Toronto-based MDS Sciex to open medical instrument factory in Singapore
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TORONTO (CP) - MDS Sciex said Monday it will open a new plant in Singapore to manufacture some of its scientific instruments, which are used by researchers working on drug development.
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A needle-free device made by that allows faster and easier applications of local pain relief will go on sale next month, its manufacturer Sontra Medical Corp.
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Infineon Technologies, the second-largest chip maker in Europe, said Wednesday that it planned to invest about $1 billion in a new factory in Malaysia to expand its automotive chip business and be closer to customers in the region.
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With sales of its rare-disease drugs growing, British drug maker Shire PLC is looking to build a new $180 million biotechnology manufacturing plant, possibly at the former Fort Devens military base, and plans to add as many as 125 jobs in Cambridge this year.
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By Francis Fernandez  PLEXUS Corp, a US-based electronics contract manufacturer, plans to expand its operations in Malaysia by opening a third plant in Penang, company officials said.
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A small Rockville biotech company, started by a former government scientist 10 years ago to take on the global problem of tuberculosis, plans to announce today a significant step forward for a drug at the center of its business.
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Medical device maker St. Jude Medical Inc. (STJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to acquire Endocardial Solutions Inc. (ECSI.
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Airbus SAS plans to set up an engineering center in China next year to focus on new generation jets for the mainland&#39;s fast-growing aviation market, the French aircraft maker said Monday.
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SINGAPORE : The Singapore Exchange (SGX) and the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) plan to enter into a cross-membership agreement that will allow member securities firms of both exchanges to execute equity transactions in both bourses from fiscal 2005, the
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Three Montreal doctors have traded their rounds at hospital emergency wards for their own private medical emergency clinic. The MD-Plus Medical Clinic opened its doors on Tuesday.
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Smiths Group announced the acquisition of Medex, a privately held maker of medical devices. The cost of the deal was reported to be $925 million.
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Medco Health Solutions, the biggest American manager of drug benefits, has agreed to buy PolyMedica, the largest supplier of glucose-testing supplies for patients with diabetes.
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THE government on Monday inaugurated a new health facility to combat communicable diseases, including severe acute respiratory synÂ­drome (SARS), which killed hundreds of people around Asia last year, the Department of Health said.
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Canada's MDS Nordion started shipping medical isotopes on Wednesday after a prolonged shutdown of a nuclear reactor at Chalk River, Ontario, disrupted the supply of isotopes to health facilities around the world.
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SMITHS Group, the aerospace to medical products conglomerate, today announced plans to buy United States medical devices maker Medex for around Â£475 million.
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By Mary Ann Milbourn, The Orange County Register, Calif.  Dec. 7--Microsemi Corp., saying it wanted to be closer to its growing  Asian customer base, has opened a new design center in Taiwan.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration  expects to inspect Boston Scientific Corp.'s Galway, Ireland  factory in the "near future" as part of its probe into the  company's coronary stent recall, the Wall Street Journal said  on Friday.