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Patient Safety Movement Foundation Joins WFSA’s SAFE-T Campaign

IRVINE, Calif. - Wednesday, October 19th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) has signed a commitment to action and announced that it will support the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) and its mission to eliminate preventable deaths by the year 2020. Concurrently, the PSMF is joining the WFSA’s SAFE-T (Safe Anaesthesia For Everybody – Today) campaign to advance access to safe and affordable anesthesia around the world. The WFSA will formally announce its commitment at the 5th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, Feb. 3-4, 2017, in Dana Point, California.

Since 1955, WFSA has served as the foremost global alliance of anesthesiologists, working together with national, regional and specialty organizations to facilitate and promote the highest standards of patient care. They work with Nat ... Read more »

 –Presentations highlight a range of scientific updates on ADCETRIS® (brentuximab vedotin) including the first presentation of one study–

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & OSAKA, Japan - Tuesday, October 18th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE: 4502) will present data on ADCETRIS® (brentuximab vedotin) in Hodgkin lymphoma at the 10th International Symposium on Hodgkin Lymphoma (ISHL), October 22 – 25, 2016 in Cologne, Germany. Four studies on brentuximab vedotin will be presented by Takeda during the meeting. Takeda is the Jubilee sponsor of the 2016 congress.

“The data to be presented at this year’s ISHL are a proof point of the excellent progress we have made in furthering the clinical program of brentuximab vedotin,” said Dirk Huebner, M.D., Executive Medical Director, Oncology Therapeutic Area Unit, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. “Through our robust ongoing clinical i ... Read more »

AIG Committed to Focusing on Multinational Capabilities and Investments in Countries with Strong Growth Prospects, Opportunity for Scale

NEW YORK - Tuesday, October 18th 2016 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG) today announced that it has entered into several agreements with Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, a leading global property and casualty insurer and reinsurer, as part of a strategic partnership that will further focus and streamline AIG’s global insurance operations.
As part of these agreements, AIG will sell to Fairfax its local commercial and consumer insurance operations in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Turkey. Fairfax will also acquire renewal rights for the portfolio of local business written by AIG’s Central and Eastern European (CEE) operations in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia, and assume AIG’s CEE operating assets ... Read more »

Virtual reality, gaming, extreme sports, lifestyle, clubbing and e-sports featured on new Ultra HD channel kicking off across North America on SES-1

LUXEMBOURG - Tuesday, October 18th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES S.A. (Euronext Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) today announced a capacity agreement to launch the new C4K360 Ultra HD channel across North America aboard its SES-1 satellite. C4K360 joins SES’s 4K Ultra HD distribution neighbourhood hosted on three satellites (SES-1, SES-3 and AMC-18) at the centre of the orbital arc over North America.

Tailored to young audiences, C4K360 offers Ultra HD content featuring high-end entertainment programmes including e-sports; lifestyle magazines and interviews; gaming and gameplay; extreme sports; all this together with live DJ sets, mega concerts and festivals. The new UHD channel, licensed across North America by Vivicast Media, fully embraces the second screen concept with 360° Virtual Reality premium ... Read more »

 Sagemcom to integrate Plume with its broadband home gateways; manufacture and supply Pods to service providers

LONDON - Tuesday, October 18th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sagemcom Broadband SAS, a leader in broadband and residential terminals and digital set-top-boxes, and Plume Design, Inc., the creator of Adaptive Wi-Fi™, today announce that the Plume Adaptive Wi-Fi™ solution, including the Pods, are now available as a fully integrated part of Sagemcom’s Wi-Fi enabled FTTH, DOCSIS, and DSL gateway portfolio.

Pioneered by Plume Design, Inc., Adaptive Wi-Fi™ is a deeply distributed Wi-Fi solution that dynamically responds to varying Wi-Fi conditions throughout the whole home, and across multiple apartments in a Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU) environment. It includes a set of beautiful Pods designed to plug directly into sockets around the home. Directed by the Plume Cloud, the Pods offer coverage, speed and reliability far bey ... Read more »

 Commitment to enhancing site relationships recognized for fourth consecutive year 

DANBURY, Conn. & RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Tuesday, October 18th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- QuintilesIMS (NYSE:Q) announced today that it has been awarded the 2016 Eagle Award from the Society for Clinical Research Sites (SCRS) for the fourth consecutive year. Presented during the annual SCRS Site Solutions Summit, the site-nominated award recognizes contract research organizations (CRO) and biopharmaceutical sponsors dedicated to building positive relationships with research sites through leadership, professionalism and integrity.

“We are honored to bring this award home again by focusing on what really matters to sites,” said Cynthia Verst, president, Clinical Operations at QuintilesIMS. “This award once again recognizes our focus on enhancing our site relationships and delivering best-in-class site facing operations. I would li ... Read more »

Inspired by J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, the New Hidden Objects Mobile Game Will Release Worldwide in November 2016

BURBANK, Calif. - Tuesday, October 18th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced Fantastic Beasts: Cases From The Wizarding World, a new hidden objects mobile game inspired by the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films. Launching on November 17, 2016, a day before the theatrical release of Warner Bros. Pictures’ highly anticipated new film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the game will be available for download on the App Store for iPhone and iPad and Google Play for Android devices.

Developed by Mediatonic, in partnership with WB Games San Francisco, Fantastic Beasts: Cases From The Wizarding World enables players to delve into the wizarding world as new recruits for the Ministry of Magic, visiting familiar locations like the Leaky Cauldron, Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade wh ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Monday, October 17th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

Sàvant Data System (SDS), a leading retail solutions and services company providing business intelligence (BI) to the retail sector, banks, museums, airports and casinos, and serving more than 400 retailers in over 38 countries, is unveiling its subscription-based platform for business intelligence at the 36th GITEX Technology Week, being held between October 16 and October 20 at Dubai World Trade Centre.

Founded in the year 2000, SDS helps organizations to develop new insights into making their business more efficient and successful. The company is a pioneer in focusing entirely on optimizing the shopper experience. Its analytics software and retail expertise have enabled several companies in the retail vertical to better understand the shopper journey so as to increase same-store sales, improve customer experience, and eliminate unnecessary costs.

Giving details about the platform, Vic Ba ... Read more »

Open-label extension of TOUCHSTONE study of ozanimod showed continued symptom improvement through week 44 of the extension

VIENNA - Monday, October 17th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

Safety and tolerability were consistent with previous studies of ozanimod

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Celgene International Sàrl, a wholly owned subsidiary of Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG), today announced that data from the open-label extension of the TOUCHSTONE phase 2 clinical trial of ozanimod in patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis are to be presented at the United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW) in Vienna, Austria and at the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Annual Scientific Meeting in Las Vegas. Ozanimod is an investigational selective S1P 1 and 5 receptor modulator.

“Since ulcerative colitis is a chronic condition, patients are looking for treatments that can help them over the long term,” said Dr. William Sandborn, M.D., Professor of Med ... Read more »

Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates - Monday, October 17th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

The American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority’s (TRA) ICT Fund.

The agreement was signed at the GITEX technology exhibition currently being hosted at the Dubai World Trade Centre, by the AURAK president, Professor Hassan Hamdan Al Alkim and H.E. Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, director general of the TRA.

The partnership will see the ICT Fund supporting AURAK’s School of Engineering through the funding of infrastructure development and state-of-the-art equipment. The fund will also provide financial support towards the university’s research within the field of technology.

Commenting on the agreement, Prof. Al Alkim stated, “The relationship is very logical, especially considering that we’ve worked closely with the ICT Fund in the past. AURAK, and particularly ... Read more »