Contents
BioBoard
Australia
• South Australian Government Invests in Center for Plant Functional Genomics
• New Cancer Research Facility to be Built at the University of NSW
• Fighting Bird Flu with RNAi
China
• China's Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Collaborates with Syngenta
• China to Establish Anti-bioterrorism System
• China Halts Production of Novartis Drug — Zelnorm
India
• Central Drug Authority Bill to Come Up During Monsoon Session
• India to Import Doses of Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine from China
• Chikungunya Mosquito-borne Virus Threatens Thousands
Indonesia
• Indonesia Bird Flu Cases Top 100
Japan
• Japanese Researchers Develop a Plant-Based Cholera Vaccine
• Chugai and Roche to Review Tamiflu Safety Issues
Malaysia
• Malaysia and Italy to Work Together in Agriculture
Singapore
• Bilcare, ACRP Jointly Float New Academy Center at Singapore
• Singapore Hit by Dengue Epidemic
South Korea
• Government to Tighten Regulations on GM Organisms in 2008
Thailand
• National Chiao Tung University to Establish Intelligent Prosthetics Research Center
Vietnam
• Vietnam Recalls Tainted Soy Sauce
Others
• Novartis Gains European Approval for Innovative Flu Vaccine
• S$2.15 Billion Spent to Contain Drug-resistant TB
• Bird Flu Spreads to Northern Bangladesh
• Red Cross Denounces Burmese Junta for Rights Abuses
Special Feature
• Bringing the Vision of Two Men to Greater Heights
• On a Mission to Stop Bird Flu
• Continuing a Father's Legacy
• Where Blood is its Business
• Recruiting Biotech CEOs in the Asia Pacific Region
Industry Watch
• Benitec Starts First HIV Clinical Drug Trials in SA
• Biotech Capital to Invest $2 Million in Hearing Technology Company Sensea
• Deakin University Signs Agreement with Biocon
• Opening Up Drug Development Opportunities in Asia
• National Enzyme Company Expands Chinese Distribution
• Indoco Remedies Geared Up for Brazil
• Japan's Bioventures Today — Link Genomics, Inc
• Singapore's ES Cell Offers Stem Cell Technology to Japanese Company
• CordLife Completes Technology Restructuring
• SciGen Hep B Vaccine Lauded in US Journal
• Rockeby Revises Hangover Cure
• Yokogawa Reinforces Global Presence in Singapore
Product News
• IBM Contributes Software that Predicts Spread of Emerging Infectious Diseases
Commentaries and Analyses
• Asia Pacific Biotechnology and Biopharmaceutics: A Rock & Roll Run and Race?
People Profile
• Duke-NUS Graduate School Appoints Cancer Research Chief
• Peptech Chairman, Mr Mel Bridges, Retires
• Professor OP Katare Receives Technology Award 2007
Conference Calendar
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