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03/01/2008  Compiled by Jason Andrukaitis

Maximizing outsourcing for compounding sterile preparations

03/01/2008  When responsibility shifts to the contracted facility, qualifying the pharmacy for USP <797> is of the utmost importance.

Compensation mirrors economy

03/01/2008  While Small Times’ latest compensation survey reveals lackluster growth, small-tech salaries are still on the upswing and employers indicate growing need for a broad range of talent.

Press report targets pharma QC in Puerto Rico

03/01/2008  Puerto Rican industry officials report little impact from an early February press report that implied sub-par quality control practices among the island’s drug makers.

Charges filed in contaminated pet food scheme

03/01/2008  The Food and Drug Administration

The forecast: Chilly at first, then warming

03/01/2008  Spring may be around the corner, but the prediction is for a chill to continue for at least the first half of the year.

ISO 14644-6 vocabulary approved as American national standard

03/01/2008  International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard 14644-6, Cleanrooms and controlled environments

Interphex

03/01/2008  PHILADELPHIA MARCH 26-28, 2008 Pennsylvania Convention Center.

What’s everybody doing?

03/01/2008  The number one goal of this publication is to provide our audience of contamination control professionals the very latest and most useful information available.

The state of standards: Nano

03/01/2008  The nanotechnology standards-development race is on, as participants recognize their ability to affect the nascent industry’s future.

Find more online!

03/01/2008  ;inclusion of the annual Small Tech Business Directory—this issue features another one: For the first time, Small Times is supplementing its standard print features with “Web exclusive feature articles” available only online.

Particles

03/01/2008  compiled by Jason Andrukaitis

Hermans leads accelerated MEMS development at IMEC

03/01/2008  There’s much more going on at the Belgian research center IMEC than the relentless pursuit of Moore’s Law and semiconductor process technology scaling.

Fab+Lab

03/01/2008  Equipment, software, and services news for small-tech developers

R+D UPDATE

03/01/2008  News in small-tech research and development

More than IP: Tech transfer for micro/nano commercial success

03/01/2008  Micro and nano tech transfer aims ultimately to result in product or process commercialization.

Designer’s choice

03/01/2008  What’s new in small-tech components, including devices and materials

Coating and deposition: Key for FPOE

03/01/2008  Developers of flexible, printed, and organic electronics (FPOE) products face significant challenges in scaling to true volume production.

A slow road to big impact: small tech in medicine

03/01/2008  Strict regulations and costly ramp up are delaying efforts to bring nano- and MEMS-based medical application to commercial reality.

Stress-free Wafer Probing

03/01/2008  Devices on sophisticated flip chip wafers have greater than 10,000 bumps, and are approaching upwards of 17,000 bumps.