Policies & Regulations
•  Eight National Standards Revised to Increase Grain Production in China
•  Indian Seafood Units Given More Time to Upgrade

Major Event
•  China and FAO to Assist Agriculture in Bangladesh
•  Exchange of Rice Varieties to be Strengthened

Research News
•  Should Further Reseach be Done on Smallpox Virus?
•  Gene Therapy -- A Hope or A Pain?
•  CSIRO Collaborates with Japanese on Animal Vaccine Research
•  Indian Institute Discovers Eco-Friendly Pesticide
•  Rice Blast Under Control in Southwest China
•  China¡¯s Breakthrough in Transgenic Rice
•  Indian Marine Institute Develops Ornamental Fish Breeding Technology
•  Transgenic Pigskin -- Hope for Burn Patients
•  Farmers in the Semi-Arid Tropics to Get Aid in Eco-Conservation

Alternative Medicine
•  Australians Embrace Alternative Medicine
•  Green Tea -- More than a Beverage?

Company News
•  Link-Up on Anti-Thrombotics Between Protherics and Eli Lilly Announced
•  Northland and Kiwi to Merge
•  Takeda Launches ACTOS in Japan
•  Cambridge Antibody Technology and Searle in Research Collaboration
•  FDA Approves Therapy for Lesions
•  Orchid Healthcare Looks Set to a Brighter Future
•  US Approval for New Antibiotic Sought by LG Chemicals
•  Johnson & Johnson to Continue Marketing Benecol in Europe

General Information & Statistics
•  US to Grow More Biotech Crops in 2000
•  A Corn Shortage in Philippines
•  World Production and Trade in Sugar, Cereals and Oilseeds for 1999 ¨C 2000
•  Gloomy Forecast for China¡¯s Rice Industry
•  Global Increase in Milk Prices Predicted by FAO

Patents
•  Chinese Patents

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