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    Trends & Prospects

      India and Japan's Life Sciences Industries Hold Great Promise.

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      Shanghai Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Enterprises

        The article is about the various biotech and pharma enterprises in Shanghai.

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        Rules & Regulations

          Restriction on AIDS Human Tests Stays.

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          Alternative Medicine

            China to Boost Technological Development of TCM.

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            General News

              Competing Australian States to Co-Promote Aussie Biotech.

              New GM Wheat to Bypass Australia.

              Jiangsu Pharmaceutical Industry Thriving.

              Shenzhen Opens Drug Distribution Market to Foreign Investment.

              Vadodara to Establish Biotech Park.

              Monkey Pox Virus Imported to Japan.

              Increase in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis Sufferers in Japan.

              Korea Free of SARS Suspects.

              Increasing Food Poisoning Cases.

              WHO Head Makes Smoking and AIDS Top Agenda.

              Upcoming Vaccine Facility in Malaysia.

              Bioinformatics Applied for Analyzing Brain Disorders.

              Completion of Trout Genetic Database by Year End.

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              Special Feature

                An Interview with Dr Jong Wook Lee — Chairman of Daewoong Pharmaceuticals.

                An Exclusive on LG Life Sciences.

                An Insight into Phylogica — An Australian Biopharmaceutical Company.

                Cytopia — One of Australia's Most Successful Biotech Companies.

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                Bioboard

                  AUSTRALIA – New Stem Cell Center Gives Hope for Stroke Damage.

                  AUSTRALIA – Sun Beds Killing 43 Aussies A Year.

                  CHINA – Chinese Skin Cream Recalled After Steroid Found.

                  CHINA – UN Urges China to Revamp Food Safety after Milk Crisis.

                  CHINA – Key Proteins Identified In the Quest for Male Contraceptive.

                  CHINA – Gene that May Contribute to Improved Rice Yield Identified.

                  CHINA – A New Institution to be Formed by Teaming up Biological Institutes in Beijing.

                  CHINA – Big Pharma Ranks China as No. 1 Destination in Asia for Pharmaceutical Outsourcing.

                  INDIA – Reliance Life Sciences Launches India's First Portal for Breast Cancer Genomics.

                  INDIA – New Health Scheme Launched in Kerala.

                  INDIA – Nobel Biocare Introduces New Dental Implant Program in India.

                  INDIA – Malaria Drug through Synthetic Biology.

                  JAPAN – Sleep Disorder Due to Genetic Mutation.

                  NEW ZEALAND – Crop and Food and Hortresearch to Merge.

                  SINGAPORE – NUS Researchers Create Antibody that may Eradicate Viral Diseases.

                  SINGAPORE – AMO Opens Eye-Care Training Center in Singapore.

                  SINGAPORE – Singapore and New Zealand Set Up First Joint R&D Research Fund in Heart Disease and Cancer.

                  SINGAPORE – More Singaporeans Expected to Seek Help for Clinical Depression, Anxiety.

                  SINGAPORE – Moleac Launches Presence in Europe.

                  SINGAPORE – New Study Shows Heterogeneity in Brain Tumor Cells-of-Origin.

                  SINGAPORE – Singapore Launches New Cancer Research Centre of Excellence (CRCE) to Study Asian Cancers.

                  SINGAPORE – Scientists Identify Gene that May Make Humans More Vulnerable to Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

                  SINGAPORE – BioServe Introduces Customizable DNA Panels for Genetic Research.

                  TAIWAN – Unitech Launches Its Healthcare PDA to Catch Medical Market Trend.

                  TAIWAN – Controversies Around the Set-up of Heavy-Ion Therapy Facility in Taiwan.

                  TAIWAN – Researchers Find Method to Extract DHA from Algae.

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                  Industry Watch

                    Mesoblast Limited Key Bone Repair Patent Granted In The United States.

                    Lilly to Acquire Global License to AXIRON Testosterone Solution from Acrux Tools.

                    China Cord Blood Corporation Acquires Stake in Shandong Cord Blood Bank.

                    AutekBio to Build Largest Biologic CMO in Asia.

                    3SBio, Ascentage Pharma to Jointly Develop Cancer Therapeutics.

                    SIRO Clinpharm Forms Alliance with Korean CRO DreamCIS.

