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         <title><![CDATA[Investment in NxStage Medical - 
Further strengthening of strategic alliance -]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Asahi Kasei Medical and NxStage Medical, Inc. of the US have concluded an agreement to further strengthen their strategic alliance in the field of hemodialysis which began in May 2009.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 09:00:00 +0900</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Website Renewal Notice]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Asahi Kasei Medical has just completely redesigned its website.Enjoy your visit and feel free to contact us.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:00:00 +0900</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[New start of Asahi Kasei Medical Co., Ltd.]]></title>
         <link>http://www.asahi-kasei.co.jp/medical/en/news/2012/news0401.html</link>
         <description><![CDATA[We are pleased to inform you of the integration of Asahi Kasei Kuraray Medical Co., Ltd. and Asahi Kasei Medical Co., Ltd. which take place on April 1, 2012. Our operating name is Asahi Kasei Medical Co., Ltd.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sun, 1 Apr 2012 09:00:00 +0900</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Integration of Asahi Kasei Kuraray Medical and Asahi Kasei Medical]]></title>
         <link>http://www.asahi-kasei.co.jp/medical/en/news/2011/news1221.html</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Asahi Kasei Corp. will integrate its two core operating companies in the medical devices-related field, Asahi Kasei Kuraray Medical Co., Ltd. and Asahi Kasei Medical Co., Ltd., as of April 1, 2012.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:00:00 +0900</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Transfer of Asahi Kasei Kuraray Medical shares held by Kuraray]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Asahi Kasei and Kuraray has today concluded a share transfer agreement under which Asahi Kasei will receive all the shares held by Kuraray in Asahi Kasei Kuraray Medical Co., Ltd., a joint-venture company which has been operated by the two companies since the integration of their dialyzers businesses in 2007.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 3 Aug 2011 09:00:00 +0900</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Effect of the recent earthquake in Japan on manufacture and supply]]></title>
         <link>http://www.asahi-kasei.co.jp/medical/en/news/2011/news0314.html</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Asahi Kasei Kuraray Medical expresses its sincere sympathy to all those affected by the earthquake which occurred on March 11, 2011, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Tohoku Region of Japan.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:00:00 +0900</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Med- Tech to become a wholly owned subsidiary of Asahi Kasei Kuraray Medical]]></title>
         <link>http://www.asahi-kasei.co.jp/medical/en/news/2010/news0927.html</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Asahi Kasei Kuraray Medical will purchase all remaining shares of consolidated subsidiary Med‐Tech on October 1, 2010, making it a wholly owned subsidiary.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:00:00 +0900</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Establishment of new R&D facility for medical materials]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Asahi Kasei Kuraray Medical and Asahi Kasei Medical will together establish a new facility in Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan, for R&D on materials for medical applications.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:00:00 +0900</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Launch of BioOptimal™ MF-SL Microfilters for Bioprocessing]]></title>
         <link>http://www.asahi-kasei.co.jp/medical/en/news/2010/news0729.html</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Asahi Kasei Medical Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce the commercial launch on August 1 of BioOptimal™ MF-SL, its new range of microfilters for bioprocessing applications. Designed specifically for use in cell culture clarification applications, BioOptimal™ MF-SL filters enable biopharmaceutical manufacturers to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their protein harvest step.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:00:00 +0900</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[New development in blood-related business Amendment to license agreement for autologous fibrin sealant producing system]]></title>
         <link>http://www.asahi-kasei.co.jp/medical/en/news/2010/news0616.html</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Asahi Kasei Kuraray Medical and ThermoGenesis Corp. have concluded an amendment to the Distribution and License Agreement for ThermoGenesis’s CryoSeal® FS System, which they entered into in May 2005.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:00:00 +0900</pubDate>
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