Nanotechnology Lawyer & Attorney

NanoStaff — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:23:27 +0000

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http://www.nanolawreport.com/

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jmonica@porterwright.com

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1919 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 500

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20006

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202-778-3000

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202-778-3063

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NATO is sponsoring a multi-day nanoconference in Faro, Portugal on April 27-30, 2008 -- "Nanomaterials: Environmental Risks and Benefits and Emerging Consumer Products."

According to the conference website, the workshop has five primary purposes:

1. Identify and describe what is known about the risks and approaches to assess the safety and environmental risks of nanomaterials.

2. Outline environmental applications in the context of emerging consumer products, pollution prevention, risk reduction, and remediation.

3. Assess the suitability of multicriteria decision analysis for reconciliation of benefits and risks of nanotechnology.

4. Direct future research in nanomaterial and environmental sciences to address the emerging issues associated with nanotechnology in general and specifically with emerging nano-enabled consumer products.

5. Identify strategies for users in developing countries to best manage this emerging technology and its associated risks.

Conference sponsors include: NATO, Society for Risk Analysis (SRA), US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, International Copper Association, US Environmental Protection Agency, International Council on Nanotechnology, European Nanotechnology Trade Alliance, and Faculty from the University of Algarve.

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Flamel Technologies

NanoStaff — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:37:22 +0000

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http://www.flamel-technologies.fr/

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mcwilliam@flamel.com

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1825 K. Street - Suite 1210

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20006

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+1 202 862 8400

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+1 202 862 3933

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Flamel Technologies is a drug delivery company with expertise in polymer chemistry.

The company was founded in 1990.

In 1996, Flamel Technologies (FLML) became the second French biotech company to enter the Nasdaq.

The Company has assembled a strong team of researchers expert in polymer science and biochemistry, and owns a 50,000-square foot cGMP pharmaceutical production facility located in Pessac, France (with an annual production capacity of 2 billion tablets or capsules).

Flamel’s drug delivery platforms, Medusa® for therapeutic proteins and peptides, and Micropump® for small molecules , have been developed to improve the therapeutic characteristics, safety profile and ease of use of wide variety of drugs.

The Company is a recognized world leader in the innovation of delivery systems for small molecule and protein drugs, providing tailored solutions to the biotech and pharmaceutical industries for optimized controlled-release delivery of drugs. Flamel is turning already-marketed or new drugs into more effective and safer medicines for itself and for its partners.

Flamel has partnership agreements with major pharmaceutical companies.

The Company is actively seeking partnership agreements for the development and commercialization of products currently in its pipeline as well as for new products using Flamel’s proprietary delivery systems.

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