Sydney--14 May--Asianet/InfoQuestTAIWAN OFFICE... PARIS and TAIPEI: As a result of Miyowa's initial success in Asia, the company Monday opening its regional office in Taipei, to assist the growing number of customers that are deploying its flagship product MoveMessenger. http://www.miyowa.com GTRONIX RAISES... FREMONT, Calif.: GTronix, the innovator of Smart Analog for Sensory Processing, Monday announced that it has secured $10 million in funding in a round led by JAFCO Ventures; existing investor Menlo Ventures also participated. http://www.gtronix.com http://www.jafco.com NEW PRESIDENT... NEW YORK: Nick Colucci has been appointed President and CEO of Publicis Healthcare Communications Group, replacing Ed Rady, his mentor and colleague for the past 11 years. http://www.publicishealthcare.com FORTENT OPENS... NEW YORK: Fortent, a provider of compliance technology, information, and training, Monday announced the opening of its company office in Japan. MYLAN ACQUIRES... PITTSBURGH: Mylan Laboratories Inc. and Merck KGaA Sunday announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which Mylan will acquire Merck's generics business for EUR 4.9 billion ($6.7 billion) in an all-cash transaction. http://www.mylan.com CRYTEK ANNOUNCES... FRANKFURT and KIEV: Crytek GmbH, the leading independent German game developer behind the critically acclaimed game Far Cry and the highly anticipated game Crysis, Friday announced the elevation of their satellite offices in Kiev to full development studio status as the next strategic step in the growth of the company, and the launch of a new project based on neworiginal IP. http://www.crytek.com EMBRAER DELIVERS... SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS: Embraer has delivered its first EMBRAER 190 jet to Taipei-based Mandarin Airlines. http://www.embraer.com.br NEW PARTNER... NEW YORK: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Friday announced that John E. Sorkin will join the Firm as a corporate partner in the Mergers and Acquisitions practice in New York. http://www.friedfrank.com FANNIE PRICES... WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae Friday priced $1.0 billion of Benchmark REMIC Trust 2007-B2, Class AB, CUSIP 31396V2P2, a Guaranteed Maturity Class (GMC) with a class coupon of 5.500 percent and a final maturity date of December 28, 2020. http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of three securities issues amounting to a total of US$54.078 million on May 21 and 23, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com MARS UNIFIES... MCLEAN, Va.: Mars Incorporated Friday announced plans to unify its regional corporate brands under the single corporate brand name, Mars. http://www.cnc-communications.com MERSANA APPOINTS... CAMBRIDGE, Ma.: Mersana Therapeutics, a cancer therapeutics company, Friday announced the appointment of Robert J. Fram, M.D., F.A.C.P. in the newly created position of Chief Medical Officer. http://www.mersana.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.