09/01/2006 August 22, 2006 -- /MARKET WIRE/ -- SAN DIEGO, CA -- Althea Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of innovative technologies and services for pharmaceutical development and manufacturing, announced today that it has been awarded a contract from Altus Pharmaceuticals Inc. to produce its ALTU-238 product candidate.
09/01/2006 August 22, 2006 -- /MasterControl/ -- SALT LAKE CITY UT USA -- Validation of electronic record-keeping systems is critical to overall FDA compliance. The principle behind 21 CFR Part 11's validation requirement is to ensure accuracy, reliability, and consistent intended performance of the system and to determine invalid or altered records.
09/01/2006 August 23, 2006 -- /PRNewswire/ -- ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- At a ceremony held today at its Englewood-based world headquarters, Baxa Corporation opened its state-of-the- art STAR (Skills Training, Academics and Resources) Center for pharmacy and cleanroom skills training.
09/01/2006 Philips Semiconductors will be renamed NXP, founded by Philips, becoming an independent entity from Royal Philips after 53 years in operation. NXP will remain headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
09/01/2006 September 1, 2006 - Hynix Semiconductor Inc. reportedly will invest $250 million to add a new NAND flash memory production line and hire 100 new employees at its DRAM chipmaking facility in Eugene, OR, according to local reports.
09/01/2006 September 1, 2006 - ASAT Holdings Ltd. has appointed Tung Kok Li as acting CEO effective immediately, succeeding Robert Gange who has resigned citing personal reasons, but will serve as a consultant during a transition period.
09/01/2006 September 1, 2006 - The former semiconductor unit of Royal Philips Electronics, recently sold to a group of equity firms for 8.3 billion euros (about US $10.6 billion), has been relaunched as a new company, NXP ("Next Experience"). The firm will remain headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
09/01/2006 August 18, 2006 -- /FDA News/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today ordered Donor Referral Services (DRS), a human tissue-recovery firm, of Raleigh, NC, and its owner, Philip Guyett, to immediately cease all manufacturing operations, and to retain human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based products (HCT/Ps) after an inspection found serious deficiencies in its manufacturing practices, including those governing donor screening and record keeping.
09/01/2006 September 1, 2006 - MOSAID Technologies Inc. has added two more patents to its infringement claims against Micron Technology Inc., Powerchip Semiconductor Corp., and ProMOS Technologies, centering on DRAM technologies including word line drivers, supply charge pump and regulators, and delayed locked-loop implementations.
09/01/2006 Seeing is believing, at least for the Guinness Book of World Records, which recently turned down a submission from a team of University of Texas students who spent months building a three-dimensional, seven-micron-tall American flag that they claim is the world’s smallest.
09/01/2006 Manufacturers and other MEMS players have come to realize the importance of incorporating packaging into the design and manufacturing process.
09/01/2006 On a stifling hot summer day in New England, Dan Coughlin probably likes nothing better than the shade of a nearby nanotech fabrication laboratory.
