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Players are Invited to a Week of Surprises and Special Events in Honour of Milestone Occasion

SAN FRANCISCO-Wednesday 22 September 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Today, Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA), a global leader in interactive entertainment, announced that its magical Match-3 mobile game, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells, is marking its one-year anniversary with a full week of festivities. Kicking off today, fans around the world are invited to join the celebration with a seven-day slate of in-game gifts, events, sweepstakes and new content commemorating the occasion.

Since its launch in September 2020, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells has delighted fans with its authentic wizarding world puzzles and gameplay. With more than 2,000 puzzle levels in the main player journey, the game continues to invite players together to revel in the fun and excitement of Hogwarts with new content and events. Spotlighting players’ journies in t ... Read more »

NEW YORK-Thursday 23 September 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Moody’s Corporation (NYSE: MCO) today announced its participation in launching the Net Zero Financial Services Provider Alliance as part of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). As a founding member, Moody’s commits to align all of its relevant products and services to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, in addition to reducing its own operational emissions.

“Climate change is the world’s greatest risk multiplier and a profound challenge for economies and communities alike. The entire financial industry must take on the shared challenge of enabling an urgent shift to a resilient and sustainable economy. Aligning products and services with net-zero by 2050 will improve decision-making and accelerate the flow of capital to support the transition,” said Rob Fauber, President and Chief Executive Officer of Moody’s Corporation. “We a ... Read more »

Center for Industrial Ecology received $100,000 gift to fund AM life-cycle assessment research

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.-Thursday 23 September 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA), a global trade group created to promote the environmental benefits of additive manufacturing (AM), announced today that it had established the Sustainability of Additive Manufacturing Research Fund, a $100,000 fund which will support research at Yale School of the Environment’s Center for Industrial Ecology. More specifically, the fund will support researchers examining the sustainability benefits of additive manufacturing using life-cycle assessment (LCA) tools and modeling.

“This new fund will be used to conduct LCA research that compares several conventionally manufactured metal industrial parts with those designed and manufactured via the binder jet additive manufacturing process,” said Sherry Handel, AMGTA&rsq ... Read more »

OSAKA, Japan -Thursday 23 September 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

- Global employees based across 80 countries and regions voted to support new partnerships with IntraHealth International, Jhpiego, Pathfinder International and the World Food Programme

- New partnerships bring total Global CSR Program contributions to JPY 16.5 billion across 20 programs in 72 countries following launch in 2016

- Global CSR Program partnerships help Takeda advance disease prevention measures, empower the health workforce and support health systems

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) today announced the addition of four partnerships to its Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Program, which makes long-term commitments to strengthen health systems and improve access to healthcare for all in developing and emerging countries. As part of an annual decision-making process, Takeda employees worldwide voted to add I ... Read more »

First-of-its-kind in the managed workplace services sector, this collaboration will help businesses improve their employee experiences through real-time employee insights and intelligence

TYSONS, Va. & PROVO, Utah-Thursday 23 September 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) and Qualtrics (Nasdaq: XM) today announced a new collaboration to make the Qualtrics’ EmployeeXM™ experience management platform a part of DXC’s Modern Workplace service solution. Blended with DXC’s Modern Workplace operational data, DXC will capture and integrate experience data from Qualtrics–how employees feel about their technology experience at work–to provide valuable, real-time employee sentiment to drive greater engagement, collaboration and productivity.

DXC will be the first to use the Modern Workplace solution internally to transform the digital experiences for its more than 130,000 employees, the majority ... Read more »

NEW YORK -Thursday 23 September 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

228-meter-long ship is expected to be the first to be Classified as a sub-sea mining vessel under American Bureau of Shipping
Equipment integration underway to accommodate pilot nodule collector vehicle and riser system engineered and currently being built by Allseas
Factory acceptance testing has commenced for system components that will be integrated into the vessel.
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Metals Company (Nasdaq: TMC) today announced that the 228-meter-long former drill ship renamed the Hidden Gem has arrived in Rotterdam, The Netherlands to begin its conversion into what is expected to be the first ship classified as a sub-sea mining vessel by the American Bureau of Shipping. TMC’s strategic partner Allseas acquired the former ultra-deep-water drill ship, which can accommodate 200 people, in March of 2020, as her configuration is well-suited for modifications that will enable the deployment at sea ... Read more »

• Alzheimer’s and dementia impacted more than 55 million families worldwide and cost the global economy US$1.3 trillion in 2019, reaching an estimated cumulative cost of $20 trillion over the next decade

• Since its launch in January, DAC has nearly completed financing of its foundational phase and is orchestrating the most ambitious global effort yet to combat the Alzheimer’s crisis by linking and building on existing efforts through several key initiatives, with a business plan built on the input of hundreds of experts

GENEVA-Wednesday 22 September 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC) is a global multi-stakeholder partnership that is mobilizing the world against Alzheimer’s disease. DAC announced today it has nearly completed financing of its foundational phase and has launched several key initiatives to advance Alzheimer’s research, prevention and care ... Read more »

 PARSIPPANY, N.J. -Thursday 23 September 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

• Analysis of data from five RBX2660 prospective studies is one of only four abstracts to receive the coveted IDWeek 2021 Program Committee Choice award for outstanding scientific research.
• Ferring and Rebiotix will present new data showing an association between clinical outcomes and restoration of the microbiome
• Research from the Phase 3 PUNCH CD3 trial on the effects of RBX2660 on deadly antimicrobial resistance genes and the restoration of bile acid composition, also will be presented.

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ferring Pharmaceuticals and Rebiotix, a Ferring Company, today announced they will present data from the clinical development program for RBX2660, an investigational microbiota-based live biotherapeutic for reduction of ... Read more »

 * Agreement adds cutting-edge innovation to Galderma’s aesthetic injectable portfolio, the aesthetic industry’s broadest injectable range 

LAUSANNE, Switzerland & FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Thursday 23 September 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Galderma, the world’s largest independent dermatology company, and Sofregen Medical, Inc., a medical device company pioneering the use of silk protein for tissue building and regeneration, announced today they have signed a co-development and option-to-acquire agreement.

This collaboration will further expand Galderma’s capabilities built on decades of science-based aesthetics innovation and a unique heritage in biostimulator and hyaluronic acid (HA) fillers. The novel platform harnesses the unique power of silk protein to enable immediate volume restoration and provide structure that facili ... Read more »

- Nose and throat spray shown to reduce viral shedding by 60%

- Study also shows reduction in severity of respiratory clinical symptoms

ZURICH-Wednesday 22 September 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- A recent clinical study has shown that the ViroStop anti-viral spray from Swiss company, Herb-Pharma is effective in reducing the impact of Covid-19 for patients with mild to moderate symptoms.

The key benefits were a 60% reduction in viral shedding after using the treatment and a reduction in the severity of clinical respiratory symptoms. The study supports the findings of earlier in-vitro tests where its mix of polyphenols inhibited the growth of the virus in cell cultures.

The study included 170 PCR confirmed SARS-CoV-2 patients at the Complex Medical Clinic in Budapest, Hungary between January 15th, and May 31st, 2021. The volunteers all had mild to moderate respiratory symptoms, having tested positive in PCR tests for Covid-19 at ... Read more »