Policies & Regulations
•  Taiwan to Widen Farm Imports from July
•  India to Increase Wheat Exports

Major Event
•  TeleFood '99

Research News
•  Role of Gene in Breast Cancer Established
•  Achievements in China's 9th Five-Year Plan in Agricultural Research
•  Water-Saving Techniques Could Help Rice Farming in Asia
•  Indian Research Institute Helps Farmers of Dryland Areas
•  Human Trials Planned for Cancer Drug
•  Australian's Microbe Raises Hopes for Atrazine Degradation

Alternative Medicine
•  TCM for the Treatment of Hepatitis B
•  HKU Leads in TCM Education

Company News
•  Japanese Drug Companies to Expand International Presence
•  China Pharmaceutical Making Waves on the Chinese Medicine Front
•  Agrochemical Company Arul to Manufacture Glyphosate
•  STERIS Corporation to Take Over Ricerca, Inc.
•  APAX to Invest in Japanese Biotech Industry
•  Abbott to Co-Market Meiji Seika's Cefditoren
•  Aurobindo Pharma Records 110 percent Growth
•  Huabei Pharmaceutical Company

General Information & Statistics
•  Is the Prescription Pad a Cure-All Option?
•  Falling Indian Marine Exports
•  Japan to Approve Sale of Oral Contraceptive Pills Soon
•  India Expecting Bumper Mango Harvest
•  Chinese Farmers Will Be Paid Less for Poor Quality Grains
•  Guangdong GDP Increases in the First Quarter
•  Australian Sugar Industry Facing Tough Times
•  Will US Companies Win the Drug War?

News-In-Brief
•  Agreement Between HKIB and GenePro
Janpan's Eisai to Take Over Novo Nordisk Drug Distribution

Outstanding Scientist
•  Professor Kenneth Wu

Patents
•  Chinese Patents

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