Asia-Pacific Biotech News

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.

China Releases New Regulations on Joint Venture Medical Institutions.

China to Clear up Drug Ads.

China Standardizes Production of TCM.

India Reforms Drug Patent Laws.

New Food Safety Authority on the Cards.

SolarScan for Earlier Skin Cancer Detection.

Laser Surgery to Boost Twin-twin Transfusion Syndrome.

Human Trial Shows Production of Tumor Specific Immune Cells.

China Cultivates Selenium-rich Fungus with Anti-cancer Promise.

AIDS Vaccine Raises Many Questions.

Consanguineous Marriages Poses Deafness Risk.

Korean Scientists to Use DNA Chips for Cancer Study.

Drug Boosts Healing of Leg Ulcers.

Trials to Remove Nitrogen in Effluent Run Off.

Pre-emptive Cancer Surgery May Save Lives.

Taiwanese Researcher Find Tea May Strengthen Bones.

TCM Database Set up in China.

TCM Switches to Substitutes for Animal Parts.

Slimming Pill Withdrawn after Adverse Reactions in Users.

Research Facility at Macquarie University Joins International Proteomic Alliance.

Public Databases have Errors and no Quick Fix.

Genetic Viability of Australian Grasslands and Heathlands.

China Drafts Biotechnology Accord with Brazil.

China Calls for Closer Cooperation with US in Biomedical Research.

Opportunities in China's Biomedicine Industry.

China Aims to Be Leading Pharmacy Processing Center.

Geneticist Tsui Lap Chee Appointed as Vice Chancellor of University of Hong Kong.

India to Start Growing Pest-resistant Cotton.

Health Ministry Confirms Fourth Mad Cow Case.

Importance of Japanese Funding to Rice Genomics.

Bio Expo Korea 2002 Scheduled for September.

Korea Establishes an Arctic Science Base.

The Sciences not Popular among Korean Students.

Soya Bean the Only GM Food in the Malaysian Market.

Fear Prevents AIDS Patients from Getting Cheaper Treatment.

Biotech Industry Receives Big Funding.

Genome Institute of Singapore Moves to New Facility.

Scientist Lays out his Vision for the Life Sciences in Singapore.

Industry Conference on Lab Design and Management.

Singapore and University of Washington form Bioengineering Alliance.

Taiwan Hsinchu Science Park's March Trade Highest in One Year.

New Drug for ED Going on Sale Soon.

Traders Urged to Market Higher Quality Rice.

Hybrid Rice Meeting in Vietnam.

Bionomics Files Patent Application for Epilepsy Gene Discoveries.

Providing Food Security to Central and South Asia.