BioBoard
•  New SFDA Website for Pharmaceutical Industry
•  Intelligent Bandage
•  High Protein Diet May Affect Embryo Development
•  Hunger Hormone Regulated by One's Weight?
•  China Sets up Gene Pool for Longevity Study
•  Progress Made on East Asian Emergency Rice Reserve System

Industry Watch
•  Roche New R&D Center Established in Shanghai
•  AustCancer and Sloan-Kettering in Cancer Drug Clinical Trials Collaboration
•  Pharmaceutical Product Transaction in the 94th Canton Fair
•  New GMP Purification Facility in Hong Kong
•  GTG Grants Licenses Non-Coding Technologies to Ovita
•  Japan Generic Drug Market Surge due to Government Incentives
•  Fujirebio Launches New Liver Cancer Marker Test Kit
•  Welch Allyn's New Asian Headquarters
•  New Joint Venture in Japan ¾ Zepharma Inc.
•  Regenera Subsidiary Obtain Patent in Diabetic Eye Steroid

Products/Services Highlight
•  Affymetrix Launches NimbleExpress
•  More Convenient Microarray Labeling Available
•  Ocimum Introduces siRNA Design Software
•  Rapidly Growing Stem Cell Market in Taiwan

Research Findings
•  Common Epilepsy Gene Discovered
•  Peptide Found May Eliminate Anthrax

Rules & Regulations
•  Amendments Made to Australian Patent Rules
•  Issues on DCA Addresses Medicine Accessibility
•  Japanese Government Panel Approves Embryo Cloning

Agriculture
•  Biotechnology Helps Combat Rice Counterfeit

Commentaries & Analyses
•  The Impact of SARS on Chinese Taipei Economy and Action Taken in Response
•  Biotechnology Answers the Nutrition Issue in Asia?

General News
•  New Polio Vaccine Delayed
•  How Much One Needs to Know about One's Food?
•  Singapore: A Thriving Biomedical Hub
•  Balancing Science and Ethics

Conference Calendar