SYDNEY--12 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuestSTROKE WEBSITE... MACCLESFIELD - A new resource which aims to help healthcare professionalsunderstand more about acute ischemic stroke and the potential therapeuticapproach of neuroprotection was launched in September 2006 by AstraZeneca, http://www.novelneuroprotection.com . http://www.novelneuroprotection.com I-NAMES AND... SEATTLE - Cordance, operator of the i-names digital identity addressregistry, announced at Digital ID World 2006 that all i-name registrars("i-brokers") will now support the new OpenID Web authentication protocol. http://www.inames.net http://xri.net/=drummond.reed ATMEL LAUNCHES... HEILBRONN - Atmel Corporation, a global leader in the development andfabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced theavailability of the new ATA6826 driver IC, the first such product inhigh-voltage BCD-SOI technology (SMARTIS) available on the market. http://www.atmel.com http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card.asp?family _ id=606&family_name=A MICREL LAUNCHES... SAN JOSE, Calif. - Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, high bandwidthcommunications and Ethernet IC solutions, released a series of new AnyRate andsingle-rate Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) IC solutions. http://www.micrel.com INDUCTIS RELEASES... NEW YORK - Inductis, a global management consulting and analytics servicesfirm serving Fortune 500 clients in the US has released a White Paper on'Emerging Trends in Auto Insurance Pricing'. http://www.inductis.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of securities issues amounting to a total of US$225 million November 24, 2010 onat a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemedplus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com SOYLINK RECEIVES... SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - SoyLink, a limited liability company in Oskaloosa, Iowa,and subsidiary of the Broin Companies, announced that the company has beenissued a patent through the United States Patent and Trademark Office thatcovers proprietary technology used to produce SoyLink's line of highlyfunctional soybean protein powders. http://www.broin.com PANACEA PHARMACEUTICALS... GAITHERSBURG, Md. - Panacea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has launched its CLIAcompliant diagnostic testing laboratory, Panacea Laboratories. PanaceaLaboratories will provide blood, serum and tissue tests to diagnose and monitorcancer. http://www.PanaceaPharma.com http://www.panacea-labs.com OTIS WINS... FARMINGTON, Conn. - Otis Elevator Company, a unit of United TechnologiesCorp., won two contracts valued at more than US $14 million to supply andinstall 136 escalators and 41 elevators for the Number 10 Line of the BeijingSubway. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060912/NETU015 http://www.otis.com ACTIVIDENTITY PLANS... FREMONT, Calif. - ActivIdentity Corporation, a global leader in digitalidentification for government and enterprise, announced its plan to support theemerging ISO/IEC 24727 smart card interoperability framework standard as it isfinalized and approved by the International Organization for Standardization(ISO). http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051108/SFTU161LOGO http://www.actividentity.com http://photoarchive.ap.org (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)