                    Ceragenix Enters into Agreement with Korea's BexPharm.

                    SRL Launches Sports Gene Test for the First Time in India.

                    Fortis Acquires Stake in Singapore's Parkway Holdings.

                    Sony Enters the Flow Cytometry Business in Life Science Field by Acquiring iCyt.

                    AMPAC Fine Chemicals Partners With Inabata & Co., Ltd. of Japan.

                    Astellas Entered into Global Partnership with Basilea for an Azole Antifungal Agent Isavuconazole.

                    Medicago, NITT to Develop Vaccine in Japan.

                    Millipore Launches New Water Purification System for Ion Chromatography.

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                    INSIDE INDUSTRY

                      AtCor Signs US$0.9 Million Pharmaceutical Contract.

                      Corning Opens Life Sciences Manufacturing and Distribution Facility in China.

                      Roche NimbleGen and BGI Develop Advanced MHC Region Capture Technology.

                      GVK Biosciences Partners with PROOF Centre of Excellence.

                      Stemade Biotech Unveils Dental Stem Cell Banking in Chandigarh.

                      Israeli Firm to Hold Schizophrenia Clinical Trial in India.

                      Quintiles and Prodia Partner to Provide Central Lab Testing Solution in Indonesia.

                      Medtronic Begins Transcatheter Aortic Valve Trial in Japan.

                      Intellect Neurosciences Obtains Two New Patents in Japan for Alzheimer's Immunotherapy Programs.

                      ASLAN Pharmaceuticals and Bristol-Myers Squibb Enter Innovative Oncology Partnership.

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                      EYE ON CHINA

                        Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies receives two prizes at AquaTech China for AnoxKaldnes™ MBBR technology and its Carbon Footprint Reduction Program.

                        International Consortium Led by Chinese Scientists Announce the First Complete Sequencing of Pear Genome.

                        Eli Lilly Opens Diabetes Research Center in China.

                        China 'Soaring Ahead' in Nanotechnology Research.

                        Latest Genomic Studies Shed New Light on Maize Diversity and Evolution.

                        Insight Genetics and Kindstar Global Partner to Enhance Cancer Care in China.

                        Two studies from the Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology published in PNAS show how plants respond to changing environments.

                        China's Pharmaceuticals Sales Force Levels Surpass US for First Time.

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                        INSIDE INDUSTRY

                          Thermo Fisher Scientific and Applikon Biotechnology sign bilateral supply agreement.

                          AET BioTech and BioXpress Therapeutics to co-develop biosimilar Adalimumab.

                          Octa Phillip Bioscience Managers announces first close on new healthcare fund.

                          Agilent Technologies' and PREMIER Biosoft's platforms work together to advance lipidomics research.

                          Phosphagenics licenses TPM® platform to Indian pharmaceutical company.

                          Dr. Louis-Philippe Vézina, named as a recipient of the 2012 Prix du Quebec.

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                          EYE ON CHINA

                            Regeneron and Bayer initiate Phase III trial of EYLEA® (aflibercept) injection for the treatment of diabetic macular edema in Asia and Russia.

                            Crystal Pharmatech and Particle Sciences form a US-China pharmaceutical CRO partnership.

                            SFDA grants approval for clinical studies to Benapenem.

                            Chinese scientists develop cheap e-notebook for the blind.

                            China and India catching up in the innovation stakes.

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                            FEATURES

                              Quality Issues in Pharmaceuticals: An overview into root cause investigation.

                              Generic Drug Product Development Using QbD Approaches.

                              Biosimilars: where we stand today?

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                              FEATURES

                                Hospitals' Community Benefits.

                                The Question of Fair Benefits in International Research.

                                Access to Medicines and Corporate Social Responsibilities of the Pharmaceutical Industry.

                                Corporate Social Responsibility of the Pharmaceutical Industry in Solidaristic Terms.

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                                INSIDE INDUSTRY

                                  Singapore and Korea research institutes to collaborate on biomass-to-chemicals research.

                                  Nobel prize in medicine goes to cell transport discovery.

                                  Tri-institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, Inc. launched.

                                  Agilent Technologies collaborates with Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health.

                                  Quintiles selected by Muscular Dystrophy Association to develop U.S. Disease Registry.

