Policies & Regulations
•  Indian Authority to Certify GM Foods
•  Internet Sales of Liquor and Pharmaceuticals to be Approved in Korea
•  India Increases FDI Limit of Pharmaceuticals to 74 Percent

Major Event
•  New Fund to Boost the Pharmaceutical Industry in China
•  Indian Oil Palm Cultivators to Receive Assistance

Research News
•  Genetic Code of New Bacterium Mapped by Chinese Scientist
•  MSD to Fund Emphysema Research in China
•  Serono Discovers Possible Cures for Neurodegenerative Diseases
•  Chinese Scientists Declare Blood Type Transformation a Success

Alternative Medicine
•  Indian Medicinal Traditions on CD-ROM

Company News
•  Gilead Sciences Starts Second Pivotal Phase III Trial of Hepatitis B Drug
•  New Influenza Drug Approved for Use in Japan
•  Korean Company to Invest US$177 Million in Biotech Projects
•  BASF Undergoes Restructuring
•  Nicotine Replacement Products Launched in China
•  Plastics from Natural Plant Sugars No Longer a Fantasy
•  Axcan Obtains Licence for Ilyang¡¯s New Ulcer Medicine
•  Abbott Labs and NeuroSearch Collaborate on Neuroscience Research
•  Joint Venture to Produce Doxycycline in China
•  DuPont and General Mills to Link Up in Developing and Marketing Soy Foods

General Information & Statistics
•  Study Shows Wide Variation in Breast Cancer Treatment
•  Australia¡¯s Barley Production Set to Increase
•  Fifth Record Harvest for WesternAustralia Wheat Growers
•  India Releases Sixteen New Crop Varieties with High Yield
•  More Korean Infected with HIV
•  Indian Coffee Industry to Improve Quality and Expand Markets

Outstanding Scientisit
•  Shang Fa Yang ¡ª Profile of a Plant Biochemist

Announcement
•  Pesticide Workshop 2000

Patents
•  Chinese Patents

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