We’ve said that nanotech is the next big thing in biotech. Now, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has formed an internal task force to focus on the use of nanotechnology materials in drugs, medical instruments, and other products regulated by the agency. The new task force is charged with determining regulatory approaches that encourage […]

After decades of hype and false starts, the National Science Foundation forecasts that $1 trillion worth of nanotech products will be on the market by 2015. This year, corporations and governments will spend more than $11 billion on nanotechnology research, according to Cientifica, a London-based consulting firm. Last year, venture firms invested $496.5 million in […]