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eonardo Biosystems, Inc. and NanoMedical Systems, Inc. (NMS), two emerging drug delivery
companies, have signed a development contract in which NMS will develop and establish a commercial process to manufacture nanoporous silicon particles for Leonardo’s multi-stage drug delivery system.
“NMS’s familiarity with silicon materials and their capability to do the work under an FDA-compliant quality system makes them an ideal partner,” said Bruce D. Given, M.D., CEO of Leonardo Biosystems. “Creation of a commercial-scale manufacturing pro- cess compliant with regulatory requirements is on the critical path for Leonardo to translate its exciting ani- mal proof of concept data into clinical reality. With NMS as a partner, we look forward to moving ahead aggressively with our development program.”
Leonardo is a portfolio company of Arrowhead Re- search Corporation (NASDAQ: ARWR).
http://www.leonardobiosystems.com http://www.NanoMedSys.com
L iquidmetal® Technologies Inc. (OTCBB:LQMT) announced a strategic partnership with Materion
Brush Inc., a unit of Mayfield Heights, Ohio-based Materion Corporation (NYSE: MTRN). With 2011 revenues expected to be approximately $1.55 billion, Materion is a leading global producer of advanced materials and services. As a part of the Certified Liquidmetal Partners Program, Materion will con- tribute alloy production technologies in partnership with Liquidmetal and other Certified Liquidmetal Partners to ensure that customers are provided con-
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agForce AG (FSE: MF6), Germany, announced that Merchant Securities Limited has initiated
research coverage on the company.
Moreover, MagForce and Delrus Inc., a leading Rus- sian medical product distribution company, signed a Letter of Intent (LOI). The LOI outlines a collabora- tion focusing on an exclusive distribution agreement for NanoTherm®
therapy in the Russian Federation
sistently high quality products and support services. Under terms of the partnership agreement, Materion will produce Liquidmetal alloy materials for use in making customer parts. The partnership will allow Liquidmetal to contribute and collaborate on R&D as well as leverage Materion‘s extensive production facilities around the world.
28th to December 2nd in Fukuoka, Japan, Kaneka and imec present silver-free heterojunction silicon solar cells. The results were obtained by applying copper electroplating technology, which was de- veloped by Kaneka based on imec’s existing copper electroplating technology, a conversion efficiency of more than 21% was achieved in 6-inch silicon substrates with an electroplated copper contact grid on top of the transparent conductive oxide layer.
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http://www.imec.be http://www.kaneka.co.jp/kaneka-e/
t the 21st International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, held on November
11-11/12 :: November/December 2011