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Company News • MicroMedical Ready to Commercialize Australian-Developed Artificial Heart • Australia's BresaGen Cell Therapy Program Enters New Phase • Study Shows Novogen's Promensil Relieves Common Breast Condition • Bionomics Appoints Eminent Cancer Researcher to Its Scientific Advisory Board • Clover Receives Marketing Approval for HiDHA from Thai FDA • NZ's Industrial Research Finds Success in Biopharmaceuticals • Dr. Reddy's Diabetes Drug in Final Lap of Trials • Indian Firm Panacea Biotec Offers Safer Anthrax Vaccine • Japan's Santen Pharmaceuticals Starts Glaucoma Medicine Phase Two Trials in US • Hayashibara Develops Method to Boost Skin's Collagen Production Ability • Otsuka and Bristol-Myers Squibb Seek FDA Approval for Schizophrenia Drug • Eisai Completes Phase Three Trials of Anti-dementia Drug for Cerebrovascular Dementia • Bayer to Build US$3.1 Billion Plant in China • Biosystems to Distribute Rapid HIV Test Kit in China • SciClone's Sales of Immune Enhancer Remarkably Increases • Cytyc Conducts ThinPrep Pap Test in China • Entomed and Shanghai Institute to Collaborate on Insect-based Drug • China's Chifeng Pharmaceutical Mass Produces Epherdrine • Digene's China Study Confirms Effectiveness of HPV Testing in Cervical Cancer Screening • Applied Gene Technologies and AsiaGen to Jointly Fight Tuberculosis • GlaxoSmithKline's Hepatitis B Antidote Goes on Sale in China • World Diagnostics Opens GLOBALeMED in Hong Kong • US-Based Tanox to Invest NT$14 Billion in Taiwan Pharmaceutical Plant • Taiwan Salt to Begin Production of Collagen Material • Novartis to Set Up Tropical Diseases Research Center in Singapore • Hollin-Eden Develops Immune-Regulating Hormone at Singapore Hospital • GlaxoSmithKline and Diethelm Sign Distribution Pact in Malaysia • Korea's EnBiobank Lab Wins Agricultural "Nobel Prize" • Ilyang Pharm.'s Inorganic Materials Exports to Double
Rules & Regulations • WTO Relaxes Rule on Drug Patents • New Law to Curb Occupational Diseases in China • Tighter Food Safety Controls Urged in China • China Ups Ante on War against HIV/AIDS • Broader Mad Cow Test Urged in Japan
Research News • Thai Researcher Finds Safer and Cheaper Clot-Busting Drug
Alternative Medicine • China to Build Traditional Herbal Medicine Museum • Nobel Laureate Calls for Modernization of Chinese Medicine • Singapore Doctor Promotes Integration of TCM and Modern Medicine
General Information & Statistics • Korea Approves Sales of "Morning-After" Pill • Purple Rice Makes Debut in Thailand • Taiwan Sets Up Biotechnology Industry Promotion Association • China to Adopt High-Tech to Increase Farm Output • Life Bank Opens to Public in Beijing • China's Largest Private Hospital Secures Foreign Backing • Korea's SK Group and Shanghai Government Jointly Establish BioScience Fund • Singapore Product Research Center to be Privatized • Rise in Day Surgeries Holds Down Health Costs in Singapore • Singapore Hospital Plans Ethics-consultation Service for Patients • Average Age of HK Anorexics Drops to 16 • Satellite to Start Tracking Asian Rice Crop • Philippines Agriculture Sector Enjoys Healthy Growth • Korea to Transfer Packaging Technology to Philippines • Indian Drug Companies Firm on Export Earnings
Trends and Prospects • Drug Mergers to Soar in China
Patents • Do Patents Threaten Food Security?
Calendar of Events • A comprehensive listing of upcoming biotechnology conferences in Asia-Pacific