BioBoard

Australia
•  Professor Ian Frazer Appointed as Chair of a New Expert Advisory Panel
•  PharmAust Receives the 2006 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards
•  Australia Launches Biotech Regulations Website
•  Biota and Boehringer Ingelheim Team up
•  Biodiem Receives US$1 Million for Flu Vaccine

China
•  Austrian Honor for Zhang Shuguang
•  US Pharmacopeia Plans for New Lab in China
•  China and France to Enhance TCM Cooperation
•  China and Thailand to Cooperate on TCM
•  China Collaborates with Russia for New Science Park

India
•  PCI to Appoint Pharmacy Inspectors to Monitor Medical Stores
•  Hikal to Set up New Research Center at Pune
•  IISc Completes Mice Study for Malaria Drug
•  Apollo Tyres Group Invests in Setting up a 500 Bed Hospital in Gurgaon
•  KSPC to Set up Drug Information Centers with WHO Funding

Taiwan
• DOH Checks for Chinese Cancer-inducing Noodles

Others
•  GSK Buys Domantis for $454 Million
•  Nestle to Buy Novartis Medical Nutrition Unit for US$2.5 Billion

Special Feature
•  Grand Challenges in Biodiversity Informatics
•  Using Biodiversity Information Effectively

Industry Watch
•  HD Medical and CSIRO Collaborate on Cardiac Diagnostics
•  Medical Therapies Collaborates with NexMed
•  Progen's Inventory Results on Phase 2 Liver Cancer Trial
•  Renhuang Pharmaceuticals Announces Government Grant
•  Mindray Medical to Establish New R&D and Manufacturing Base in Nanjing
•  Sterlin Gelatin to Expand in India and China
•  Favorable Decision Granted to Ranbaxy Laboratories on Pfizer's Australian Atorvastatin Patent
•  Honeywell Automation India Ltd Plans to Expand into Emerging Indian Pharma Sector
•  Bharat Biotech Launches Anti Rabies Vaccine -- Rabirix
•  Caliper Life Sciences Announces Expanded Sales on LabChip and Ivis
•  Japan's Bioventures Today -- ImmunoFrontier, Inc.

Research and Findings
•  A Specialized Nanoparticle for Detection of Cancer Cells
•  Chinese Researchers to Carry out Studies on Human Reproductive Regulation

Commentaries & Analysis
•  Bioimaging, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology: A Mutually-Reinforcing Partnership

People Profile
•  Sir Richard Doll - The Father of Modern Cancer Epidemiology

Conference Calendar