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Starpharma to Conduct Animal Trials on Vaginal Microbicide.

Clover Secures HiDHA Oils Supply Contract to UK.

GlaxoSmithKline Completes Business Integration in China.

GSK and Gilead Sign Licensing Agreement for Hepatitis B Drug in Asia.

Tianjin Tasly Steps into Biopharmaceutical Field.

Nova BioGenetics Receives Chinese Approval for Antimicrobial Hand Gel.

NexMed's Alprox-TD Launched in Hong Kong.

GlaxoSmithKline's Indian Subsidiary to Source for Raw Materials.

Socrus Launches NDDS for Cipro in Intra-muscular Dosage Form.

Cadila to Make Presence Felt in Dermatological Market.

Takara Bio Sets up Organic Produce Operation to Develop Health Foods.

Aventis and Fujisawa to Cooperate in Marketing of Synercid Injection.

Eisai Announces Phase III Clinical Trial Results for Vascular Dementia Drug.

Marubeni Chicken Plant Ordered to Shut Down.

Medi-Hut International's Tussle with KFDA.

Top Glove to Set up Eighth Plant near Shanghai.

Chemical Company of Malaysia to Focus on Pharmaceuticals.

Monsanto Philippines Harvests Bt Corn.

Air Products Installs First Cryogenic Abatement System in Singapore.

BioEnterprise Asia and Ocimum Biosolutions to Jointly Set up R&D Facilities.

US Criticare Expands Partnership with Taiwan BioCare.

Bionomics Partners Johnson and Johnson Research.

AustCancer and BioFocus Join Hands in Heregulin Project.

BresaGen to have New Facility.

Roche Inaugurates New Citric Acid Plant in China.

US Agribusiness Giant ADM's China Joint Venture Starts Operations.

Dragon Pharmaceuticals Acquires Remaining Stake in Nanjing Huaxin Bio-pharmaceutical.

Hong Kong's Cheung Kong to List Biotech Business.

Ranbaxy Files IND for Pneumonia Drug.

Dr. Reddy's Completes Phase I Clinical Trials of Cancer Drug.

Morepen Sets up Four Strategic Business Units.

Takara Bio Produces DNA Fragments for DNA Microarrays on Industrial Scale.

Kyowa Hakko to Begin Phase II Trials of Urinary Incontinence Compound.

Eisai Establishes Clinical Research Subsidiary in the US.

Matsushita Develops First High Throughput Drug Screening Technology Using Biosensors.

AgResearch Seeks Approval for GM Organisms Development.

ICPbio Opens New Manufacturing Facility in West Auckland.

German Tissue Engineering Firm to Offer New Treatment for Knee Injuries.

Bristol-Meyers Squibb Cuts AIDS Drug Price.

SurroMed Transfers R&D Facility to Institute of Bioengineering.

Fast-food Firms Seek Thai Chicken.

Acrux in Licensing Agreement for Skin Permeation Platform Technology.

Agenix to Begin Human Trials for Blood Clot Imaging Project.

Cancer Vac Successful in Human Trials of Cancer Therapy.

Terumo to Expand Production Scale in China.

Ranbaxy in Licensing Agreement for Brain Drug.

Wockhardt Plans to Expand into US, Europe.

Zydus Vaccicare to Launch Four Vaccines.

Tanabe Seiyaku to Develop Small Molecule LFA-1 Antagonists with Novartis.

Neurogenetics Extends Agreement with Eisai.

Insect Biotech.

Boviquest Discovers Cow Milk Production Gene.

MerLion Pharma Secures US$13.5 Million in Funds.

CordLife Launches Business Partnership Program.

Lytone Announces New Uric Acid Control Product.

Progen’s Anti-cancer Drug Shows Promising Human Trial Data.

Acrux Reports Progress for Treatment of Female Sexual Dysfunction.

Clinical Reagent Ready for Agenix’s Blood Clot Imaging Project.

Austcancer’s Vaccine Human Trials Show Strong Results.

Shanghai Desano to Sell Domestically Produced AIDS Drug.

Shanghai Boxing Develops Bio Chip that Identifies GM Plants.

Ranbaxy In-licenses New Biological Entity for Brain Cancer.

Wockhardt and Daiichi in Collaboration for Hemorrhage Drug.

Nicholas Piramal to Merge with Global Drugs.

Shionogi in Agreement with Pharmagene for Target and Compound Validation Capabilities.

Eisai’s Treatment of H. pylori Infection Approved by US.

Tanabe Seiyaku and Altana in Roflumilast Cooperation in Japan.

In2Gen Co. Ltd.

InBioNET Corp.

Agriquality Buys out Melbourne Gene Lab.

Singapore Consulting Practice Brings Biomedical Firms to Asia.

A-Bio Pharma is Singapore’s First Commercial Scale Biologics Manufacturer.

