SYDNEY, Dec. 1 --AsiaNet/InfoQuest IDEMA GLOBALIZES... SUNNYVALE, Calif.: The International Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Association (IDEMA USA) and its subsidiary, IDEMA Asia-Pacific, will combine operations with IDEMA Japan to form one global organization, IDEMA. http://www.idema.org AIDS PARTNERSHIP... WASHINGTON: The China Foundation and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), two respected international non-profit organizations, have set up a pilot project for HIV testing, AIDS treatment and training of healthcare professionals in Yuncheng City in China's Shanxi Province, where blood selling of villagers and farmers led to widespread HIV infections and increased number of AIDS cases. http://www.aidshealth.org NAME CHANGE... TORONTO: India's Harbance (Mickey) Kumar, hailed by in-flight BWIA magazine as the pioneer and the most successful moviemaker in the West Indies, has changed his name to Mickey Nivelli. DESIGN PLATFORM... MOUNTAIN VIEW, California and BANGALORE: Synopsys, Inc., the world leader in semiconductor design software, Tuesday announced that Sasken, a world-class embedded telecommunications technology solution provider, has used Synopsys' Galaxy Design Platform to develop a reference flow to enhance the implementation and signoff process for its complex designs. http://www.sasken.com http://www.synopsys.com CANCER DRUG... BASEL: Roche and Genentech, Inc. Tuesday announced that Avastin (bevacizumab, rhuMAb-VEGF), a new innovative anti-angiogenesis drug, has shown for the first time that it significantly increases survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer when used in combination with a standard oxaliplatin-containing chemotherapy regimen. http://www.roche.com http://www.gene.com http://www.health-kiosk.ch (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)