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Healthcare+ Expo Taiwan, 3-6 December 2020

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Thursday 18 June 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Covid-19 pandemic spurs transformation of digital healthcare everywhere. To echo that trend, the Healthcare+ Expo Taiwan will bring together 300 technology giants and healthcare providers to exhibit healthcare-centred applications and solutions powered by AI, IoT, bio-sensor, 8K image tech and 5G to then ignite fresh ideas amongst those with desires to reinvent the way healthcare used to be delivered.

ICT’s showroom for health tech and solutions

Multinational companies choose to partner with Taiwan because of the nation’s high quality and productivity of IC design and manufacturing, hardware and software integration. With over decades of experience in technology and healthcare combined, Taiwan-based tech sector has been able to assist countries around the world putting in place with smart hospital solutions, ... Read more »

WESTFORD, Mass. -Thursday 18 June 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aspect Software, a leading provider of enterprise contact center and workforce optimization software announced its participation in Forrester CX North America.

Attendees of the event are invited to join a Case Study Session today, June 16th at 12:40 pm ET. Automated Self-Service: Solving for Speed, Simplicity and Efficiency to learn how BAC Credomatic developed a series of bots across multiple self-service channels that helped support better online experiences for collections, online banking, lending and more. BAC also utilizes flexible scheduling and automation tools to ensure that the right agents are available to help customers with more complex issues that require human interaction.

Utilizing Aspect CXP self-service technology, BAC Credomatic developed a comprehensive contact management solution to support collections activities. After having success developing self-service options fo ... Read more »

 SIB sukuk oversubscribed by 7.2 times reaching $3.6B

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates-Thursday 18 June 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB), one of the leading Islamic banks in the UAE, priced a $500 million (1.83 billion dirhams) long 5-year sukuk, with a profit rate of 2.85 per cent per annum, fetching it an A- rating by S&P. Some of the other achievements of the bank during the year include, expansion of its investment and financial services in the area of individual or corporate financing.

SIB was able to generate significant momentum from international and regional investors with the order books reaching a high of $3.6 billion, 7.2x times greater than the issuance for the deal closed on June 16, and the liquidity obtained from this issuance process will be used to enhance SIB’s liquidity and business growth.

This is SIB's eight Sukuk issuance after launching it's first Sukuk in 2006. This confirms the bank's cre ... Read more »

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Thursday 18 June 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

Arzan Wealth (DIFC) Limited (‘Arzan Wealth’), a Dubai-based advisory firm regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority, is pleased to announce that it has advised its client on the acquisition of a medical technology campus in Orange County, California, USA.

The HQ office campus, located on 9 acres at Aliso Viejo Parkway in Orange County, California, consists of three newly refurbished buildings comprising 159,746sft, and is fully let to Glaukos Corporation on a triple net basis for remaining term of 12 years with an annual indexation of 3%. The campus houses the headquarters offices of Glaukos as well as their primary R&D facilities.

Founded in 1998, Glaukos Corporation is an ophthalmic medical technology and pharmaceutical company focused on novel therapies for the treatment of glaucoma, corneal disorders, and retinal diseases. Glaukos was the first company to introduce ... Read more »

PMI calls for sustained anti-illicit trade efforts and collaboration with law enforcement.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland-Thursday 18 June 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE: PMI) reiterated today the need for collaborative efforts against illicit trade to continue, as a new report produced by KPMG underlined the changing nature of the problem in the European Union (EU).

The independent KPMG annual study, commissioned by PMI, found that in 2019, the consumption of illicit cigarettes—which consist of contraband, counterfeit, and illicit whites—continued to decline in the EU, reaching an all-time low since the study first took place in 2006. In total, 38.9 billion illicit cigarettes were consumed, representing 7.9 percent of total cigarette consumption, a 0.7 percentage point reduction compared to the previous year.

Despite the overall decline of illicit cigarette consumption, which continued for the se ... Read more »

NEW YORK & QUERÉTARO, Mexico -Thursday 18 June 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

Ushers in New Era of Software based Multicast Video

102 Global Patents solves Hardware Constraints by Delivering Video on Existing Infrastructure

Revolutionary software solves problems for Operators where previously not economically viable

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- IENTC Telecomunicaciones, an internet and television service provider operating in the Mexican market, today announced it is launching VectorMax’s turn-key IPTV Platform as the software to support its new television product. Serving the market for more than 10 years, IENTC Telecomunicaciones’ new service augmenting its consumer offering reflects the growing shift from broadcast television to IP delivery of live linear TV.

This marks the first commercial deployment of an all software solution enabling operators to transition from broadcast to online delivery of live linear television without having to upgrade ... Read more »

Leading Taiwanese electronic components distributor reduces its annual Oracle maintenance costs and avoids future upgrade cycles just to retain full support

LAS VEGAS-Thursday 18 June 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products and a Salesforce partner, today announced that Supreme Electronics, one of Taiwan’s largest distributors of electronic components, has switched to Rimini Street Support for the company’s Oracle E-Business Suite applications and Oracle Database software. By switching to Rimini Street, Supreme Electronics was able to immediately reduce its annual support costs by 50% and now receives an ultra-responsive premium level of support that they were not getting previously with the vendor. The company had been evaluating upgrades of their Oracle software but did not see e ... Read more »

• Strategic partnership agreement provides Neurocrine Biosciences exclusive worldwide rights to early-to-mid-stage psychiatry pipeline compounds within Takeda’s Neuroscience portfolio

• Collaboration includes three clinical-stage assets with the most advanced molecule in Phase II for negative symptoms of schizophrenia

• Takeda retains ability to opt in or out of a 50:50 profit share on all clinical programs at certain development events

SAN DIEGO & OSAKA, Japan-Thursday 18 June 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:NBIX) and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) today announced a strategic collaboration to develop and commercialize compounds in Takeda’s early-to-mid-stage psychiatry pipeline. Specifically, Takeda granted an exclusive license to Neurocrine Biosciences for seven pipeline programs, including three clinical stage assets for schi ... Read more »