Company News
•  Autogen Develops "GeneSniffer" Software
•  Approval for Human Trials of VentrAssist� "Artificial Heart" Device
•  Novogen Receives Royalty Payment from DuPont Protein Technologies
•  GE Medical Systems Doubling Business in China
•  Nicholas Piramal to Foray into Respiratory Business with Ivax's Inhalers
•  Shreya Life Keen to Acquire Plethico Pharma
•  Eli Lilly to Sell Off Low Turnover Drugs
•  Pharmacia and Yamanouchi Apply for Celecoxib
•  Eisai Dissolves Subsidiary
•  Bioinformatix Inc.
•  Industrial Research Licenses Immucillin H

Rules & Regulations
•  Queensland Law Aims to Curb Amphetamine Production
•  Indian Government to Set Stringent Regulations on Cloning
•  Pricing Authority Denied Additional Powers and Members

Research News
•  Sunlight Found to Affect Serotonin Levels
•  Brisbane Researchers to Lead Study on HPV Skin Cancer Link
•  China Develops its First Automatic Biochemical Analyzer
•  Hepatitis Biochip Marks Breakthrough in China
•  Chinese Scientists Successfully Breeds Ten Pandas in 2002
•  Damaged Hearts Treated with Stem Cells
•  Genetically Modified Potatoes to Combat Malnutrition
•  Japan to Start Genetic Data Project
•  Japanese Researchers Link Kidney Disease to Rat Virus
•  Researchers Achieve Diagnostic Breakthrough Using Optical Fiber

Alternative Medicine
•  Xiamen TCM Company Launches New Product

Education
•  New Biotech University to Boost Japanese Biosciences
•  Seoul National University to Set Up Largest Biotech Center in Korea
•  New Ph.D. Scholarship to Boost Singapore Economy

General Information & Statistics
•  Study Leave Benefits Queensland Doctors
•  Breast Cancer and Family History Link to be Investigated
•  Study on Burden of Obesity and Diabetes
•  China Rapidly Developing Biotechnology and Bioindustry
•  China to Build World's Largest Chinese Bone Marrow Bank
•  Influenza Major Cause of Hospitalization of Children
•  India Needs Better Biotech Policy
•  Online Database for Cancer Therapies
•  US Corn Cargo Sold to Japan Contains Banned Organism
•  Korea Invests in Biochemical Technology
•  Korea's Big Biotechnology Plans for 2003
•  Scientists Confirm Toxicity of Fungus Found in Homes
•  School Based Health Care to be Improved
•  Taiwan has East Asia's Highest Rate of Gout

Trends & Prospects
•  Australian Farmers Urged to Produce More GM Crops
•  Breastfeeding on the Rise in Australia

Personality Profile
•  Prof. Lap-Chee Tsui

Feature
•  Intellectual Property Strategy in Bioinformatics and Biochips

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