Sterilization service providers.
The following directory lists suppliers that provide sterilization services to the medical device industry. Advertisers are listed in bold. ARMM, Inc. 17744 Sampson Lane Huntington Beach, CA 92647 Phone: (714) 848-8190 Fax: (714) 848-6141 Web: www.armminc.com ...

Dean Foods Developing Anaerobic Digester.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-22 May 2008-Dean Foods Developing Anaerobic Digester(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Dean Foods Company announced that it has begun development of an anaerobic digester on the Big Sky Dairy farm near Gooding, Idaho. The anaerobic digester will capture animal waste from the...

Sterilization service providers: the following directory lists suppliers who provide sterilization services to the medical device industry. Advertisers are listed in bold.
AppTec 2540 Executive Drive St. Paul, MN 55120 Phone: (888) 794-0077 (toll free); (651) 675-2000 Fax: (651) 675-2005 Web: www.apptec-usa.com E-mail: info@apptec-usa.com Contact: Dean Enrooth Comments: AppTec's ISO-certified, FDA-registered laboratories provide comprehensive biosafety...

Keys to outsourced RM--and EPLI. (Special Report: Risk Management in Focus).
For some companies, the complexities of a post-9/11 world may make risk management too complex to handle in house--but going outside could invite conflicts and EPL problems. Here's some advice. I recently told my wife, that, finally, I am working in a legitimate profession," quips Howard Lackow,...

An antitrust guide to brand acquisition.
The acquisition of a brand or branded product may raise unique antitrust issues in merger analysis. Several years ago, the Department of Justice challenged the proposed merger between the manufacturers of Bumble Bee and StarKist canned tuna, despite the presence in the market of many private-label manufacturers. The transaction...

Of brand value and ballyhoo.
Are brands losing their appeal? On both Wall Street and Main Street investors and consumers are concluding that a household name is worth less now than it once was. In the 1980s, huge prices were paid for companies with strong brand names. Brand value underpinned the acquisition premiums of these...

The acquisition value of a brand.
With the frenzied brand buying of the 1980s over, here are some issues that will be key to determining values in today's acquisition environment. Ever since Philip Morris sent consumer product manufacturers for cover when it announced massive action to shore up its global Marlboro brand, Wall Street has...

Best practices in brand management.
The game has already changed. Here's what it will take to unlock fresh growth opportunities and to prosper in the years ahead. Philip Morris's recent price cut on Marlboro dramatically illustrates just how tough things are for consumer products companies. After investing billions of dollars over the years to...

Corporate Vulnerability[TM].
Alternatives Journal interviews Naomi Klein Toronto-based writer Naomi Klein is the author a/No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies, an analysis of the recent rise in anti-corporate activism. Alternatives Journal (AJ): What is the new anti-corporate activism that you discuss in your book, and...

FDA wants bar coding on drugs, blood products to reduce errors. (May Cut Errors by 50%).
WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration wants to require bar codes on the packaging of prescription drugs, blood, and blood products, a change officials say will dramatically reduce the estimated 770,000 medication errors that occur annually in the United States. About 7,000 people in this country...