Policies & Regulations
•  Thailand Aims to Export Organic Food
•  Quality Standardization of Indian Basmati Rice Exports

Major Event
•  Singapore Aims to be More Self-sufficient in Domestic Vegetable and Fish Supply

Research News
•  A New Biomedical Engineering Research Center in Hong Kong
•  China Advances in Biochip Technology
•  Scientists Investigate Link Between Cancer and Artificial Sweetener
•  New Varieties ¡ª A Boost to Indian Agriculture

Alternative Medicine
•  The Chengdu University of TCM
•  An Insight into Alternative Medicine
•  US Company Patents Indian Traditional Medicine for Diabetes

Company News
•  First-half Earnings of Worldwide Pharmaceutical Companies
•  Eisai Receives FDA Marketing Clearance for ACIPHEX
•  Takeda and Novo Nordisk to Collaborate in Japan
•  Stem Cell Sciences and Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Announce New Alliance
•  RPG Life Sciences Introduces New Insecticides
•  Pharmacia & Upjohn To Sell Nutrition Business in China

General Information & Statistics
•  Singapore¡¯s Interest in Genetically Modified Food
•  Public Lecture on Genetically Modified Foods

Outstanding Scientist
•  Professor E Leong Way

News In Brief
•  Healthcare Catered for Foreign Expatriates in China
•  COFA to be Established in India

Announcement
•  TechPartnership 1999 -- Creating Strategic R&D Links

Patents
•  Chinese Patents

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