Abbott and MerLion in Drug Discovery Collaboration.

Lilly Systems Biology Research Center Established in Singapore.

Autogen Develops "GeneSniffer" Software.

Approval for Human Trials of VentrAssist™ "Artificial Heart" Device.

Novogen Receives Royalty Payment from DuPont Protein Technologies.

GE Medical Systems Doubling Business in China.

Nicholas Piramal to Foray into Respiratory Business with Ivax's Inhalers.

Shreya Life Keen to Acquire Plethico Pharma.

Eli Lilly to Sell Off Low Turnover Drugs.

Pharmacia and Yamanouchi Apply for Celecoxib.

Eisai Dissolves Subsidiary.

Bioinformatix Inc.

Industrial Research Licenses Immucillin H.

Progen Begins Human Liver Cancer Trial with PI-166.

Melanotan Phase IIb Human Trial Begins.

Bionomics Develops Model to Accelerate Angiogenesis Drug Discovery.

Chemeq Develops Non Absorbable Sunscreen and Skin Emollient.

China Worldbest Group Acquires Subsidiaries.

China Business In Brief.

Ranbaxy to Launch Branded Generics in US.

IPCA Labs Plans to Invest in New Plant in US.

Eisai to Collaborate with Mitsui Knowledge Industry.

Takeda and Beth Israel Sign Research Agreement on Endocrinology.

Bionet Co.

APBioNet Received Grant Injection from Pan Pacific Networking Program.

DenX Sets Up First Asia Pacific Subsidiary in Singapore.

MerLion Pharmaceuticals and KuDOS Pharmaceuticals Launch Research Collaboration.

Novartis Institute of Tropical Diseases to be Set Up in Singapore.

Eisai Launches Chocola BB Plus.

Taisho Pharmaceutical Introduces Suppository-Type Laxative.

Australia’s Bioinitiative Program: Pharmaceuticals Partnerships Program.

China’s OTC Market.

Glenmark GRC-3886 Enters Clinical Trial.

Angioplasty Market in India.

AHSL Acquires US-based MBPO.

Care Hospital and IICT Collaborates to Launch Indigenous Coated Stent.

Singapore Supports Isis Pharma’s Micro-RNA Drug Discovery Program.

Eisai Acquires Zonegran^® Exclusive Market Rights.

Proteome Systems Develops Ovarian Tumor Detection Kit.

Pharmaxis Closer to Market Aridol.

Acrux Receives Milestone Payment from VIVUS.

Biota Raises Funds from Share Purchase Plan.

GSK's Strategic Investment in China.

Aurobindo Pharma Obtains FDA Approval for Mirtazapine Tablets.

IPA Urges for Prudent Patent Legislation.

Zonegran Shown to Reduce Seizures in Infants.

Takeda Pushes for New Drug Application for Ramelteon.

Takeda Collaborates with Sucampo on Constipation Drug.

Eisai Gains Access to MultiCell's Hepatocyte Technology.

SiMEMS Signs International Agreement to Further Develop Revolutionary DNA Chip.

Agenix Completes $10.3 million Capital Raising.

CSL Begins Human Trials of Prototype Bird Flu Vaccine.

The People's Republic of China Ministry of Commerce Approves Beijing Med-Pharm's Acquisition of Beijing Wanwei Pharmaceutical Co.

Lupin Enters into an Agreement with GSK Philippines for TB drugs.

BioWa Inc Licenses Anti-FGF8 Antibody from Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co Ltd.

Japan's Eisai Collaborates with Sweden's BioArctic.

Fluidigm Opens Singapore's First Biochip Fab.

Low Dose Oral Interferon as Potential Therapy for Avian Flu.

More US Funding for Medical Research in Singapore.

CyGenics Granted Key Patent for the China Market.

Japan Sets Up Ethnic Crime Database.

Singapore and Hong Kong are Most at Risk in Bird Flu Pandemic.

Eisai Sets Up Pharmaceutical Marketing Branch in Switzerland.

India Ties Up with US FDA.

Archbishop of Seoul Opposes Professor Hwang's Embryonic Stem Cell Research.

Malaysia on the Verge of an HIV Epidemic.

US Donates US$35 Million to Help China Fight AIDS.

Satellite-based System to Monitor the Patterns of How Viruses Spread.

New Bird Flu Test Offers Results in 24 Hours.

Singapore's Researcher Awarded Prestigious International Award.

India's Bharat Biotech Invests in Perak.

Bill Gates Contributes Millions to Support Cervical Vaccines for the Poor.

Rockeby Biomed Cancel Agreement to Supply Test Kits to Turkish Poultry Industry.

India Launches Healthcare Drive.

Japan's Eisai Company Says 11 Die in Alzheimer's Drug Trial.

Innovation Dynamics to Set up Office in Perth.

