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EuroWire – September 2007 17
english corporate news
DSM forms Biomedical Scientific Advisory Board
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.
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, particularly in medical coatings, and
holds more than 40 granted and pending patents.
Together with the other members, still to be appointed, 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.
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Metav to run
alongside wire and
Tube Düsseldorf
Metav Düsseldorf 2008 – the
International Fair for Manufacturing
Technology and Automation – is
being held from 31st March to 4th April
2008 – running alongside wire and
Tube Düsseldorf.
The three trade fairs, with their
overlapping visitor and customer
base, generates many synergies:
metal working technology is
presented in an even more
comprehensive style.
Many exhibitors at wire and Tube are
also customers of Metav exhibitors.
These three events will occupy almost
the entire Düsseldorf exhibition
centre, offering a forum for almost
3,000 exhibitors and more than
100,000 trade visitors.
VDW – German Machine Tool
Builders’ Association – Germany
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