The Asia-Pacific Federation for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine News 2013, now available, gives an update on APFCB and IFCC activities in the region. Included is a report by July Kumalawati on the 13th APFCB Congress held in Bali, as well as the Member Societies' 2013 Annual activity reports. An article on the Importance of Warfarin Genotyping in Asians completes the issue.