Millipore India Sets up EOU to Manufacture Purification Systems for Global Markets.

Life Therapeutics to Spin Out Two Divisions into a New Company.

GSK to Build Vaccine Facility in Taiwan.

H5N1 Bird Flu has Evolved into Two Strains.

Biocon to be Investigated for Drug Violations.

Australia — Patent Problem for Australian Professor Ian Frazer.

Australia — Prana co-Founding Scientist, Professor Colin Masters, Receives Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer's Disease Research.

Australia — Australia's Topical Pain Relief Lotion to be Exported to Asia and Europe.

China — China Media Networks International Inc Changes Name to Medical Solutions Management Inc.

China — Joint Study Shows Genetically Modified Cotton Less Profitable in China.

China — Important Progress in Functional Genomics Research.

China — Promotion of China International Innovation Park of Biotechnology and Medicine.

China — Chinese and British Experts Break the Genetic Code.

China — 6th Award of Prizes for Young Scientists of China.

China — Steady Progress in China's Research on Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering.

China — CAS, Karolinska Institutet to Strengthen Collaboration.

India — India to Host CPHi —World's Largest Pharmaceutical Convention.

India — India Approves a Phase II Study by Napo Pharmaceuticals of Crofelemer.

India — Overseas Firms Granted Hundreds of Patents on Yoga in US, Europe.

India — India's Polio Outbreak.

Indonesia — Bird Flu Cases in Indonesia.

Japan — Eisai Commences US Legal Action over Aricept.

Japan — Japan's Daiichi Sankyo Sues Mylan over Drug Patent.

Japan — Ono Pharm/Medarex Commences Clinical Trials for Cancer Drug.

Korea — South Korea to Inject US$846m into Biotech Research.

Singapore — New Biomedical Sciences Executive Committee Established to Lead Phase 2 of Singapore's Biomedical Sciences Initiative.

Singapore — Singapore Scientists Find Gene that Causes Blindness in Kids.

Singapore — Cancer Doctor Honored by American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Taiwan — Taiwan Considering Medicine Research Center Proposal.

Thailand — Avian Influenza in Thailand.

Bangladesh — Bangladesh Immunizes Against Polio.

Australia — World's Biggest Genebank on Its Way in Australia.

Australia — Australian Researchers Discover New Improved Hepatitis C Model.

Australia — Meat and Livestock Australia Invests $1 million for New Livestock Pathogen Research Project.

Australia — Australia's Cloning Stance 'Damaging' to International Research.

Australia — Locust Researcher Dr Richard Milner Named Finalist for Eureka Prize.

Australia — 11th International Congress of Human Genetics Held in Brisbane.

China — Eiken to Launch New Subsidiary and Factory in China.

China — Ginseng May Improve Breast Cancer Outcomes.

China — China Claims Successful Phase I Trial of AIDS Vaccine.

India — Merck to Focus on India for Clinical Trials.

India — Avra Labs to Invest in New Facility.

India — India and US Pharmacopeia Sign MoU to Promote Awareness About Medicines.

India — India's Use of GM Cotton to Double in 2007.

India — Orchid Gets FDA Approval for Cefotaxime Injections.

India — India Claims It is 'Avian Influenza-Free Country'.

India — Viread to Retail for $1 in India.

India — Indian Government Sets up Committee on GM Food.

Indonesia — Indonesia Opens up Access to Bird Flu Gene Codes.

Japan — NIAS and Sanger Institute Conclude Agreement on Pig Genome Research.

Japan — GlaxoSmithKline and Shionogi Complete HIV Drug Study.

Korea — Singapore's Raffles Medical Group to Expand into South Korea.

Malaysia — Malaysia's Call to Venture into Nanobiotechnology.

Singapore — Eisai Pharmaceutical Marketing Subsidiary in Singapore Launches Operations.

Singapore — IFPMA Organizes the Asian Regional Conference on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Health.

Singapore — Former NNI Director's Breach of Ethical Conduct.

Singapore — Dr John Brown Joins SingVax as Chairman.

Singapore — Merck Invests S$100 million for Expansion in Singapore.

Taiwan — NSC Considering Plans for Clinical Research Facility.

Thailand — GSK Withdraws Application for AIDS Drugs in Thailand and India.

Thailand — Thailand's HIV/AIDS Treatment Should Serve as a Model for Other Countries.

Chinese Academy of Sciences sets up innovation center in Bangkok

Chinese researchers map key protein in DNA repair with nearatomic resolution

Scientists close in on origin of SARS

AstraZeneca to develop new drugs with Chinese partner

European medical training facility opens China office

China’s biotech industry output to exceed 1.21 trillion dollars by 2020

Chinese-made ventricular assist device enters clinical testing

Novogen to establish China entity to further commercialization and partnerships in China

Eisai’s Aricept approved for additional indication of severe Alzheimer’s disease in China

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