Consumers may not see what economists see: Big brands that source product from low-wage developing countries help those economies grow.
It said it would acquire Guangzhou Bioseal Biotechnology Co Ltd, a bio-pharmaceutical company developing a biologic product for controlling bleeding during surgery.
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As a quick snapshot: founded in 2003, SmartCells spun out of MIT with the mission of developing a glucose-regulated insulin product for diabetes.
In the instance of the Tech Guy, the VC might be concerned that he will focus too much on developing cool product features and potentially ignore non-product issues.
Millennium Pharmaceuticals (nasdaq: MLNM - news - people ) and Abbott Laboratories (nyse: ABT - news - people ) at one point were co-developing an obesity drug, but that product, MLN4760, apparently was mothballed.
The Arkansas-based company is the primary funder behind the Sustainability Consortium, a multi-stakeholder initiative that is developing a sustainability index at the product level.
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While the microcapsule coatings will be the first self-healing product to make it to market, scientists are also working on developing more complex models.
But the company developing the non-stick gum, Revolymer, believes the product could hit stores in less than a year--with or without the help of a major backer like Wrigley's or Cadbury.
By pursuing such initiatives while developing the full sales potential of existing product lines like the V-22 Osprey and CH-47 Chinook rotorcraft, Boeing may be able to grow military earnings even as defense demand softens in the years ahead.
"Fifty percent of the gross domestic product in the developed world comes from small and medium-sized businesses, but in the developing world it's just 25%, " Shah notes.
They should be pleased, because the meeting showed Dendreon has begun the difficult transition from a research firm developing a much-hyped experimental drug to a pharmaceutical company with a product to sell.
Nottingham-based software firm, Ikanos Consulting, is already developing an app for the product called Paramedic Pro.
His knack for developing must-have gadgets, his signature black turtlenecks and dramatic delivery during product launches have made him a cultural icon beyond Silicon Valley.
The rationale for the creative-thinking questions is that they test the type of mental processes used in inventing a new product or developing a new business plan.
Rather than focus its energies single-mindedly on developing devices that can compete with iPhone, Android devices and the iPad, RIM indulges product design boondoggles.
It is easy to see the product developing support for NFC pairing and media sharing as the Nexus Q implements it (and, vice versa -- we can imagine bringing Google TV support to Google's American-made sphere).
In a big study, a Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) vaccine prevented early forms of cervical cancer from developing, bolstering hopes that the new product, called Gardasil, could strike a major blow against the disease and the sexually transmitted virus that causes it.
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