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Company News • Compumedics Links Up with Drager Medical • Cerylid's CBL316 Reaches Advanced Testing Stage in US • Body Online Develops 3D Computer-imaging System • Shenzhen Neptunus to Build Biomedical Industrial Center • Japanese Firms Eyeing China Pharmaceutical Market • Clinical Development of Dr. Reddy's Insulin Sensitizer Suspended • Ranbaxy Acquires Liquid Manufacturing Facility from US Firm • NEC and Nippon Kayaku to Create in silico Drug Discovery System • Ono Gets Approval for Japan's First Short-acting Selective Beta-1 Blocker • Kyowa Hakko Publishes Amino Acid Bible • Eugentech Inc. • Singapore's Latest Drug Discovery Firm MerLion Pharmaceuticals • pSiOncology to Use BioSilicon in Cancer Brachytherapy • DigiGenomics to Resell Informatics Solutions in Taiwan
Rules & Regulations • Australian Doctors Call for Review of Medical Privacy Laws • Six OTC Medicines Banned • Japan Mulls Banning Health Food Products • Ex-Minister Speaks Up against Foreign Drug Firms • NZ Stipulates Extended GE Testing for Imported Seeds • WHO Gives Backing to Thai Healthcare Policy
Research News • Sheep Genome Project Begins • Genetic Discovery Sheds Light on Anorexia • Chinese Scientists Diagnose Cancer through Urine Tests • China Succeeds in Artificial Memory Alloy Trachea Transplant • China Aims Growing Human Organs by Cloning • Silicon Chip to Genotype Chinese Medicinal Plants • HK Study Shows Zadaxin Beneficial for Hepatitis B Patients • Singapore Varsity Grows hES Cell without Animal Input • India's Stem Cell Research Making Big Strideof Events • Japan to Establish Human Stem-cell Bank • 3M Korea's New Antibiotic Dishtowel • Faulty Brain Gene Makes Abused Boys Prone to Violence • New Surgery for Degenerative Eye Disease • Pigs Used in Drug Studies • Researchers Identify Suicide Risk Factors in Bipolar Illness • Thai Study Finds Mercury in Shark Fins
General Information & Statistics • Warning Label on Baby Low-fat Milk • ChinaBio Conference to Kick off in Beijing • Yangling to Become China's Agricultural Silicon Valley • Survey Shows Secondhand Smoke Affects 62 Percent of Pregnancies • Japan Recalls Chinese Diet Products • Japanese Suicide Rate Up for 4th Year • Cervical Cancer Vaccine to be Tested in NZ • NZ Grant for Research on Fetal Growth and its Consequences • Singapore Conducts Large-scale Cancer-soya Study • Funding to Commercialize Life Sciences Research • Varsity Launches Bioengineering Corridor • BioMedical and BioTechnica Asia Conference in Singapore
Trends and Prospects • Taiwan Well-placed to be Biotechnology Leader
Patent News • Autogen Obtains Australian Patent for Obesity Gene • Prima Biomed Adds to its Anti-inflammatory IP Portfolio • Nicholas Piramal's First NCE Patent Filed
Calendar of Events • A comprehensive listing of upcoming biotechnology conferences in Asia-Pacific