Contents
Policies & Regulations
• China to Implement GMP on TCM Enterprises
• High-tech Investments Encouraged
• Japan Relaxes Laws on Organ Donation
Major Event
• Antibiotic-Resistant Enterococcus Reported in Hong Kong
• Chinese, German Agricultural Ministers Meet
• Guangzhou and Hong Kong Collaborate to Fight Hepatitis
• Mouth Cancer Cases Rising Rapidly Taiwan
• BioTechnica Hannover ¡¯97
• Japan Grants Morocco $8.5m for Fishing Industry
• New Control Measures to Halt ISA Virus Spread
Feature Article
• Biotechnology in the Quest for a Better Oil Palm
Research News
• China Gets Closer to Breeding Super High-Yield Rice Variety
• Microsatellite Markers Used to Improve Canola Breeding
• Pig Organ Transplants May Not be Safe
• Nanjing Develops Technology to Prolong Shelf Life of Beer
Chinese Medicine
• Chinese Drugs Used to Combat Atherosclerosis
• Cancer-Preventive Fruit
Company News
• Mycogen Signs Agreement with Washington University
• Zeneca Buys Fungicide Unit from Ishihara
• Former Chinese Pharmaceutical Rivals to Merge
• China Moves Toward Increased Privatization of Industry
• ADM Buys Over Soya Processing Business in Brazil
General Information & Statistics
• Prices of Soybeans, Grain Rise With Hopes of Stability in Asia
• New Laws to Overhaul Japanese Farming Industry
• Cabbage Price Control Lifted
• Australia Reports Slower Fish Sales in Asia
• Bangladesh to Increase Rice Output
• CFTC Unveils New Proposals
Comments
• Is Killing Chickens the Solution to Bird Flu?
What We Hear
• Wu Jie-Ping Conferred Honorary Doctorate by CUHK
Patents
• Chinese Patents
Calendar Of Events
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