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Australia
• Australian Scientists Discover a Treatment for Malaria
• Australian of the Year Wins Science Medal
• Industry Researchers Receives Prestigious Awards
• Australia Supports Biotech Start-ups
• Phylogica Receives Funding for Brain Research
China
• Enshi Pharma Wins Top Honors
• Nutra Pharma to Start HIV Drug Production in China
• CAS, INSERM and Wuhan University to Set Up a Hepatopathy Institute
• Novartis to Launch Hep B Drug in China
• China's Top 10 Advances in Basic Research in 2006
• Local Researchers Rake in 42 National Science Awards
• China Invited to Join Global Fight Against Disease
• GlaxoSmithKline to Build Research Center in China
• China and France to Jointly Develop Traditional Chinese Medicine
India
• India Shows a Decline in Number of AIDS Sufferers
• India and Norway Collaborate on Vaccination Research
• India Launches Polio Vaccine Drive
• Agilent Earmarks US$35 Million for India
Indonesia
• Vaccine May Treat Many Bird Flu Strains
Malaysia
• Malaysian Scientists Develop Herbal Drug for Dengue
New Zealand
• New Trans-Tasman Bioscience Pact
Singapore
• Scientists Discover Risk Gene in Breast Cancer Patients
• Ciba to Build Antioxidant Plant in Singapore
South Korea
• South Korea Culls 35,000 Ducks in Latest Bird Flu Outbreak
Taiwan
• Taiwan Biotech Output Valued at Over US$5.36 Billion
• Scientists Plan China, Hong Kong, Taiwan Stem Cell Trial
• Taiwan Government Revamps Pharma Regulations
Vietnam
• Bird Flu Resurfaces in Southern Vietnam
Others
• Asia to Fight Tuberculosis and HIV Infections
Special Feature
• A Breakthrough in Minimally Invasive Surgery -- Irreversible Electroporation
• Breath Test to Detect Early Lung Cancer
• Risks of Pathogen Transmission through Blood Transfusions and the Intercept Blood System
• The Future of Breast Imaging -- CTLaser Mammography
• Total Artifical Heart
Industry Watch
• Hovione to Licence Inhaler Technology with Sankyo and Biota Ltd
• China Medical Completes Acquisition of Fluorescent in Situ Hybridization Business
• HUYA Bioscience Licenses Cancer Compound from Shenzhen Chipscreen
• Idenix Receives Chinese Approval for Chronic Hepatitis B Drug
• Novo Nordisk Signs Agreement with Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Merck Collaborates with ICMR to Launch Controversial HPV Vaccine
• PPD to Develop Novel Statin from Ranbaxy
• Siemens Collaborate with Wyeth to Discover New Therapies
• Biocryst Collaborates with Shionogi on Anti-infl uenza Drug Peramivir
• BioMerieux Receives Major Order from BML
• Sosei Enters Phase I Trial of Cancer Drug AD923
• XOMA and Takeda Expand Collaboration for Therapeutic Antibody Disocvery and Development
• Albany Established its AMRSRC to Support Biotech and Pharmaceutical Industries
• RSA Launches South East Expansion with New Office in Singapore
Product News
• Agilent Technologies Introduces Flagship Gas Chromatograph
Research
• POLA Discovers Chinese Spice Helps Burn Fat
• Searching for Lupus Gene
Conference Calendar
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