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DSM Biomedical builds on the
expertise and strengths of DSM,
Netherlands, in polymers, coating
technology, materials science and life
sciences, to meet the upcoming needs
of the medical and biotech industries.
The company’s current biomedical
portfolio includes hydrophilic coating
technology for catheters, guidewires
and stent delivery systems, and
Dyneema Purity ®, a high performance
polyethylene fibre technology which
is used in medical applications where
maximum strength and minimum
weight are required.
Following the installation of a Corporate
Scientific Advisory Board in June 2007,
the company has decided to establish
a Biomedical Scientific Advisory Board
to support the company in its ambitions
to become a world leader in biomedical
materials.
The board will consist of renowned
opinion leaders in the sciences and
clinical disciplines that DSM Biomedical
focuses on.
The first appointed members include
Professor Tony Mikos (Rice University,
Houston, USA) who will head up the
Biomedical Scientific Advisory Board.
Professor Mikos is an expert in the
synthesis, processing and application
development of new biomaterials and
has co-authored more than 330
publications.
Also appointed to the board are
Dr Ivo Buschmann (Charité, University
of Medicine, Berlin and Freiburg
University, Germany), and Mr Patrick
Cahalan, BSc (Ension Inc, Pittsburgh,
USA). Dr Buschmann is an assistant
professor and clinical cardiologist, and
an expert in cardiovascular research.
Mr Cahalan is a medical device
industry veteran who has over three
decades of R&D experience.
Together with the other members, to be
appointed in due course, these experts
will provide advice to DSM Biomedical
on its research and development strategy
and programme. The advice will include
an assessment of R&D programmes
and projects relating to scientific
and technological quality, validity of
hypotheses, and clinical relevance.
DSM – Netherlands
Fax: +31 45 571 9753
Email:
Website:
DSM establishes Biomedical
Scientific Advisory Board
To Russia with SolVin!
Solvay and SolVin have signed a joint
venture agreement with Sibur LLC, an
affiliate of Gazprom, to build Russia’s
first world-scale, fully integrated vinyls
plant in Kstovo, in the Nizhny Novgorod
region.
SolVin – Belgium
Fax: +32 2264 3585
Email:
Website: