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Australia • Cochlear's Inventor Professor Graeme Clark Wins Top Research Prize • Biotech Projects Receive a Solid Share of ARC Funding • Australia Commits A$25 Million to Tackle Malaria in the Pacific • Western Australia to Get A$200 Million Worth of Research Hubs • Australian Government Funds Pharmaceutical Partnerships Program
China • New Diabetic Eye Disease Center in Beijing • Akzo Nobel to Open Two Chemical Plants • China Tightens Controls on Blood-Based Medicines • China Donates US$8 Million to WHO • Establishment of Eight New State Key Labs at CAS Approve • SFDA Approves Second Phase Trials for Bird Flu Vaccine
Hong Kong • Asia to Test Injectable Drug for Bird and Human Flu
Japan • Japan Investigates More Flu Drugs for Inducing Abnormal Behavior • Japan and South Korea to Launch First Joint Clinical Study of Cancer Drug
India • Senate Committee Approves Bill that would Reauthorize American Indian Health Care Improvement Act
Malaysia • Malaysia Plans New Law to Regulate Genetically Modified Foods
New Zealand • New Zealand Researchers Use Bacterial Enzymes to Boost Chemotherapy
Singapore • Singapore University Plans to Set up Bioengineering Research Center • Singapore and Indonesia to Join Forces in the Battle Against Bird Flu • Singapore to Set Up New Legal Framework to Protect Personal Data of Biomedical Research Participants
Taiwan • Pingtung Biotech Park Opens in July
Thailand • Abbott Makes New Offer of US $1 000 per Person for HIV/AIDS Drug
Vietnam • Vietnam Reports New Bird Flu Outbreak
Special Feature • New Responsive Neurostimulation System to Detect Seizures • BAERVELDT® Glaucoma Implant • da Vinci® Surgical System • Needle-free Device Measures Blood Sugar
Industry Watch • Nanotechnology Victoria Sets to Revoltionize Drug Delivery • Polartechnics Commences Truscreen Cervical Cancer Sensor for International Trade • Protagen and ZAP Collaborates with Bejing Proteome Research Center to Develop Antibodies • Albany Molecular Research to Acquire Manufacturing Facilities in India • NeoGen Labs to Launch Screening Tests to Detect IEMs in Babies • Pall Opens New Center of Excellence in India to Serve Life Sciences Field • Sun Pharma to Buy Taro for US$454 Million • Wockhardt Acquires Negma Laboratories in France • Eisai Obtains Favor with Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Teva Pharmaceuticals and Dr Reddy's Laboratories • Japan Bioventures Today -- Protein Express Co. Ltd • Special Phage Services Signs Agreement with Wako for Phage Therapy • Affymetrix Opens its First Manufacturing Facility in Singapore • Bio-Rad Builds Manufacturing Plant in Singapore • West Pharmaceutical Services Invests US $30 Million in Singapore Facility • Progen Announces Phase 2 Liver Cancer Trial
General News • Australia Opens Doors to World's Largest Exotic "Nature Bank" • World's Leading Pharmaceutical Companies Make Signifi cant Expansions in Singapore • Asia's First Road Network Expands into Vietnam
People Profile • China Grants International Sci-tech Co-op Award to Foreign Experts • Former Head of China's SFDA to Go on Trial • China Biopharmaceuticals Holdings Inc's New Appointments • CAS Scientist Elected into US National Academy of Sciences • Top Honor for Two Chinese Scientists • New President for Academica Sinica • Executive Deputy Chairman of A*STAR's Biomedical Research Council (BMRC)--Professor Edward Holmes
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