese Scientists in US to Treat Cataract through Genome Studies
•  First Cloned Calf Born in Taiwan
•  Chinese Scientists Complete Mapping of No. 3 Chromosome

Alternative Medicine
•  Blueprint for Taiwan's TCM Development
•  Blueprint to Develop Mongolian Medicine in China

General Information & Statistics
•  Chinese Experts Denounce Human Cloning
•  China Seeks US Help to Combat AIDS
•  NIH Identifies 64 Stem Cell Colonies
•  Dengue Fever Spreads to Macau and Hong Kong
•  Biotechnology and Life Sciences Industry Opportunities: Asia-Pacific Summit
•  Taipei International Master Forum on Biotechnology, 2001
•  Taiwan to Set Up Agricultural Biotechnology Park
•  Biomedical Meeting Held in NZ

Trends and Prospects
•  Is China Capable of Eradicating Fake Drug Market?
•  China's Pharmacies to Reorganize to Face WTO Challenge

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