SYDNEY--8 Apr--AsiaNet/InfoQuest WYETH SINGAPORE... MADISON, New Jersey and Tuas - Wyeth has announced it willinvest US$96 million to expand its existing nutritionalmanufacturing facility in Tuas, Singapore. www.wyeth.com FRAGRANCE COMMUNICATION... TOKYO - NTT Communications has announced it will conduct apilot test of its new Mobile Fragrance Communication service, amobile version of an existing service for enjoying downloadedaudiovisual content together with specific fragrances that areemitted by a dedicated device. The pilot test will run fromApril 10 to 20. www.ntt.com PACNET INTERNET... SINGAPORE - Pacnet Internet Limited has announced that theBoard of Directors of the Company, in response to the offer byPacnet Limited, together with its principal shareholder andultimate control person, to purchase all issued ordinary sharesof the Company at a purchase price of US$11.20 net in cash pershare, without interest, is expressing no opinion to theCompany's shareholders with respect to the Offer or the OfferPrice. www.pacnet.com INTERWOVEN OPTIMIZATION... SINGAPORE - Interwoven, Inc. has announced it is launchingthe recently acquired Optimost real-time multivariable testingand Website optimization capabilities in the Asia-Pacificregion. The Interwoven Optimost Website optimization solutionallows companies to get more from their existing customeracquisition and Website investments by maximizing onlineconversion rates. www.interwoven.com ICERA SIRIFIC... BRISTOL - Icera Inc., the leader in software definedwireless modem chipsets, has announced that it has signed adefinitive agreement to merge with Sirific Wireless, a fablesssemiconductor company specializing in advanced CMOS RFtransceivers. www.icerasemi.com www.sirific.com BNY MELLON... SINGAPORE - BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, the global leader insecurities servicing, has been awarded the title of 'BestGlobal Custodian' in Asia in The Asset magazine's Triple ATransaction Banking Awards 2008. www.bnymellon.com MICREL LDOS... SAN JOSE, California - Micrel Inc. has launched the MIC533132/33 a new dual channel micro-power LDO regulator familyideally suited for today's power-hungry, battery-poweredelectronics including mobile phones, PDAs, MP3 players,personal navigation devices, digital still cameras and handheldinstruments. www.micrel.com WIND ENERGY... PUNE - The US$2.1 billion Kalyani Group, the leader in theauto component sector in India, today announced that FirstReserve Corporation, the leading energy-focused private equityfirm has invested in Kenersys, the newly-formed integrated windenergy company focused on design, assembly and marketing ofwind turbine generators. www.firstreserve.com GALDERMA COLLAGENEX... LAUSANNE - Galderma Pharma S.A., a global specialtypharmaceutical company focused on dermatology, today announcedthat its U.S. holding company, Galderma Laboratories, Inc., hascompleted its all cash tender offer for CollaGenexPharmaceuticals, Inc. www.galderma.com www.collagenex.com ATMEL SECURITY... SAN JOSE, California - Atmel Corporation has announced theavailability of its FingerChip Security Chipset which providesa highly secure, high performance, small and cost effectivebiometric solution. www.atmel.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$80million on April 17, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com THERMO FISHER... WALTHAM, Massachusetts - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., theworld leader in serving science, has introduced its firstChinese-language catalog targeted specifically to markets inChina. The new Fisher Scientific China Laboratory SuppliesGuide includes an extensive portfolio of products suited to theneeds of customers in research, testing and processingfacilities in China. www.thermofisher.com www.fishersci.com.cn FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON - The following is being issued by Fannie Mae: 2 Year Pricing Date: April 9, 2008 Settlement Date: April 11, 2008 Maturity Date: May 20, 2010 Issue Size: US$3 billion Coupon: TBD Payment Dates: Each May 20th and November 20th, beginning May20, 2008 CUSIP: 31398APV8 Listing: Application will be made to list the securities on theEuroMTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange www.fanniemae.com STIEFEL APPOINTMENT... CORAL GABLES, Florida - Stiefel Laboratories, Inc., theworld's largest independent pharmaceutical company specializingin dermatology, today announced Gavin Corcoran, M.D., FACP, hasbeen promoted to the newly created position of chief scientificofficer. www.stiefel.com DARA BIOSCIENCES... RALEIGH, North Carolina - DARA BioSciences has announcedthat the audit report accompanying the financial statements forthe fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, as included in theCompany's Annual Report on 10-K filed on March 31, 2008,contained a going concern qualification. www.darabio.com ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS... ROTKREUZ - Roche Diagnostics announced today that theElecsys Anti-HCV assay has received regulatory approval inEurope for the E 170 analyzer for MODULAR ANALYTICS and the e601 module for the cobas 6000 platform. www.roche.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.