Contents

BioBoard

India
•  Zinc Treatment for Infections in Children

Japan
•  Japan Pharma Portfolio Finds Renewed Strength through Record Growth in 2012
•  Joint Development of a Novel Lyophilized Dual Chamber Prefillable Syringe System
•  A Genetic Alternative to Fertilizer

Singapore
•  Made-in-Singapore H5N1 Bird Flu Diagnostic Kit - Detects All Known Strains of H5N1 Virus with a Single Test

Thailand
•  KEEEN, Thai Bioremediation Product, Awarded Gold Medal for “Bioremediation Agent developed to Greenovation Product”

USA
•  FEI Launches ‘Living Lab’ for Structural Biology Research at NIH
•  Synthetic Platelets Built to Treat Bleeding
•  Software Scans Tongue for Signs of Disease
•  US Legislation Will Ensure Tighter Checks on Foreign Drug Factories

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

FEATURES
•  The Appearance and Development of Commercial Laboratories in China
•  Independent Medical Laboratories in China - A Sunrise Industry under the Circumstances of Healthcare Reformation
•  Tracing the Rise of KingMed and its Future Route – A Correspondence with Hongbo Li
•  Establishment of IML Quality Managerial System in China32 The Collaboration between IML and Community Medical Hospitals: Supplementary Service with Tests, Technologies and Beyond
•  The Collaboration between IML and Major Medical Institutions – Supplement Service with Esoteric Testing
•  Notice from Ministry of Health on Printing and Distributing “Basic Standards for Medical Laboratory (on Trial)” – Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China

Review
•  Painting at the Molecular Level
•  A Peek at Brazil and Chile’s Healthcare Sectors – An Investor’s Perspective
•  An Industry Perspective NO PAIN, NO GAIN – Frost and Sullivan analyzes the underlying forces behind the pain management market potential in Asia.

Inside Industry
•  Big Pharma in legal battles for monopoly prices in India
•  Aeterna Zentaris: Phase 3 Data for Perifosine in Colorectal Cancer Presented at ASCO Meeting
•  Vietnam partners with Australia to combat TB
•  Artemisinin resistance emerged on Thai-Myanmar border 'years ago'
•  Research and License agreements between National Cheng Kung University and Novo Nordisk A/S

•  Conference Calendar