Asia-Pacific Biotech News

Australia — Australia Ends Ban on Embryo Cloning for Research.

Australia — Australia Government Allocates A$500 million for Science.

Australia — Gardasil Immunization Program in Australia from Next Year.

China — AIDS Patients to be Compensated for Blood Infection.

China — New AIDS Therapy More Effective.

China — Changzhou National Hi-Tech District Creates Alliance with Samara Province in Russia For Joint Construction Of Science & Technology Park.

Hong Kong — New CRO in Hong Kong to Feed China.

Hong Kong — Botanical Medicine Company Chi-Med Collaborates with Merck.

India — Indian Pharmaceuticals Agree to Supply Cheaper Drugs for Children with AIDS.

India — British Pharmacopoeia Officials to Hold Talks with Indian officials.

India — Indian Government to Set Up Five Institutes to Boost Pharma R&D.

South Korea — South Korea Reports on its Second Outbreak of Bird Flu.

Singapore — Scientists will Perform Research Work on New Stem Cell Bank.

Singapore — Scientists Discover New Path for Malaria Drug.

Singapore — Singapore's Fusionopolis Phase 2A Sells Out.

Singapore — Singapore Ministries to Tackle Rise in AIDS Number.

Singapore — A*STAR-Karolinska Symposium on Immunology.

Singapore — Singapore to Set Up Two Biomed R&D Centers.

Singapore — Human Embroynic Stem Cells Research in Singapore.

Thailand — Thai Health Ministry To Issue Compulsory License For Merck's HIV/AIDS Drug Efavirenz.

Others — Gardisil Research in Britain.

Others — World Bank Says More Funding Needed to Fight Bird Flu.

It is clear that some of the greatest intellectual challenges of the 21st century will center around biological sciences and medicine. Lipidomics is a new 'omics.' Although this name was coined only recently, the importance of the systems biology of lipids is now widely recognized.

Yangtze River Pharmacy Group Co.

WuXi PharmaTech Co Ltd. Announces Expanded Agreement With Merck & Co Inc.

Reddy's Laboratories to Launch Polypill to Treat CVD.

Immunicon Corporation and Eisai Company, Ltd. Entering into Research Agreement for Biomarker Development.

Japan's Bioventures Today - Chiome Bioscience, Inc.

Lonza and Bio*One Capital Invest in Second Large Scale Commercial Mammalian Cell Culture Plant in Singapore.

CyGenics Asian Healthcare Presence Expanded in Indonesia.

Health Active Properties of Commercially Available Functional Tools.

Traditional Polynesian Medicinal Plant — Noni.

First Asia Pacific Declaration for Chronic Pain Relief to Solve its Major Health Crisis.

The 1997 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics — Professor Steve Chu.