Policies & Regulations • China Sets Guidelines for Joint Ventures • China Carries Out Reassessment of Drug Prices • India Exempts Levy for Sugar Exports • Delhi Rice Exporters to Pay 8 Percent Tax
Alternative Medicine • Herb in Weight-Loss Medication Found to Cause Cancer, Kidney Disease • Acupuncturists in Singapore to be Registered
General Information & Statistics • Inventors Offer Free GM Rice to Third World Farmers • Enterovirus Outbreak in Taiwan • Severe Drought in Central and Eastern China • Fertilizer Subsidies Not Benefiting Backward Areas
Company News • Chiron Establishes Drug Discovery Company in Singapore • ATI Plans Biotech Investment in Taiwan • Celera Genomics in Taiwan Joint Venture • Ranbaxy to Expand Sales in Europe • Dr. Reddy’s Lab and Cheminor Drugs Merge • Candila Healthcare Sets Up Subsidiaries Abroad • Two Multinationals in India to Merge Subsidiaries • Nihon Nosan Kogyo Enters into Distribution Agreement with Protein Science • Takeda 1999 Results Show 30 Percent Increase • e-Radiology Firm Breaks into Japanese Market
Research News • New Drug Test Slated for Olympics • Potential Cancer Drug from R&D in Mumbai
Advertorial • Sigma-Aldrich Corporation
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