Via a collaboration with Nasa, Auxilium has installed a 3D printer on the ISS to test the promise of manufacturing in microgravity.

3D printer developed by Auxilium Biotechnologies has created medical devices on the International Space Station (ISS) as science attempts to overcome certain gravity-induced manufacturing limitations.
The Auxilium Microfabrication Platform (AMP-1) bioprinter has simultaneously built eight implantable medical devices for peripheral nerve repair on the ISS in two hours.

According to Nasa, US-based Auxilium is developing a drug-delivery medical device to more effectively treat people who have sustained traumatic peripheral nerve injury. The company has developed the Gen 1.0 NeuroSpan Bridge, which is a biomimetic nerve regeneration device that guides and accelerates nerve regeneration. Auxilium is also using its 3D-printing system to adapt its platform to a Gen 2.0 3D-print device in microgravity by adding novel drug delivery nanoparticles.

U.S. medical device maker Becton Dickinson (BDX.N), opens new tab is considering a potential separation of its life sciences unit at a valuation of about $30 billion, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday.
The company could announce the separation of the business, which consists of biosciences and diagnostic solutions, at the time of its earnings later this week, the source said.
Becton is scheduled to report results on Thursday.

SYDNEY – Nurses from six countries – including Singapore – will have their applications to work in Australia fast-tracked from April 2025 as part of a scheme that has been welcomed by health workers, who say it will help to address the country’s nursing shortage.

But nursing associations also urged the government to tackle longstanding issues that created the shortages in the first place.

Jan 31 (Reuters) - French-Italian computer chip maker STMicroelectronics (STMPA.PA), opens new tab is considering cuts of up to 6% of its workforce or 3,000 workers in its French and Italian plants as part of a restructuring programme, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing anonymous sources.

SUBSIDIES: The nominee for commerce secretary indicated the Trump administration wants to put its stamp on the plan, but not unravel it entirely.

US President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency in charge of a US$52 billion semiconductor subsidy program declined to give it unqualified support, raising questions about the disbursement of funds to companies like Intel Corp and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (台積電).

UNITED: The premier said Trump’s tariff comments provided a great opportunity for the private and public sectors to come together to maintain the nation’s chip advantage.

The government is considering ways to assist the nation’s semiconductor industry or hosting collaborative projects with the private sector after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 100 percent tariff on chips exported to the US, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said yesterday.

DETROIT – Nissan Motor is eliminating a work shift at two US vehicle assembly plants and trimming its hourly staff via buyouts, a downsizing to align its output with lower sales volumes as it mulls over a possible sale to Honda Motor.

The global semiconductor industry is facing numerous challenges, with several renowned fabs halting operations, delaying construction, or shutting down production lines. These developments have caused significant disruptions across the industry.

Recently, the GlobalFoundries-STMicroelectronics fab in Crolles, France, and Sumitomo Electric’s silicon carbide (SiC) fab project have been abruptly halted.

Tata Projects on Tuesday said that the construction of the US-based chip company Micron Technology's semiconductor assembly and test facility at Sanand near Ahmedabad will be over by December 2025. While 60 per cent of work on India's first semiconductor plant has already been completed, the rest will be finished by the end of this year, said Amit Agrawal, Project Director, Tata Projects.

WASHINGTON—Jan. 28, 2025—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer commending the introduction in the U.S. House of Representatives of the bipartisan Semiconductor Technology Advancement and Research (STAR) Act. The STAR Act extends the duration of the Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit (AMIC)—a 25% tax credit for chip production—and expands eligibility of the credit to include investments in semiconductor design, the research-intensive mapping of a chip’s intricate circuitry and functionality. Reps. Blake Moore (R-UT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Doris Matsui (D-CA), John Moolenaar (R-MI), and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) led eight other House members in introducing the legislation. A similar version of the legislation was introduced in the House last year.