Asia-Pacific Biotech News

Australia — New Cooperative Research Center for Cancer Therapeutics in Melbourne.

Australia — WEHI Collaborates with Genentech to Develop New Cancer Drugs.

Australia — Australia Prepares to Vaccinate its Entire Population Against Bird Flu.

China — China Revokes Licenses of 160 Drug Firms.

China — Three More National Laboratories to be Set up at CAS.

China — Covance Expands Operations in China.

China — CAS Launches a New Round of Academician Selection with Strict Procedures.

China — China Slashes Cost of Overpriced Drugs.

China — New Diabetic Drug Manufactured in Shanghai.

Japan — Japan Confirms 32nd Mad Cow Case.

Japan — New Bird Flu Outbreak Suspected in Japan.

Indonesia — Indonesia to Declare Bird Flu a National Disaster.

Indonesia — Baxter Collaborates with the Indonesian Government.

Indonesia — Indonesia Develops a Bird Flu Vaccine.

India — India to Carry Out First Multi-centric Clinical Trial with Stem Cells.

India — Lotus Labs and Labindia Team Up to Build a Clinical Research Academy.

India — Bangalore to Build Knowledge City.

India — Indian Companies to Bid for Merck's Generics Business.

India — India and Croatia Pledge One million Euros for Scientific Research.

India — India to Lead in Global Stem Cell Market by 2010.

India — Biotech Leaders Receive Indian Government Awards.

Malaysia — Malaysia Opens a New Laboratory for Hazardous Disease Research.

Philippines — Philippines Bans Imports of Live Birds and Poultry from Japan.

Singapore — Singapore Keeping up Vigilance Against Infectious Diseases.

Singapore — Singapore Health Ministry Considering Legislation on Biomedical Research.

Singapore — TNT Appoints Onno Boots as South East Asia's Regional Managing Director.

South Korea — South Korea Aims to Become Top 10 Science Nation by 2010.

Taiwan — Taiwan Works on Bird Flu Vaccine.

Taiwan — Taiwan Introduces World's First DNA chip.

Thailand — Bird Flu Strikes in Thailand Again.

Thailand — Thai Pharma Industry Against Thai Government's Decision to Produce Generic Drugs.

A Short Biodata of Dr Chung-Hsuan Winston Chen.

Professor Judith A. Whitworth — Director of the John Curtin School of Medical Research and Howard Florey Professor of Medical Research at the Australian National University.

Using Biodiversity Information Effectively.

CS Trail Closure Statement Unaffects VivaGel™ Clinical Trails Progress.

Living Cell Technologies to Run World's First Xenotransplantation Trial in Diabetes without Immunosuppression.

China Medical Technologies Inc—A Medical Device Company.

Sinovac Biotech to Increase Stake in China Subsidiary.

Aurigene Collaborates With Forest Labs.

Transgene Biotek Developing Oral Vaccine to Fight Diabetes.

ImClone and Bristol-Myers Team up for Cancer Treatment in Japan.

Japan Bioventures Today—Medical ProteoScope Co Ltd.

Fluidigm Launches Biomedical Product Development Center.

Singular ID Launches Enxure On-Line Portal with the Delivery of Two Enxure Evaluation Kits.

Taiwan Develops New Biochip Technology.

Scientists Develop Cost-effective Nuclear Medicine Kit.

Protein Found Key to Human Flu Transmission.

IMCB Partners with Hitachi for Better Diagnostics.

Creating Safer and Cheaper Therapeutic Options for Stem Cells.

Opening of NUS Center for Life Sciences.