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Australia • New Meningococcal Test to Identify Genetic Predisposition • Scientists Discover the Double Life of Proteins • Gene Discovery Offers Cancer Hope
China • The American Psychiatric Association's Awards for Young Scientists Encourage Research Expertise in China • DuPont Partners with China to Increase Farm Productivity • Deadly Enterovirus Afflicts Chinese Children • CAS Researchers Decode Genome of Mosquito-Killing Bacterium • CAS, Local Governments to Jointly Set Up a Biomedical Institute in Suzhou • Chinese and US Scientists Map Papaya Genes • Genzyme to Build New R&D Center in Beijing
India • Avesthagen Launches Bioactive Teestar • Scientists Find Kala-azar Protein • Bayer Launches Disease-Resistant Hybrid Rice Arize Dhani • SCHOTT Forms Pharmaceutical Joint Venture in India • IIT Mumbai Develops Chip to Detect Myocardial Infarction • Tamil Nadu Plans Poison Treatment Center in Every District • RFCL Opens Integrated Manufacturing Plant in India
Japan • Pfizer to Launch Champix® — The First Prescription Oral Smoking Cessation Aid in the Country
New Zealand • Asthma Linked to High Fat Diet
Philippines • Surge in Dengue Cases in the Philippines
South Korea • Bird Flu Outbreaks Spread in South Korea
Singapore • Edwards Lifesciences Opens Its First Heart Valve Manufacturing Facility in Singapore • Bioimaging and Stem Cell Research in Singapore gets a Million Dollar Boost from Latest Grant Calls by A*STAR • Maccine Receives Bio-Industry Award for Best Preclinical or Clinical CRO in Asia
Taiwan • New Group for Biomedical Electronics Established • Stroke Evaluation Indicator Discovered
Vietnam • Vietnam Bird Flu Vaccine Returns Positive Results
Feature • Making headway by Dario Campana Recent advances in the treatment of childhood leukemia look set to improve the disease's cure rates. • The Second St Jude – Viva Forum in Pediatric Oncology by Associate Professor Allen Yeoh and Dr Sally Blair • A Mother's Journey by Nicola Horlick A True-life Account of a Mother's Sad, Affecting Journey when Her Child was Diagnosed with Leukemia.
Industry Watch • Prana Discovers New Drug Candidates for Parkinson's Research • Cytopia Announces Novel Anticancer Drug Development Collaboration • CSIRO Signs Agreement with Oncaidia to Develop Anticancer Drug • First Commercial Product Launch of Starpharma's DNT Priostar • China Sky One Develops SemiQuantitative Automatic Inspection Device for Diagnostic Kits • Ranbaxy Laboratories Signs Drug Discovery Development Pact with Merck • IAVI and CHAVI Team Up on AIDS Vaccine Development • DxTech and Nicholas Piramal signs Product Development and Licensing Agreement for Point-of-care Diagnostic Testing System • Sanofi-Aventis Launches SoloSTAR Insulin Pen in India • Strategic Alliance between Ranbaxy and Orchid • Piramal Diagnostics Introduces Asia's First High-definition PET/CT Scanner • Ocimum Biosolutions Launches Genowiz 4.0 • BIOVET Launches Asia's First and World's Second BSL-4 Manufacturing Facility in India • Intas Plans Filgrastim launch in North America, Europe • Taisho and Chugai enter Co-Development and Co-Marketing Agreement for Activated Vitamin D Derivative, ED-71 • Astellas and CoMentis Sign Agreement to Collaborate on the Research, Development and Commercialization of Beta-Secretase Inhibitors • New Hope for Burn Victims • Agendia and Agilent Technologies Announce Plans to Jointly Develop New Diagnostic Tests, Extend Supply Agreement • First CCD 2D Gel Imaging System Installed at Singapore's New SMART Centre will Help Accelerate Pace of Infectious Disease Research in Southeast Asia
Product News • Siemens Presents a World's First with Novel Hearing Instrument Design • Extreme's Lab-on-a-chip Developed at IBN
Research and Findings • Pfizer and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Support the Future of Cancer Research in Australia
General News • Asia Poised as the Next Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Powerhouse of the World • Scientists Form International Cancer Genome Consortium • 12th SCBA International Symposium Comes to Taipei in 2009
Commentary and Analysis • Testing 1, 2, 3 by Clayton Péquignot One of the top challenges in combating the avian flu is in developing a suitable test kit.
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