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Current CFO of Aperam S.A. will assume his new role from May 2020

LUXEMBOURG-Tuesday 11 February 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES, the leader in global content connectivity solutions, today announced the Board of Directors has appointed Sandeep Jalan as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of SES. He will assume the position from 6 May 2020.

Sandeep has 30 years of experience in financial and operational leadership roles across Asia and Europe. He is most recently the CFO of Aperam, a global leader in the stainless, electrical and specialty steel industry, a role he has held since 2014. Previously, he worked for the ArcelorMittal Group since 1999 where he held various roles including the CFO of ArcelorMittal Long Carbon Europe and was part of the M&A team responsible for numerous acquisitions in both steel and mining. He was also the CFO & Company Secretary for Ispat Alloys Ltd from 1993 to 1999.

Sandeep is a Commerce Graduate ... Read more »

Arthur D. Little’s new study encourages telecoms operators to radically reconfigure assets to transform their operations and deliver shareholder value

LONDON-Monday 10 February 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Arthur D. Little (ADL) has published its annual telecoms study, which highlights the need for greater reconfiguration in the global telecoms industry. Backed by client conversations, a global survey and interviews targeting investors, board members and senior executives of telecom operators, the study has revealed that inorganic growth options are a viable tool for operators to survive in the challenging telecoms market, with more than 90 percent of respondents agreeing. Over 60 percent of respondents also believe that the telecoms sector was facing disruption.

Technology and new business models are disintegrating and reconfiguring the typical telco delivery model, and this is leading to competition from a number of players along the telco va ... Read more »

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Monday 10 February 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

Under the motto of 'Donations instead of Gifts', Brigitte Vöster-Alber, Chief Executive Officer of GEZE GmbH in Leonberg, delivered a donation cheque for 200,000 trees to the organization Plant-for-the-Planet on 11 December 2019. As in recent years, GEZE decided to give its customers a very special gift: contributing to protecting the environment by planting trees. The organization Plant-for-the-Planet plants trees, which helps to break down CO2. Our partners in the Middle East region were honored to receive the special gift and to have the opportunity to protect the environment in association with GEZE.

The donation is a GEZE tradition. The Leonberg business has been a long-time supporter of the Stuttgart children's hospital 'Olgäle' and has also been a sponsor of Plan International since 2013 – GEZE's 150 year anniversary. Social responsibility, which is firmly anchored ... Read more »

Curio Collection and Tapestry Collection by Hilton are committed to offering an authentic, independent stay experience with an additional 120 one-of-a-kind hotels in their global pipelines

MCLEAN, Va. -Friday 7 February 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- From picturesque island getaways to charming small towns, Hilton’s full service Collection brands – Curio Collection by Hilton and Tapestry Collection by Hilton – opened 40 unique hotels last year in sought-after destinations. In 2020, the brands’ development goals feature notable milestones, including Curio Collection’s 100th hotel opening and Tapestry Collection’s debut in Europe.

“Today, Curio Collection and Tapestry Collection offer travelers distinctive experiences at more than 100 hotels worldwide – from enjoying locally sourced seafood from the surrounding ocean waters as part of the Dock to Dish program at Baker’s Cay Resort Key Largo, to ... Read more »

 Unified healthcare information system provider is quick to respond to help clinicians screen and support patients with 2019-nCov

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Monday 10 February 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- InterSystems is releasing global functionality for its TrakCare® unified healthcare information system to screen and support patients with 2019-nCoV, the novel coronavirus infection that originated in Wuhan in China.

The functionality is available to users of the latest editions of TrakCare now, and customers in China and multiple other countries, including the United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates have already begun using it.

The functionality enables clinicians to screen patients for 2019-nCoV, using World Health Organisation (WHO) guidance, and a link to the Wuhan Coronavirus Global Cases tracking app provided by the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering in the US.

Icons will indicate whether scr ... Read more »

NEW YORK-Monday 10 February 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aptorum Group Limited (NASDAQ: APM) (“Aptorum Group”), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapeutics to address global unmet medical needs, announces further positive data from its current investigational new drug (IND)-enabling studies for ALS-4, a small drug molecule candidate indicated for the treatment of infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus (or “S. aureus”), including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA, one of the “super-bugs”), based on a novel anti-virulence non-bactericidal approach. Subject to completion of the current studies, Aptorum Group targets to submit IND for ALS-4 in second half of 2020 and commence a phase 1 trial in North America.

ALS-4 is a small molecule which inhibits dehydrosqualene desaturase of S. aureus (incl. MRSA), an enzyme that is critically involved in the biosynthesis of staphyloxant ... Read more »

Powered by IDEMIA’s GSMA-compliant connectivity solutions, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) will enhance its connected ecosystem, making driving safer and easier than ever.

COURBEVOIE, France-Monday 10 February 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- FCA takes its forward-thinking global telematics program to the next level with the integration of IDEMIA’s eSIM (DAKOTA) and Subscription Manager platform (Smart Connect). These groundbreaking services, already operational, are enabling each day FCA to optimize vehicle operations.

The DAKOTA eSIM will be embedded directly into new FCA vehicle models that will be launched in multiple regions. Combined with Smart Connect, this solution gives the automaker the flexibility to dynamically choose the best connectivity provider throughout the lifetime of the vehicle on a worldwide scale.

IDEMIA’s solutions not only pave the way for in-demand services such as emergency calls, predictive maintenanc ... Read more »

NEW YORK-Monday 10 February 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aptorum Group Limited (Nasdaq: APM) (“Aptorum Group”), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapeutics to address global unmet medical needs, announces positive data and development in relation to its repurposed drug candidate, SACT-1, for the treatment of neuroblastoma, a rare type of childhood cancer that develops in infants and young children. Subject to completion of current validation studies, Aptorum Group plans to leverage the 505(b)(2) pathway and submit an IND submission with the FDA for SACT-1 in H2 2020.1

SACT-1 is the first repurposed drug candidate to be developed under the Smart-ACTTM drug discovery platform, which employs a systematic approach to identify, repurpose and develop existing approved drugs against a currently identified universe of 7000+ (and increasing) orphan diseases.2

Through this platform, Aptorum Group intends to accelera ... Read more »