Biogen Idec (BIIB) and Isis Pharmaceuticals have entered into an exclusive, worldwide option and collaboration agreement, pursuant to which the companies will develop and commercialize a novel antisense drug for the treatment of myotonic ...
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BSD Medical, a provider of ablation equipments, has received approval in Russian Federation to market its BSD-2000 Hyperthermia system configurations and BSD-500 Hyperthermia system. To expand the commercialization, BSD has partnered with ...
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Shire and Boston Children's Hospital have formed a three-year, broad research collaboration to develop new therapies to treat rare pediatric diseases. As part of the agreement, Shire will make an initial upfront payment to Boston ...
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Indian pharmaceutical company Cipla has named Subhanu Saxena as its new chief executive officer, effective 1 February 2013. Saxena worked with various companies including Citicorp, The Boston Consulting Group, PepsiCo and most recently ...
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Recently, the forty-sixth International World Steel Association, as well as the third Steelies prize presentation, was held in India. The two projects Baosteel declared: LCA excellent case and thermal state blast furnace slag for direct ...
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1. Tunnel of lights Japan: Display dazzels with millions of solar powered LEDs A Tunnel of lights in Japan dazzles visitors with millions of LED lights, according to a Nov. 10 report from The Inquisitor. There are seven million LED ...
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The release of GAN-on-silicon LED chips in China presents a lower-cost alternative that is comparable in quality to mainstream products based on sapphire and SiC substrates. R&D work leveraging the advantages of silicon substrates has ...
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PHOENIX (Nov. 5, 10:30 p.m. ET) -- Flambeau Medical Markets Group is investing in excess of $2.5 million and moving into the medical device contract manufacturing business as part of its plan to grow sales of the group to $100 million by ...
Everspin Technologies today announced what it is calling the industry's first Spin-Torque Magnetoresistive RAM(ST-MRAM)chip,which offers an alternative to non-volatile DRAM sub systems. Everspin said the new memory type is not targeted to ...
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To promote the commercialization of LED lighting, South Korea's Knowledge Economy Ministry announced in 2006 a "15/30" plan, which means to achieve 30% LED lighting commercialization by 2015. The ministry later announced a "20/60" plan in ...
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The latest devolopments in the OLED lighting space will be one of the major topics at the forthcoming Printed Electronics USA 2012 conference & exhibition. The event, being held on December 5-6 in the heart of silicon valley at ...
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Two AU Optronics (AUO) subsidiaries, Lextar and Wellypower, are set to merge. According to David Su, chairman of Lextar, the only overlapping technology between the two firms is packaging. Wellypower currently has CCFL and SMD LED products ...
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Laser Light Engines, Inc. (LLE), the leader in laser illumination for high-brightness digital projection, announced $9 million in venture funding in September, with an additional $6 million anticipated from new investors. "This new funding ...
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Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) recently announced plans to subsidize household LED light bulbs, but, there are no unified standards that measure the energy-saving qualities of LED light bulbs. Providing incentives under these ...
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Commentary:Short-term subsidization will not help LED industry in the long run Siu Han,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Friday 19 October 2012]Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs(MOEA)recently announced plans to subsidize household LED light ...
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