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The new DEFINA GI system offers cost effective, high performance imaging in gastroenterology

HAMBURG, Germany - Friday, July 15th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

The new PENTAX Medical DEFINA system in Gastroenterology

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PENTAX Medical launches into Europe, Middle East and Africa a new high definition (HD) video processor for highly detailed endoscopic imaging of the gastrointestinal tract. The new DEFINA GI EPK-3000 performance system combines advanced HD imaging with i-scan image processing to cost effectively deliver excellence in image quality. This enhanced endoscopic in vivo diagnostic ensures faster detection, easier demarcation and characterization of gastrointestinal lesions to support improved patient outcomes.

The outstanding HD image quality produced by the new processor enables excellent visualization of gastrointestinal mucosal structures. Also contributing to the clear and more detailed visualization of the mucosa, dynamic range (D-r ... Read more »

All who applied have the opportunity to be selected to appear in the special movie! Try your own hand at emulating Neymar Jr.'s crazy skills so that you too can live the dream of appearing with him!

OSAKA, Japan - Friday, July 15th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Panasonic launched the "NEYMAR JR. CRAZY SKILLS" project with the intention of using Panasonic technology to support children the world over who "want to be as good at football as Neymar Jr." At the end of 2015, "360° OBSERVATION CAM" which enables people to view crazy skills of Neymar Jr. from angles across 360 degrees on smartphones and PCs, that can also be enjoyed in slow motion and with a close-up view of the legs of the footballer, was launched on the website (https://crazyskills.panasonic.com). The launch of "NEYMAR JR.'s CRAZY SKILLS AWARD" has entailed the screening by Neymar Jr. of videos submitted by applicants the world over who have tried ... Read more »

SAN DIEGO - Friday, July 15th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BioLegend announces that it has licensed from Sanquin Blood Supply Foundation a novel technology to study antigen-specific T cells. Through a collaborative effort, Sanquin’s Reagents Division and The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), both in Amsterdam, have developed an MHC-multimer technology that allows the user to conveniently prepare their own customized tetramer reagents in their laboratories, as needed. This powerful technology is now available commercially from BioLegend, with the same high quality of manufacturing, superior customer support and excellent value that customers have come to recognize from BioLegend.

Presented under the brand name Flex-T™, BioLegend currently offers biotinylated MHC/peptide monomers, with a variety of products to be added in the near future. “The Flex-T™ technology is very exciting as it allows for our customers to have more control over ... Read more »

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Friday, July 15th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE) announced today that it has acquired Tampereen Teollsuussähkö Oy (TTS-Ciptec), a company that optimizes Cleaning in Place systems through remote monitoring capabilities and predictive analytics services for industrial use in brewing, beverage and dairy companies.

“TTS-Ciptec’s unique approach and complementary technology in patented sensing and algorithms bolsters our knowledge based services,” said Karl R. Deily, President of Sealed Air’s Food Care division. “Combined with Sealed Air’s expertise in data analytics and experience in the food and beverage industry, this acquisition enhances how we meet our customers’ sustainability needs by saving time, reducing product loss and water and energy consumption, and improving quality, hygiene and yield.”

TTS-Ciptec was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Tamp ... Read more »

 GSMA Mobile Connectivity Index Supports Industry Efforts to Deliver Universal Access to the Internet

LONDON - Wednesday, July 13th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The GSMA has launched a new online tool that measures the ability of more than 130 countries worldwide to connect offline citizens to the mobile internet. The GSMA Mobile Connectivity Index measures each country on the four key enablers for driving mobile internet adoption: infrastructure; affordability; consumer readiness; and content. The tool aggregates best-in-class data from multiple sources1 and is designed to support the efforts of the mobile industry and the wider international community to deliver on the ambition of universal access to the internet.

