04/21/2006 April 19, 2006 -- /MARKET WIRE/ -- PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- (PRODUCE SAFETY AND SECURITY INTERNATIONAL, INC. (OTC: PDSC) ("PDSC"), a sanitation disinfectant process supplier to the food and medical industries, today announced the initiative to increase the awareness to the multi billion dollar Beef and Dairy Industry of Produce Safety's "Food Safe" applications and suite of solutions.
04/21/2006 April 21, 2006 -- NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Alistagen Corp., a New York City-based biotechnology company, announced today that Caliwel(tm), a non-toxic, natural mineral-based, anti-microbial surface coating, has received U.S. retail market clearance from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
04/21/2006 April 18, 2006 -- /MARKET WIRE/ -- AUSTIN, Texas -- Austin Community College (ACC) and SEMATECH today announced the launch of a $4 million, multi-year program to train technicians and engineers in nanoelectronics, including internships in the Advanced Technology Development Facility (ATDF).
04/21/2006 April 18, 2006 -- /BUSINESS WIRE/ -- SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Silver nanoparticles are emerging as one of the fastest growing product categories in the Nanotechnology industry, according to Bourne Research (http://www.bourneresearch.com).
04/21/2006 April 19, 2006 -- /MEDICAL INDUSTRY E-MAIL NEWS SERVICE(TM)/ -- TAMPA, Fla. -- ISPE today announced its next series of conferences focusing on current case studies, best practices and regulatory challenges in areas such as Barrier Isolation Technology, PAT, Development of Pilot Plant Facilities and Advanced Clinical Materials.
04/20/2006 April 20, 2006 - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has developed a 2GB MultiMediaCard with four 4Gbit NAND flash devices, the highest capacity card for mobile phones.
04/20/2006 April 20, 2006 - The market for power transistors, which accounts for half of the discrete semiconductor market, will swell to record levels over the two years, due to demand for devices to keep chips operating at peak efficiency but at low voltages, according to IC Insights Inc.
04/20/2006 April 20, 2006 - Nanochip Inc. has secured $10 million in funding from sources including Intel Capital, to support its push toward commercialization of MEMS-based data storage chips.
04/20/2006 April 20, 2006 - Cymer Inc., San Diego, CA, posted a profit of $20.6 million in 1Q06, a whopping 283% increase over a year ago, on 50% higher sales of $127.1 million.
04/20/2006 April 5, 2006 -- /Millipore/ -- BILLERICA, Mass. -- Millipore Corporation (NYSE:MIL), a leading provider of products and services that improve productivity in the laboratory and in biopharmaceutical manufacturing, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Newport Bio Systems, a provider of process containers used in biopharmaceutical production.
04/20/2006 April 18, 2006 -- /MEDICAL INDUSTRY E-MAIL NEWS SERVICE(TM)/ -- COSTA MESA Calif. -- The FDA will be holding a public meeting in fall 2006, designed to gather information about current developments in uses of nanotechnology materials in FDA regulated products.
04/20/2006 April 11, 2006 -- /MEDICAL INDUSTRY E-MAIL NEWS SERVICE(TM)/ -- IRVINE Calif. -- Noblitt & Rueland today announced its regulatory seminar schedule for June & July 2006, with all events to be held at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim CA USA.
04/20/2006 April 11, 2006 -- /PRNewswire/ -- ST. LOUIS -- Following warnings from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about increased reports of a serious eye fungus among Americans, doctors of optometry from the American Optometric Association's (AOA) Contact Lens and Cornea Section urge contact lens wearers to take proper precautions to prevent the potentially sight-threatening eye infection called Fusarium keratitis.
04/20/2006 April 11, 2006 -- /M+W Zander/ -- Stuttgart -- Jenoptik AG, Jena, has sold its shares in M+W Zander Holding AG, Stuttgart, to the investment group Springwater Capital, Geneva/London.
04/20/2006 April 11, 2006 -- /MARKET WIRE/ -- SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Tulip BioMed, Inc., formerly known as Cell Bio-Systems, Inc. (OTC: CBSI), a developer of medical devices and patented technologies for the living tissue markets, including plastic, cosmetic, and orthopedic surgeries, today launched a new ecommerce site where it will merchandise its new disposable instruments and accessories for the surgical and hospital markets: www.tulipdisposable.com.
04/20/2006 April 13, 2006 -- /FDA News/ -- Coral Springs, Fla. -- Boca Medical Products, Inc., of Coral Springs, Florida is initiating a recall of 3984 boxes of Ultilet Insulin Syringe 30g 1/2cc product lot number 5GEXI as displayed on the inner case.
04/20/2006 April 13, 2006 -- /IEST/ -- ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. -- The Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (IEST) announces that they will be taking participants for the ANSI-accredited U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to ISO Technical Committee (TC) 142, Cleaning equipment for air and other gases.
04/20/2006 April 14, 2006 -- /IEST/ -- ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. -- The Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (IEST) has issued Contamination Control Recommended Practice IEST-RP-CC0027.2, Personnel Practices and Procedures in Cleanrooms and Controlled Environments.
04/20/2006 April 18, 2006 -- SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Many medical device firms receive Form 483 citations from the FDA because of issues related to quality audits, corrective and preventive actions, employee training records, documentation control, etc.