Industry Watch
•  Eli Lilly Reports Strong Growth in China
•  Drop in Profits for Shanghai Drug Distribution Companies
•  Largest Antibiotics Production Plant in Southwest China Established
•  Guangzhou Jiuzhoutong Medicine Logistics Center in Operation
•  Beijing Yinjian Enterprise Enters Drug Retail Sector
•  Zhejiang Pharmaceutical First in Vitamin E Production
•  Luye Pharmaceutical's Aescinate Granted US Patent
•  Drug Molecular Design Center Set Up in Beijing
•  Strand Genomics Licences Soochika
•  Transgene Plans a Merger with Saket
•  Alembic Acquires Yutopar from Solvay
•  Doosan's New Manufacturing Plant in Beijing
•  CordLife Launches Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Processing and Banking Services

Products/Services Highlight
•  Himalaya Drug Launches Hand Sanitizer
•  MS-1200 Arterial Hardness and Blood Pressure Monitor

Research Findings
•  "Intelligent" Breast Milk
•  Clue to Sex Reversal Discovered
•  Chinese Researchers Find No SARS Virus in Civet Cats

Rules & Regulations
•  First Private Hospital Covered by Reformed Medical Insurance Scheme
•  Jiangsu Lifts Restrictions on Sales of Class B OTC Drugs
•  India's Drug Prices Revision
•  Japan Revises Parent-Child Legislation
•  GM Pet Fish Makes Splash in Japan

Agriculture
•  Oji Paper Develops GM Trees for Paper Manufacturing
•  Rice Zoning Project in Thailand to Raise Yields

Commentaries & Analyses
•  Strategic Balancing of Patent and FDA Approval Processes to Maximize Market Exclusivityp

General News
•  China Relocates Disease Control Center
•  Shenzhen to Establish Modern Drug Logistics System
•  Majority of Guangzhou's Residents Surveyed Dissatisfied with medical Services
•  Indian Drug Firms Expanding Aggressively Overseas
•  Japan Suspends Millennium Projects Due to Protest over Ethical Issues
•  Reviving Mammoths through DNA Cloning
•  Why Malaysia's Bio Valley May Be Favored Over Singapore's Biopolis
•  Will Singapore Make it to Become a Biotech Force to be Reckoned with?

Global Development
•  Procyon Comments on ColorectalertTM Study — Success with colorectal cancer screening test continues
•  Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Ribopharma merge to Create Biotechnology Leader in RNA Interference
•  LEE Jong-wook Takes Office as WHO Director-General

People
•  One of UK's Top 10 Entrepreneurs: Dr. Kim Tan

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