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INDIA
•  Plastic bricks could protect Indian homes from monsoon

THE PHILIPPINES
•  Philippines aims for better basic sanitation practices

SINGAPORE
•  A*STAR scientists discover gene critical for proper brain development

AFRICA
•  Project to conserve indigenous crops launched in Kenya
•  Cellphone voice and SMS tech developed to fight Ebola
•  Scientists say Kenya's GMO ban stalling biotech R&D
•  Scientists unveil a plan to fight deadly banana disease
•  Drug resistance to kill 10 million a year by 2050

BANGLADESH
•  Aflatoxin threat in Nepal and Bangladesh
•  Daily multivitamin improves pregnancy outcomes in South Asia

EUROPE
•  New study describes, for the first time, a fundamental mechanism regulating a protein's shape

UNITED STATES
•  Cells identified that enhance tumor growth and suppress anti-cancer immune attack
•  Scripps Research Institute scientists uncover new, fundamental mechanism for how resveratrol provides health benefits
•  Canopus BioPharma Inc. achieves positive results from an in vitro live Ebola virus study

EYE ON CHINA
•  Neusoft Partners with Hony Capital and Goldman Sachs to create the new champion in the global healthcare community
•  The Medicines Company and SciClone Pharmaceuticals establish strategic partnership for two cardiovascular products in China
•  Syngenta receives Chinese import approval for Agrisure Viptera® corn trait
•  TWi Biotechnology receives Notice of Patent Allowance in China for its lead drug candidate for the indication of type II diabetes
•  China's largest fertilizer producer Sinofert and IBM use mobile to help farms increase crop yields
•  Cardiome enters development and commercialization agreement with Eddingpharm
•  Milestone Scientific signs distribution agreement for intra-articular instrument in China
•  HUYA Bioscience International establishes alliance with China Wuqing Development Area
•  Elekta Flexitron brachytherapy treatment delivery available in China
•  Hong Kong pharmaceutical company pioneers world's first ever high-performance anti-pruritus nanopatch

FEATURES
•  In Conversation with Ada E. Yonath, Nobel Laureate
•  Making a Successful Journey from Lab to Clinic
•  Indonesia 2015: New Market Attractions and Restraints in the Healthcare Market
•  Asia-Pacific Biopharma: Entering New Era of Global Leadership & Innovation

PEOPLE WATCH
•  Celebrating Innovation

REVIEW
•  China Healthcare: Proposed New Regulation Grants Wider Access To Foreign Investors
•  How Healthcare Networks are Evolving to Achieve Mobility and Analytics

INSIDE INDUSTRY
•  A*STAR and GE Healthcare to improve healthcare outcomes through next generation innovations
•  Phylogica enters into research and licensing agreement with Genentech
•  FUJIFILM Completes Acquisition of Kalon Biotherapeutics
•  Bina Technologies acquired by Roche
•  ONO and Gilead enter exclusive license agreement to develop BTK inhibitor for the treatment of B-cell malignancies and other diseases
•  Uroplasty and Vision-Sciences to merge, creating medical device company
•  Amgen joins with LabCentral to support life-sciences and biotech startups in Cambridge
•  Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory appoints Prof Yu Hao as Executive Director
•  SomaGenics receives $2,275,000 in NIH funding to develop its RNAi Therapeutics and microRNA Technologies

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