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Australia — Patent Problem for Australian Professor Ian Frazer. Australia — Prana co-Founding Scientist, Professor Colin Masters, Receives Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer's Disease Research. Australia — Australia's Topical Pain Relief Lotion to be Exported to Asia and Europe. China — China Media Networks International Inc Changes Name to Medical Solutions Management Inc. China — Joint Study Shows Genetically Modified Cotton Less Profitable in China. China — Important Progress in Functional Genomics Research. China — Promotion of China International Innovation Park of Biotechnology and Medicine. China — Chinese and British Experts Break the Genetic Code. China — 6th Award of Prizes for Young Scientists of China. China — Steady Progress in China's Research on Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering. China — CAS, Karolinska Institutet to Strengthen Collaboration. India — India to Host CPHi —World's Largest Pharmaceutical Convention. India — India Approves a Phase II Study by Napo Pharmaceuticals of Crofelemer. India — Overseas Firms Granted Hundreds of Patents on Yoga in US, Europe. India — India's Polio Outbreak. Indonesia — Bird Flu Cases in Indonesia. Japan — Eisai Commences US Legal Action over Aricept. Japan — Japan's Daiichi Sankyo Sues Mylan over Drug Patent. Japan — Ono Pharm/Medarex Commences Clinical Trials for Cancer Drug. Korea — South Korea to Inject US$846m into Biotech Research. Singapore — New Biomedical Sciences Executive Committee Established to Lead Phase 2 of Singapore's Biomedical Sciences Initiative. Singapore — Singapore Scientists Find Gene that Causes Blindness in Kids. Singapore — Cancer Doctor Honored by American Society of Clinical Oncology. Taiwan — Taiwan Considering Medicine Research Center Proposal. Thailand — Avian Influenza in Thailand. Bangladesh — Bangladesh Immunizes Against Polio.