BioBoard
•  Upcoming Deregulatory Zones in Japan
•  China's First Frozen-embryo Baby Born
•  Slim Chance to Eradicate Bird Flu
•  New Drug Discovery Company
•  Blanket Mad Cow Tests Continue in Japan
•  Pharmaceutical Crops Offer Vaccine Solutions for the Poor
•  Japan Revises Herbal Remedy Approval System
•  NSW Medical Research Precinct Kick Off
•  Scientific & Technological Development Drive In Shanghai
•  "Slitting Vaccine" in China

Industry Watch
•  AustCancer Explores New Market
•  Australian Stocks Upsurge 24%
•  EvoGenix Joins Viventia Biotech to create Cancer Therapeutic Antibodies
•  Chugai Expands Indications for Rocephin
•  Cipla's Pre-qualified AIDS Drugs Lack Bioequivalence Proof
•  SII Participates in International Meningitis Vaccine Project
•  Nitazoxanide Launched in India
•  Mitsubishi Pharma Markets Oral HCV Protease Inhibitor in Asia
•  Oral SOU-001 Phase I Clinical Trials Commenced in UK
•  Pacific Edge Forecasts Financial Boom from Japanese Funds
•  Philippine Government Pushes Biotech

Products/Services Highlight
•  Strong Demand for AEDs in Japan
•  Fast Antibodies Peptide Mapping Solution from Agilent
•  Thomson to Acquire Information Holdings

Research Findings
•  Mystery of Male Monogamy

Rules & Regulations
•  New Policy to Boost Indian Biotech Industry
•  Japan Drafting Guidelines for Human Embryo Cloning

Agriculture
•  New Standards for Chinese Agricultural Occupations
•  India-US Agri-Biotech R&D Collaboration
•  Plants in Agricultural Cleanup
•  GMO Food Labeling in Thailand
•  UK GM Researches Lack Support

Commentaries & Analyses
•  The Impact of SARS on Thailand Economy

General News
•  Challenges in Thailand Biotech Industries
•  Non-profit Tropical Disease Research Institute in Singapore
•  Increasing Obesity Concerns in Australia

People
•  Norman Borlaug: A Passion that Feeds Billions

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