Company News
•  India's Nath Seeds Ties Up with Chinese Biotech Firm for Bt Cotton
•  Japan's Takara Grants Molmed Right to Use RetroNectin for Gene Therapy
•  Sumitomo to Access LifeSpan's GPCR Expression and Localization Database
•  Wyeth Lederle Japan Transfers Over-the-counter Drugs to Takeda
•  Kyowa Hakko Develops New Antibody Technology
•  Australia's BTF Completes Prototype for Precise Culture Based Microorganism
•  Novogen to Start Phenoxodiol Clinical Trials in Australia
•  China Investigates Fault in US-made Tempo Peacemakers
•  Japan Drugmakers to Boost Sales in China
•  YuHan at Forefront of Pharmaceuticals in Korea
•  Eli Lilly Opens Asian Headquarters in Hong Kong
•  DSM Produces Semi-synthetic Penicillin in China
•  World Diagnostics to Sell Test Kits in India and Vietnam
•  AMDL Reports Disappointing Sales from Asian Distributor
•  Taiwan University and AbGenomics to Develop Proprietary Biomedicine Platform
•  Omeros Medical Systems and Singapore Institute to Develop New Drug Delivery System

Rules & Regulations
•  Indian Government Finalizes New Drug Price Norms
•  China Runs a Check on Its Medical System
•  Philippines Plans to Invoke WTO Policy on Drug Patents

Research News
•  Herbal-base Female Contraceptive Developed
•  New Zealand Offers Childless Couples New Hope

Alternative Medicine
•  Korea Produces Food Supplement That Boost Learning and Memory
•  Indians Laughing All the Way to Good Health
•  China's Tong Ren Tang to Go Overseas
•  Ancient Trees Revived by Herbal Medicine

General Information & Statistics
•  Thai Rice Exports Set for Bumper Year
•  Thai Rubber Glove Industry Calls for Chemical Tax Cut
•  Korea Charts New Course for Biotechnology
•  Medicine Valley to be Built in Jiangsu
•  China's Animal husbandry Sector Keen on Upgrading
•  Florida Fruit Producers Aiming at Chinese Market
•  Japan Mad Cow Disease Debacle Continues
•  Japan and China Settle Farm Produce Dispute

Trends and Prospects
•  Lack of Awareness Ups COPD Incidence in Asia
•  China's Pharmaceutical Industry to Rely More in TCM

Patents
•  DuPont Wins Pesticide Patent Lawsuit

Calendar of Eventsb
•  A comprehensive listing of upcoming biotechnology conferences in Asia-Pacific