Policies & Regulations
•  Guangdong Pharma ParkSeeking Investors
•  Farmers in Western China Welcome Modern Techniques
•  Beijing to Regulate Food Quality
•  Indian Soy Industry to Launch Self-Certification Scheme
•  EU Policy Hits Basmati Rice
•  New Zealand Holds Hearing on Implications of Genetic Engineering
•  India May Privatize Healthcare Services

Company News
•  Franklin Templeton Launches Life Sciences Fund in Singapore
•  Ranbaxy Scales Up Ciprofloxacin Production
•  SRL to Provide Virco's HIV Resistance Test in Japan
•  Bio Medical Laboratories to Use Third Wave's Technology in Research
•  Shijiazhuang Pharmaceutical and Unigene Labs Establish Joint Venture
•  Shanghai Kehua Signs Distribution Agreement with Response Biomedical
•  Indian Company to Market Traditional Medicine in Japan
•  Singapore Health Informatics Company Launches IPO

Alternative Medicine
•  UK Doctors Support Acupuncture

Research News
•  Taiwan Institute Achieves Breakthrough in Stomach Cancer Genetic Research
•  Taiwan Backs Genetic Database Plan
•  Taiwan Carries Out Gene Therapy Research
•  Shanghai Scientists Start Online Gene Database
•  India has Potential to Lead in Genome Study
•  Indian Institute Develops Salt-Tolerant Rice Varieties
•  Kyoto University Develops Non-Pollen Plants
•  David Ho Gives AIDS Vaccine Update
•  India and Russia to Set Up Centerfor Biotechnology

General Information & Statistics
•  Aging Population Worries Hong Kong Government
•  Lung Cancer Becomes Top Killer in Taiwan
•  15 000 in Malaysia Contract TB Yearly
•  India Sets Up First Floriculture Infrastructure Park
•  India's Tea Exports Decline

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