                                  Joslin Diabetes Center forms alliance with John & Johnson Innovation to identify exercise-related drug targets to improve diabetes management.

                                  CLINATEC chairman Alim-Louis Benabid honored for Parkinson's disease work.

                                  AstraZeneca enters co-promotion agreement with Janssen in Japan for innovative prostrate cancer treatment.

                                  Scotland demonstrates its collaborative approach to cell therapy development.

                                  KineMed forms agreement with Amgen to develop kinetic biomarkers of brain proteinopathies.

                                  IMCD group opens its first pharmaceutical laboratory.

                                  Napier Healthcare wins Promising Healthcare IT Company of the Year 2013 Award from Frost & Sullivan Singapore.

                                  AB SCIEX opens R&D center in Singapore; hopes to drive scientific innovation.

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                                  INSIDE INDUSTRY

                                    Fortis Escorts Heart Institute wins ‘Best Single Specialty Hospital - Cardiology‘ title.

                                    Probiodrug transfers its CDK9 inhibitor program to AstraZeneca.

                                    GE to expand in life sciences with acquisition of strategic assets from Thermo Fisher Scientific.

                                    MD Anderson teams up with Pfizer to advance cancer immunotherapy.

                                    Trovagene and US Oncology Research collaborate on a prospective study for urine-based KRAS testing in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer.

                                    MedImmune and Immunocore enter immunotherapy agreement to develop novel cancer therapies.

                                    Nodality enters into a strategic collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Innovation in autoimmune diseases.

                                    Knopp Biosciences and NIH to collaborate in evaluating dexpramipexole in patients with hypereosinophilic syndrome.

                                    AMN Healthcare receives top workplace award.

                                    National Cancer Centre Singapore and Clearbridge BioMedics partner to bring circulating tumor cell technology closer to clinic.

                                    Latest updates on soaps, detergents, cosmetics, hair care industry at 4th Emerging HPC Surfactants Markets.

                                    CMT's 11th Phenol/ Acetone & Derivatives Markets in Shanghai, hones in on feedstock costs, excess capacities and more.

                                    A*STAR signs agreement with Nestlé to strengthen food & nutrition R&D in Singapore.

                                    Amorfix enters into agreement with a major global pharmaceutical company for Alzheimer's disease diagnostic.

                                    PHARM Connect Congress- One step before the future.

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                                    FEATURES

                                      Public-Private Partnerships in the Pharmaceutical Industry

                                      KEEEN: The Keen Success in Public-Private Partnerships

                                      Strengthening Singapore's Drug Discovery Capabilities through Public Private Partnerships

                                      Universities: A Treasure Trove of Technologies

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                                      EYE ON CHINA

                                        One Step Closer to Predicting Cancer Risk.

                                        China Reveals Plans for National Lab System.

                                        CSA Group Grants Philips Suzhou its First CPC Laboratory Qualification in China.

                                        China-Myanmar Established Biodiversity Research Institute Unveiled in Nay Pyi Taw.

                                        Athenex and Beijing Sciecure Pharmaceutical Announce Binding Agreement to Launch and Market Five Injectable Pharmaceutical Products in North America.

                                        MicuRx Initiates Phase 3 Clinical Trial for MRX-I, A New Potent Oral Antibiotic Against Gram-positive Bacteria, Including MRSA.

                                        WuXi AppTec Receives Inaugural "Company of the Year" Award from BayHelix.

                                        The US FDA Granted Orphan Drug Designation to Yisheng Biopharma's Biological Product for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

                                        China Promotes Sci-Tech Cooperation Along Belt and Road.

                                        Infinitus launches Joint Laboratory for the Research of Modern Preparation Technology with Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

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                                        EYE ON CHINA

                                          BRH Medical Receives Patents in Both the USA and in China for Its Innovative Wound Healing Therapy.

                                          Climate Change Could Hurt Coffee, Help Banana Production.

                                          Merck Invests €250 Million in Production Value Chain in China.

                                          Biomedical Engineers Design and Test an Improved Method for Healing Burns.

                                          Keratins Function as Markers for Dead Cells.

                                          First Genome Research on Congenital Heart Disease Launched in China.

                                          HONG KONG NEWS – POND Awareness Calls on the Medical Profession to Address Serious Lack of Protocols in Place to Screen, Manage and Prevent Post-Operative Delirium