“Already more than 3 billion people worldwide are accessing the internet via mobile, but this still leaves more than 4 billion people offline and excluded from the powerful opportunities for social and economic development that ... Read more »

INGELHEIM, Germany & DUNDEE, Scotland - Thursday, July 14th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

    Collaboration aims to develop PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeric molecules (PROTACs) – a new therapeutic modality that is able to degrade proteins playing a central role in disease processes
    PROTACs and their new mechanism of action are expected to open new horizons for drug development allowing new drug targets to be accessible
    Research bears potential to develop innovative new treatment options for patients with high medical need

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Boehringer Ingelheim and the University of Dundee will join forces in an exciting collaboration with the aim to develop a novel class of medicines that target disease causing proteins for degradation. The collaboration brings together the expertise of Dr Alessio Ciulli, one of the pioneers in the field of PROTACs and based in the School of Life Sciences at Dundee, with B ... Read more »

LAS VEGAS - Thursday, July 14th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

Revenue of $39.1 million, up 41% year over year

Deferred revenue of $128.5 million, up 41% year over year

Billings of $56.4 million, up 74% year over year

1,451 signed clients to date, up 34% year over year

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rimini Street, Inc., the leading global provider of independent enterprise software support services for SAP SE’s (NYSE:SAP) Business Suite, BusinessObjects and HANA Database software and Oracle Corporation’s (NYSE:ORCL) Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Oracle Database, Oracle Middleware, Hyperion, Oracle Retail and Oracle Agile PLM software, today announced preliminary financial results for its fiscal 2016 Q2 ending June 30, 2016.

Continued Record Results with Accelerating Growth

Rimini Street’s second fiscal quarter of 2016 included an all-time quarterly record of 107 new client transactions worldwide, up 98% year over y ... Read more »

STAMFORD, Conn. - Thursday, July 14th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The lack of standardization and shared common ‘best practices’ are the biggest obstacles in achieving ecommerce excellence.

That is the broad conclusion of a new study by Brand View. The study, entitled Ecommerce Excellence Study USA: CE & GM 2016, is the first of its kind, as it is based on exclusive research conducted by Brand View, centering on the manufacturer-retailer relationship and best-in-class approaches to General Merchandise (GM) and Consumer Electronics (CE) online sales.

The shopper journey starts online for well over eighty percent of purchases of General Merchandise and Electrical products. Shoppers now enjoy the freedom of using multiple devices, whenever and wherever they like.

Ecommerce is recognized for its ability to allow businesses to communicate and to form transactions anytime and anyplace. Whether an individual is in the US or overseas, ... Read more »

Acquisition further develops integrated cell therapy and regenerative medicine offering to enable development and patient access to innovative life-saving therapies

CHALFONT ST GILES, England - Thursday, July 14th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- GE Healthcare has acquired Biosafe Group SA, a supplier of integrated cell bioprocessing systems for the rapidly growing cell therapy and regenerative medicine industry for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition of Biosafe expands GE Healthcare’s end-to-end ecosystem of products, solutions and services for our cell therapy customers, and expands GE’s technology reach to a number of new cell and therapy types.

Cellular therapies are rapidly changing the healthcare landscape by providing life-saving and potentially curative treatments for many of the world’s most challenging diseases, especially cancer. The cell therapy oncology market alone is expected to reach $30 billion by 20301 with more than 60 ... Read more »

INGELHEIM, Germany - Wednesday, July 13th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

• Study to evaluate potential of novel combination therapy for hormone receptor positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative (HR+/HER2-) metastatic breast cancer (mBC)

• Boehringer Ingelheim’s IGF mAB BI 836845 and Lilly’s CDK 4 and 6 inhibitor abemaciclib have shown promising early phase results in metastatic breast cancer

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) today announced a new collaboration on a Phase 1b study that will evaluate the safety and tolerability of BI 836845, Boehringer Ingelheim’s insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1/IGF-2 ligand neutralising antibody, in combination with abemaciclib (LY2835219), Lilly’s cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 4 and 6 inhibitor, in patients diagnosed with HR+/HER2- mBC. Based on the Phase 1b trial results, the collaboration has the potential to expand to Phase 2 trials in pat ... Read more »