Platform leveraging transchromosomic cattle shows promise for global response to epidemics BETHESDA, Md. & SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Wednesday, September 21st 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- SAB Biotherapeutics (SAB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical development company, announced today that its DiversitAb human antibody production platform, leveraging transchromosomic cattle (Tc Bovine™), was identified as of one of the six most meritorious proposals emerging from the World Health Organization (WHO) public consultation on platform technologies for priority infectious diseases with epidemic potential. This consultation was part of the WHO Research & Development Blueprint, a global strategy and preparedness plan that allows the rapid activation of R&D activities that can be used to save lives and avert large-scale crisis during epidemics. SAB Biotherapeutics’ technology was the only immunotherapy platform among the six finalists (of 35 proposals), which also included three vaccine p ... Read more »

LONDRES - Mercredi 21 Septembre 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Smith & Nephew (LSE:SN) (NYSE:SNN), l'entreprise mondiale des technologies médicales, soutient trois symposiums scientifiques lors du congrès de la Wound Health Societies (WUWHS), qui se tiendra du 25 au 29 septembre 2016 à Florence (Italie). Ces symposiums renforcent l'engagement de Smith & Nephew à soutenir les professionnels de la santé dans la conduite de recherches et la communication efficace de ces dernières dans des domaines de pratique clinique pouvant permettre de meilleurs résultats pour les patients. Le premier symposium se concentrera sur PICO™, un système unique de traitement des plaies par pression négative à usage unique (TPPNu), et son rôle dans la réduction des complications sur le champ opératoire. Grâce à quantité de données cliniques, PICO™ est rapidement en train de devenir le choix préféré en matière de TPPN en raison de sa capacité à gérer de façon clinique et économique une grande gamme de pl ... Read more »

LONDON - Wednesday, September 21st 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Smith & Nephew (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN), the global medical technology business, highlights three scientific symposia at World Union of Wound Health Societies (WUWHS) on 25–29 September 2016 in Florence, Italy. These symposia reinforce Smith & Nephew’s commitment to supporting healthcare professionals by conducting and effectively communicating research in areas of clinical practice that can enable improved outcomes for patients. The first symposia will focus on PICO™, a unique single-use negative pressure wound therapy system (sNPWT), and its role in reducing surgical site complications. Through a wealth of clinical evidence, PICO™ is rapidly becoming a leading choice in NPWT due to its ability to manage a wide range of wounds at risk of complications in a clinical and cost effective way. In a recent study, using PICO™ reduced superficial surgical complications four-fold (from 8% to 2%) and significantly reduced the n ... Read more »

GENEVA - Wednesday, September 21st 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Internet Society today announced that it has opened a new regional bureau in the Middle East and appointed Salam Yamout to the role of Regional Director. Ms. Yamout brings over 25 years of experience to her new role where she will be responsible for building awareness of the Internet Society and advancing its mission of promoting access to the Internet for the benefit of people everywhere. Prior to joining the Internet Society, Ms. Yamout was the National Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Strategy Coordinator for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, in Beirut, Lebanon. She was responsible for planning and implementing national ICT projects in addition to advising on regulatory and legislative issues related to ICT as well as Internet Governance. Ms. Yamout is founder and executive board member of the Lebanese Internet Center and the Lebanon Chapter of the Internet Society. She also se ... Read more »

COLOMBES, France - Tuesday, September 20th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- OT (Oberthur Technologies), a leading global provider of embedded security software products, services and solutions today announces the commercial launch of Lenovo Transit application with the electronic payment and settlement service provider BMAC (Beijing Municipal Administration and Communications Card Co.,Ltd.) on Lenovo X3 smartphones thanks to the eSE PEARL by OT®. Thanks to OT’s NFC embedded Secure Element, end-users can now use their Lenovo X3 smartphone to install the Beijing Municipal Administration Traffic Card in their Lenovo Transit application and commute simply by waving their phone in front of contactless transit terminals. PEARL by OT® is the most advanced embedded Secure Element on the market, offering a yet unattained level of security and the largest memory on the market. It allows easy deployment of secure mobile contactless payment, transit, governmental and automotive applications ... Read more »

INGELHEIM, Germany - Tuesday, September 20th 2016 [ME NewsWire] However, need for additional information to help patients at IPF diagnosis identified Survey also revealed that physicians’ understanding of their patients’ priorities were aligned with patients' actual priorities at diagnosis (BUSINESS WIRE)-- A diagnosis of IPF is news that few patients want to hear from their physician, but the reality is that approximately 3 million people worldwide are living with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). It’s a rare and devastating disease with a median life expectancy after diagnosis of approximately 2-3 years. As with the diagnosis of any life-threatening disease, it can be a distressing and emotional experience for patients and their families. It is a time when it can be difficult to take the news in as well as remember/understand the information shared by a doctor. In positive news, today results of a new global survey supported by Boehringer Ingelheim of over 120 patients with ... Read more »

