Company News
•  Progen Achieves Milestone in Heparanase Work
•  Neurosciences Victoria and Schering AG in Research Collaboration
•  Chemeq's Anti-microbial Approved in South Africa
•  Molecular Diagnostics' Clinical Trial Beneficial for Chinese Woman
•  Hong Kong S&T Launching DNA Reagent
•  Millipore to Set Up Bio-pharma Tech Center
•  Dr. Reddy's Gets Approval for Tizanidine
•  Orchid Chemicals and Bexel in Drug Discovery Joint Venture
•  Fujisawa Foundation Announces Research Grants
•  Mitsubishi Chemical Invests in Cancer Gene Therapy
•  Japan Consortium Invests in Biacore for Proteomics Research
•  E1biotech Co. Ltd.
•  Easy Bio System Inc.
•  NZ and Australia in Major Dairy Merger
•  Olivado Develops Longer Lasting Avocado Oil
•  MerLion Pharmaceuticals and Cancer Center Set up Collaboration
•  Aventis to Test AIDS Drug in Thailand

Rules & Regulations
•  Australia Releases Xenotransplantation Draft Guidelines
•  China Set Rules on Genetically Modified Food
•  Japan to Broaden Food-tracking Plan
•  GM Agriculture is Five Times Riskier for NZ
•  Singapore's AVA Given More Power to Test Food Authenticity

Research News
•  LEDs Reset Body Clock
•  Junk DNA Proposed as "Software" of Life
•  Brain Area with Perfect Pitch Capability Found
•  Chinese Scientists Develop High-protein Rice
•  HK Scientist Discovers Protein that Initiates DNA Duplicating
•  Stay in Places of Worship May Help Mental Patients
•  Tailor-made Cancer Drugs Found to be Effective
•  Full Cycle Breeding of Artificial Tuna Achieved
•  New Nano-based Anthrax Detection Device Developed
•  Glowing Mice to Help in Asthma Fight
•  Taiwan Scientists Develop Needle-free Drug Delivery
•  Taiwan Announces Advanced R&D Awards

General Information & Statistics
•  Australia, NZ and Canada in Joint Indigenous Health Research
•  New Glycemic Index for Food Packaging
•  US Grant for China to Fight AIDS
•  China Allocates Major Funding to Agricultural Technology
•  International Symposium on Biosafety of GMOs in Beijing
•  Hepatitis Vaccine to be Cheaper in India
•  Alarming Rate of Childbirth Death in Indonesia
•  Japan to Launch Biotechnology Panel
•  Study Shows Half of Japan's Population Insomniac
•  Students Tested for Meningitis after Two Deaths
•  Pacific Rim Biotechnology Conference in New Zealand
•  Chemical Synthesis Plant to Boost Drug Development
•  Singapore to Stop Giving Incentives to New Blood Donors
•  Taiwan and Canada in Biotech Collaboration
•  Overprescription of Antibiotics in Taiwan
•  Southern Taiwan Calls for Agricultural Tech Center
•  Tea Tree Oil Rises in Popularity
•  New Cancer Center Established
•  Thais Spending More on Medicines

Patent News
•  Bionomics Files Patents for Epilepsy Genes
•  Snail Venom Patent for Pain Treatment
•  CK Life Sciences in Biotech IP Brawl

Trends and Prospects
•  Singapore is Asia's Top Investor in Biotech Sector

Personality Profile
•  Kenneth H. Fischbeck

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