BioBoard
•  Organic Energy Alternative?
•  The Truth about Organic Food
•  First Oral Cholera Vaccine in Production in China
•  New Biotech Incubation Center in Taipei
•  Cats Can Catch Bird Flu
•  Chloroplasts-Powered Laptops or Cell Phones?
•  Lab Cultivated Bluefin Tuna Hit Market
•  New National Biotech Committee in Taiwan Soon

Industry Watch
•  Trials on Avian Flu Vaccine
•  New Corporate Identity for Peplin
•  Biota's Improved Performance for FY2003
•  Cryptome Receives Funding for Anti-Thrombotic Drug Development
•  Genepharm's Aggressive Expansion
•  Devil's Apple for Tumor Cells
•  China Chain Drug Stores on the Boom
•  Hib Vaccine Available in China Market
•  New Grade II New Drug: Torasemide
•  Indian Pharma Optimistic about Global Market
•  Ranbaxy's New Plans for Subsidiaries in Portugal and Canada
•  DRL Stock Hit by Massive Pullout
•  New Chugai Clinical Research Center

Products/Services Highlight
•  New USP Research Center in India
•  2004 Products Innovation of the Year: Abilify®

Research Findings
•  Singapore Scientists Cloned Anti-Clot Factor C Enzyme

Rules & Regulations
•  China Tightens Disease Legislation
•  Indian Drug Authorities Tighten Regulations over CROs
•  New GMP Policy for Herbal Manufacturers in Taiwan

Agriculture
•  India Supports Public-Private Partnerships
•  ICRISAT Promotes Transgenic Technology
•  New Policy and Facility for GMO Commercialization
•  Thailand Allows GMOs Open-Field Trials
•  Global Outlook for Agricultural Biotech

Alternative Medicine
•  HerboChip® Microarray in China
•  New Ephedrine Production Facility in Operation

General News
•  Medical Practice Monopoly?
•  The Beef Issue
•  Taiwanese Government's Initiative in Tackling Breast Cancer

Conference Calendar