Message from
the Director
Dear Valued
Subscribers
As the
year 2008 has just unfolded itself, we would like
to wish everyone a more successful and fruitful year.
Last year has been an extremely busy year for us at
MABIC with many activities and we are anticipating
an equally busy year, if not busier.
We truly
hope all our activities were beneficial and managed
to enhance stakeholders’ understanding of issues
pertaining to biotechnology. A total of twelve events
were organized last year including one in Pakistan,
two in Sabah with Universiti Sabah Malaysia, and one
in Penang with University Malaya and Asian Mycology
Committee. This was part of our effort to spread our
wings to places outside Klang Valley in order to reach
out to a wider audience. Besides events, MABIC actively
participated in various committees and discussion
groups, all with an objective to create an enabling
and conducive environment for research, development
and commercialization.
With your
usual support and encouraging words, we look forward
to greater success this year. We have several plans
for 2008, which are still at the planning stages and
we would be pleased to announce them once they are
finalized.
Dato’
Mukhriz bin Tun Mahathir and Dr. Shermal Perera from
Bioven kick start the feature section for this year
with their interview on drug development, clinical
research, and their vision for Bioven.
All the
best till we meet in the next issue.
Sincerely
Mahaletchumy
Arujanan
Executive Director
