SYDNEY, Aug. 17 -- AsiaNet
SANDOZ ACQUISITION...
BASEL: Novartis AG announced today that its Sandoz generics
business unit has completed the acquisition of Sabex Holdings
Ltd., a leading Canadian generics pharmaceutical manufacturer
in a US$565 million cash transaction that officially closed on
August 13.
http://www.novartis.com
OMNITECH HOLDINGS...
SYDNEY: Omnitech Holdings Limited has announced 2004 interim
results for the six months ended 30 June 2004.
GENTRIS CORP...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C: Gentris Corporation, a service
provider of pharmacogenomic testing, today announced the
signing of a preferred vendor and master services agreement
with Quintiles Transnational Japan K.K., a service provider to
the pharmaceutical industry in Japan.
http://www.gentris.com
SVMDA SESSION...
ALMATY: The Senior Officials Committee of the Conference on
Interaction and Trust Measures in Asia (SVMDA) is to be in
session from August 16 till August 19 to make arrangements for
the SVMDA member-states' foreign ministers meeting scheduled
for October.
http://www.prime-tass.ru
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of FOUR securities issues amounting to a total of
US$166.556 million on various dates at a redemption price equal
to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
PRA INTERNATIONAL...
MCLEAN, Va: PRA International (PRA), a clinical research
organization (CROs), today announced the launch of its new
Pediatric Clinical Development and Research Center in Lenexa,
Kansas.
http://www.prainternational.com
AMTEL CORP...
SAN JOSE & SAN DIEGO, Calif: Building on Atmel Corporation's
recently announced Z-Link product, the company is pleased to
announce it has reached an agreement with wireless software
leader, Figure 8 Wireless, Inc., to integrate Figure 8's ZigBee
protocol software with Atmel's 802.15.4 compliant Z-Link chip
set.
www.f8w.com
www.zigbee.org
MR GAY.COM...
SAN FRANCISCO: Gay.com, a flagship website of PlanetOut
Inc., an online media company offering consumer services, news
and entertainment to more than 3.3 million active members
around the world, today announced the five regional winners who
will compete for a $25,000 grand prize in the international Mr.
Gay.com 2004 contest.
http://www.planetout.com
STEELE FOUNDATION...
HONG KONG: The Steele Foundation, a full-service risk
management provider in the private security industry, announced
today that it has reinforced its presence in Asia with the
launch of Steele Asia Pacific Ltd., increasing its global
network to over twenty strategic business centers on five
continents.
http://www.steelefoundation.com
WISEKEY OFFERING...
PARIS: WISeKey Offers Federated Identity Solutions on the
Windows Server 2003 Platform WISeKey develops applications for
organizations that require a layer of security higher than is
typically available in the market -- in sectors such as
government, finance and defense.
http://www.wisekey.com
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