Asia-Pacific Biotech News

Australia's Genetic Technologies Secures Genomic Mapping License from Sequenom.

EU Approves Compumedics' Sleep Disorder and Heart Disease System.

Alchemia in Drug Discovery Collaboration with Belgian Firm.

Progen Research Receives Scholarship Funding.

Unigene and Shijiazhuang Pharmaceutical Launch Calcitonin Product in China.

Dr. Reddy's Launches Prostate Cancer Drug.

Cipla in Talks with US Firm on Marketing and Manufacturing Alliance.

Lyka Hetero to Franchise Marketing of Old Brands.

Onconova to Seek US Approval for Cancer Drug Trials.

Takeda Chemical to Build Plant in Ireland.

McDonald's Japan to Resume Chicken Nugget Sales.

Mitsubishi Chemical Sets up Medical Ethics Think Tank.

Pulmuone and Takara Agri to Provide Unique Mushrooms to Korea.

US VaxGen to Establish Joint Venture in Korea for AIDS Vaccine.

Genesis Launches Second Round of Psoriasis Drug Trial.

Wyeth Launches Pharmaceutical and Nutrition Plants in Singapore.

Taiwan's Biowell Moves into New Headquarter.

TaiGen Uses CART Technology to Develop New Drug.

Schmidt Scientific Taiwan to Manufacture Skin Asepsis Products for Greater China.

Australia Gives Green Light to Stem Cell Research.

China to Draft Biosafety Law.

Flawed Policies No Way to Fight AIDS.

Japan May Allow Artificially Conceived Children to Identify Biological Parents.

Domestic Stem Cell Creation Approved in Japan.

NZ Bans Xenotransplantation until June 2003.

Singapore Advisory Committee against Paying for Tissue Donation.

Liver Malfunction in Elderly Can Cause Strokes.

Research Shows Indoor Types More Likely to Contract Melanoma.

Study Shows Chinese Genetically Prone to Contract AIDS.

Japan Scientists First to Make New Benzene-Silica Material.

Love of Outdoors Link to Giardiasis.

NZ Men More Likely to Suffer Hearing Loss than Women.

Scientists Welcome Latest Draft Sequences of Rice Genome.

Doctors Search for Parkinson's Disease Genes.

Researchers Develop New Bone Substitute.

Taiwan Hospital Achieves Breakthrough in Infertility Treatment.

Chinese and Vietnamese Scientists Discuss Modernizing Traditional Medicine.

China Made Great Stride in Biotechnology Over Last 15 Years.

First Asian Biotech Summit to be Held in China.

International Biotechnology Exhibition to Kick off in Beijing.

Sino-Canadian Bioscience Lab Set up in Xinjiang.

China Join Hands with Russia, Belarus and Ukraine in Science and Technology.

Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China Urged to Cooperate in Bio-Pharmaceutical Development.

India Seeks More US Funds for Farm R&D.

Incidence of Pulmonary Disease Diagnosed as Asthma High in India.

Japanese Biotech Industry Seeking to Establish Ties with Europe.

Korea Spends Half the Agriculture Budget to Subsidize Farming Sector.

NZ Biotech Sector to Overtake Meat Industry in Eight Years.

Singapore and Japan Strengthen R&D Ties.

Biotechnology in Asia 2002 to be Held in Singapore.

Singapore Sets up New Infectious Diseases Center.

Rising Asthma and Allergy Rates Puzzles Researchers.

Drug Firms Face Rocky Growth.

Prima Secures Two US Patents.

Sanofi to Sue Dr. Reddy's for Generic Version of Plavix.

Monsanto and DuPont Settle GM Seeds Disputes.