OSAKA, Japan & AHMEDABAD, India - Tuesday, September 20th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited [TSE: 4502], (“Takeda”) and Zydus Cadila today announced a partnership to tackle chikungunya, an emerging infectious disease in Africa, Asia and the Indian subcontinent. In recent decades mosquito vectors of chikungunya have spread to Europe and the Americas.i According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the USA, there is currently no vaccine to prevent or medicine to treat chikungunya virus infectionii. The chikungunya virus is most often spread to people by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, the same vectors that spread dengue and Zika. Terms are not disclosed but the partnership agreement covers early stage development through the final commercialization of the vaccine. Dr. Rahul Singhvi, Takeda Vaccines’ Chief Operating Officer said: “Takeda is very pleased to work with Zydus Cadila. We are tackling the world’s m ... Read more »

“I have been dreaming of this for 22 years. I thought my dream had gone when I lost my leg but now it is back for real.” Ibrahem Al Hussein, refugee. PARIS - Thursday, September 15th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Allianz Worldwide Care is proud to support the Independent Paralympic Athletes team, who are making history in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games as the first team of independent athletes who are also refugees or asylum seekers. Ibrahem Al Hussein and Shahrad Nasajpour will compete in the games under the International Paralympic flag, and the anthem of the Paralympics will be played for them in lieu of a national anthem. The pair led the parade of athletes at the opening ceremony on 7th September. This will be the first time that a team of athletes with official refugee status will form a dedicated team guided by a chef de mission, coaches and support staff. Alexis Obligi, Director of Sales and Marketing at Allianz Worldwide Care, said: “We’re immensely proud to be sup ... Read more »

First-of-its-Kind Report Offers Critical Insights into Transformative Impact of Mobile on Individuals, Societies and Economies NEW YORK - Tuesday, September 20th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- At today’s United Nations Private Sector Forum, the GSMA unveiled the ‘2016 Mobile Industry Impact Report: Sustainable Development Goals’, a ground-breaking study that provides a current assessment of the mobile industry’s impact in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and outlines future actions that will expand and strengthen that impact. The GSMA also announced several industry commitments, including actions to elevate the focus on humanitarian assistance, as well as a partnership with the UN to drive ongoing engagement around the SDGs across the mobile industry and adjacent sectors. “This first-of-its-kind report offers critical insights into the transformative impact of the mobile industry on individuals, societies and economies around the world, in developed and dev ... Read more »

PARIS - Mardi 20 Septembre 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--StarOfService, leader européen de services locaux, vient de lever 10 millions de dollars en financement de série A. Cet investissement fait suite à deux financements de démarrage pour un montant de 2 millions de dollars et donnera un coup d'accélérateur à l'ambitieuse expansion de la start-up française qui désire se positionner en tant que leader mondial. Lancée en 2013, StarOfService gère plus de deux millions de demandes en ligne de la part de clients à la recherche de services au niveau local pour répondre à des attentes spécifiques, qu'il s'agisse de photographe de mariage, de plombier, de professeur de langue, de DJ ou même de « pro » des Pokémon Go ! La plateforme génère plus de 800 millions € en volume d'affaires pour les prestataires de services répertoriés sur le site, avec une croissance de 400% par rapport à l'année précédente. La série de financement a été dirigée par Andrea Piccioni et Silvio Pagliani (co-fo ... Read more »

PARIS - Tuesday, September 20th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- StarOfService, Europe’s leading marketplace for local services, has successfully raised $10m in Series A investment. It follows two previous seed funding rounds worth $2m in total and will accelerate the French start-up’s ambitious expansion plans to take the global leadership position. StarOfService, launched in 2013, handles more than two million requests online from customers looking to find local services to meet specific needs – anything from wedding photographers, plumbers, language teachers and DJs, to Pokémon Go ‘masters’ for hire. The platform generates over €800m in business volume to the service professionals listed on its site - and growing at 400% year-on-year. The funding round was lead by Andrea Piccioni and Silvio Pagliani (co-founders of Real Web SA and of Immobiliare.it - Italy's largest real estate platform), ENERN Investments and Point Nine Capital, who were joined by a number of angel investors ... Read more »

SHENZHEN, China & BRUCHSAL, Germany - Tuesday, September 20th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- CYNORA, a leader in highly efficient blue emitter materials for OLEDs, and Juhua, the Chinese open platform company aiming at the industrialization of printing OLED technology to produce OLED TVs, have signed a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) to cooperate on OLED TV development. CYNORA is joining the technology platform with Juhua which is held by two China Panel Giants CSOT and Tianma. This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160920005763/en/ The OLED display market is already established and is growing fast with a CAGR 41%, as the LCD industry is moving towards OLED. This new technology has several advantages versus LCD displays for end-users. The OLED displays show a superior picture quality with extremely high contrast ratio and brilliant colors. They can also be made flexible and bendable and therefore allow ... Read more »