BioBoard

Australia
•  New Federal Research Money for Plant Genomics
•  New Clinical Trial Facility under Construction in WA
•  New blood Test to Check for Parkinson's Disease
•  Australian Prime Minister Discusses Possibility Of Stricter Immigration Rules For HIV-Positive People
•  Murdoch Study shows Positive Results for Rockeby
•  Biotech Companies Benefit from Australian Government's Marketing Grants

China
•  Project to Help Prepare for Flu Pandemics
•  China Experts Identify Cancer-preventing Gene Type
•  China Plans on-the-spot Checks of Drug Manufacturers
•  HIV/AIDS Victims in Henan Get Free TCM Treatment
•  WHO Request Human Bird Flu Samples from China
•  Sino-Swiss Center for Cassava Technology Opens in Shanghai

Hong Kong
•  HK and Australian Experts to Launch Trials on New Therapy for NPC

India
•  NGOs in India protest Abbott's Decision to Withhold Essential Medicines from Thailand
•  Global AIDS Research Body, CAVD, Keen on India
•  Torrent Pharma has Launched the World's first Polypill, CVpill
•  India and Germany to Set up Joint Group on Agriculture
•  India among Six WHO Developing Nations to Receive Grant for Influenza Vaccine Technology
•  NHS of Britain to make Huge Investments in Indian Healthcare Sector
•  ICMR's HIV Vaccine Showing Positive Response in Clinical Trials
•  Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Cuts Cost of Cancer Therapy
•  Indian Herbal Remedy Cancer Hope

Indonesia
•  Indonesia to get Influenza Vaccine Technology from WHO
•  US Sets Up Jakarta Office To Boost Bird-Flu Fight

Singapore
•  TNT Appoints New Managing Director
•  Cancer Research gets Boost with $20million Donation

Taiwan
•  Research Brings Hope for Alzheimer's Cure
•  Researchers Demonstrate Cost-effective Platform for Producing Blood Clotting Proteins

Others
•  WHO 9 Point Plan will Protect Patients from Medical Errors

Special Feature
•  Biofuels: Fact or Fantasy?
•  Biotechnology for Cellulosic Ethanol
•  Biofuels and the Environment
•  The Future And Biofuels

Industry Watch
•  Apollo Life Sciences Develops Needle Free Topical Vaccine
•  Avexa Collaborates with TargetDrug for CCR5 Inhibitor HIV Program
•  BioMaxx Systems to Build Biodiesel Demonstration Plant in Asial
•  GSK Plans to Launch Cervarix Vaccine Approved by Australia's Therapeutic Administration
•  LabTech Systems Sign License Agreement with BioMérieux for Innovative Robotic Microbiological Instrumentation
•  Living Cell Technologies to Conduct Trails of Pig Islet Cell Transplant in Diabetes Patients
•  Peptech Plans to Merge with Evogenix
•  Phylogica Collaborates with Opsona Therapeutics for Drug Discovery
•  China Sky One Medical Receves Grant from Heilongjiang Government
•  SinoBiomed's Malaria Vaccine Granted US Patent
•  Biocon to Enter Phase II Clinical Trials for Oral Insulin
•  Indian Drug Makers, Ranbaxy and Dr Reddy, Builds Therapeutic Bridges in Japan
•  Medtronic Commences Large-Scale Clinical Trial of CRT-D in Japan
•  Japan Bioventures -- Sun Care Fuels Corporation
•  MerLion Pharmaceuticals to Conduct Trials for Two Anti-infection Drugs

Research & Findings
•  Singapore Scientist Develops DNA Test Kit for Tsunami Disaster Victims

General News
•  Agilent Opens its China Headquarters
•  A*STAR's Newest Research Institute, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Opens in the Brenner Centre for Molecular Medicine

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