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Company News • Australia's Genetic Technologies Secures Genomic Mapping License from Sequenom • EU Approves Compumedics' Sleep Disorder and Heart Disease System • Alchemia in Drug Discovery Collaboration with Belgian Firm • Progen Research Receives Scholarship Funding • Unigene and Shijiazhuang Pharmaceutical Launch Calcitonin Product in China • Dr. Reddy's Launches Prostate Cancer Drug • Cipla in Talks with US Firm on Marketing and Manufacturing Alliance • Lyka Hetero to Franchise Marketing of Old Brands • Onconova to Seek US Approval for Cancer Drug Trials • Takeda Chemical to Build Plant in Ireland • McDonald's Japan to Resume Chicken Nugget Sales • Mitsubishi Chemical Sets up Medical Ethics Think Tank • Pulmuone and Takara Agri to Provide Unique Mushrooms to Korea • US VaxGen to Establish Joint Venture in Korea for AIDS Vaccine • Genesis Launches Second Round of Psoriasis Drug Trial • Wyeth Launches Pharmaceutical and Nutrition Plants in Singapore • Taiwan's Biowell Moves into New Headquarter • TaiGen Uses CART Technology to Develop New Drug • Schmidt Scientific Taiwan to Manufacture Skin Asepsis Products for Greater China
Rules & Regulations • Australia Gives Green Light to Stem Cell Research • China to Draft Biosafety Law • Flawed Policies No Way to Fight AIDS • Japan May Allow Artificially Conceived Children to Identify Biological Parents • Domestic Stem Cell Creation Approved in Japan • NZ Bans Xenotransplantation until June 2003 • Singapore Advisory Committee against Paying for Tissue Donation
Research News • Liver Malfunction in Elderly Can Cause Strokes • Research Shows Indoor Types More Likely to Contract Melanoma • Study Shows Chinese Genetically Prone to Contract AIDS • Japan Scientists First to Make New Benzene-Silica Material • Love of Outdoors Link to Giardiasis • NZ Men More Likely to Suffer Hearing Loss than Women • Scientists Welcome Latest Draft Sequences of Rice Genome • Doctors Search for Parkinson's Disease Genes • Researchers Develop New Bone Substitute • Taiwan Hospital Achieves Breakthrough in Infertility Treatment
Alternative Medicine • Chinese and Vietnamese Scientists Discuss Modernizing Traditional Medicine
General Information & Statistics • China Made Great Stride in Biotechnology over Last 15 Years • First Asian Biotech Summit to be Held in China • International Biotechnology Exhibition to Kick off in Beijing • Sino-Canadian Bioscience Lab Set up in Xinjiang • China Join Hands with Russia, Belarus and Ukraine in Science and Technology • Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China Urged to Cooperate in Bio-Pharmaceutical Development • India Seeks More US Funds for Farm R&D • Incidence of Pulmonary Disease Diagnosed as Asthma High in India • Japanese Biotech Industry Seeking to Establish Ties with Europe • Korea Spends Half the Agriculture Budget to Subsidize Farming Sector • NZ Biotech Sector to Overtake Meat Industry in Eight Years • Singapore and Japan Strengthen R&D Ties • Biotechnology in Asia 2002 to be Held in Singapore • Singapore Sets up New Infectious Diseases Center
Trends and Prospects • Rising Asthma and Allergy Rates Puzzles Researchers • Drug Firms Face Rocky Growth
Patent News • Prima Secures Two US Patents • Sanofi to Sue Dr. Reddy's for Generic Version of Plavix • Monsanto and DuPont Settle GM Seeds Disputes
Calendar of Events • A comprehensive listing of upcoming biotechnology conferences in Asia-Pacific