BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. - Wednesday, November 30th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Axtria, a global big data analytics company, is pleased to announce a strategic agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim (a top 20 pharmaceutical manufacturer) to provide end-to-end Incentive Compensation services to its global commercial teams. As part of the agreement, over 12,000 users across Boehringer Ingelheim’s global markets will be deployed on Axtria’s SalesIQ. There are already 3,500 users in the US and Japan live on the platform today. Previously, all bonus and incentive processes at Boehringer Ingelheim were localized within each business unit and region. With a focus on driving field force effectiveness, Boehringer Ingelheim aims to standardize on a modern, enterprise-grade platform that align compensation strategies and implements best practices globally. “Axtria proved that they not only have a strong platform and experience to deploy in an agile way a state of the art bonuses and incent ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, November 30th 2016 [ME NewsWire] A Little piece of Spain is a dream that Simona Bravo had, to place parts of an amazing country full of treasures, Spain, closer to the Middle East. The brand has a passion for quality, uniqueness, style and work well done. They strive for the love of Spain with its heritage, its people, its culture, its art, and most of all its zest for life. Spain is the land of great artists and outstanding brands such as Cervantes, Picasso, Balenciaga, La Macarena as well as stunning sandy beaches, sun and endless fiestas and siestas! Through this exciting new website, Simona Bravo has found a way to share a little piece of it, just clicks away. Showcasing a little piece of the hardworking craftsmen, artists and entrepreneurs that year by year continue to create in Spain, the brand brings to the UAE the best quality materials and products crafted with the most outstanding techniques that stay true to the heritage they car ... Read more »

KONSTANZ, Germany & OSAKA, Japan - Wednesday, November 30th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Decision follows the successful initiation of TIDES, the global Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of a two-dose schedule of Takeda’s dengue vaccine candidate 40% of the world’s population lives under the threat of the dengue virus Manufacturing plant is major step towards meeting important unmet needs in dengue prevention (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TOKYO:4502) (“Takeda”) today announced that it will invest more than 100 Million Euros to build a new manufacturing plant for its dengue vaccine candidate in Singen, Germany. This represents a major step by Takeda toward meeting important unmet needs in dengue prevention. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), dengue is the fastest spreading mosquito-borne viral disease. Forty percent of the world’s population lives under the threat of the dengue virus, which causes an estimated 390 million infections and ... Read more »

Les vidéos montrent comment sélectionner rapidement et facilement la bonne aiguille de dépose en fonction du fluide et de l'application EAST PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - Mardi 29 Novembre 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Nordson EFD, une société de Nordson (NASDAQ: NDSN), premier fabricant mondial de systèmes de dosage de fluides de précision, présente une nouvelle série de vidéos explicatives intitulée Better Dispensing™ . Présentées par Tom Muccino, spécialiste application chez Nordson EFD, ces trois premières vidéos, courtes mais très instructives, indiquent la meilleure façon de bien choisir une aiguille de dépose. « L'aiguille de dépose est l’un des éléments les plus importants d'un système de dosage », souligne Tom Muccino dans le premier aperçu vidéo. « Vous ne voulez donc pas choisir n'importe quelle aiguille. Vous voulez choisir celle qui conviendra le mieux à votre application. » Nordson EFD fabrique des centaines d'aiguilles de dépose différentes, avec une variété de l ... Read more »

Dr. Mellin-Olsen, the Driving Force for the Landmark Helsinki Declaration on Patient Safety in Anaesthesiology, Joins the Patient Safety Movement as First International Board Member IRVINE, Calif. - Tuesday, November 29th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) has named long-time patient safety advocate Jannicke Mellin-Olsen, MD, DPH, to its Board of Directors. In addition to her full-time clinical post in Bærum Hospital in Oslo, Norway, Dr. Mellin-Olsen serves as Secretary of the European Society of Anesthesiology and President-Elect of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists. “We feel very fortunate to have Dr. Mellin-Olsen join our board,” said Joe Kiani, Founder and Chairman of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation. “For over 25 years, Dr. Mellin-Olsen has been extremely active internationally in promoting safe anesthesiology practices, dedicating her life to saving patients from avoidable harm and death. With the help ... Read more »

Videos help viewers learn quickly and easily how to select the right dispensing tip for a particular fluid and application EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Tuesday, November 29th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nordson EFD, a Nordson company (NASDAQ: NDSN) and the world’s leading manufacturer of precision fluid dispensing systems, introduces a new Better Dispensing™ How-To Video series. These first three short but highly instructional videos, hosted by EFD Application Specialist Tom Muccino, provide best practices when selecting a dispense tip. “The dispensing tip is one of the most important parts of the dispensing system,” said Muccino in the first overview how-to video. “So you don’t want to choose just any tip that works. You want to choose the best tip for the application.” Nordson EFD manufactures hundreds of different dispensing tips with varying lengths, gauges, angles, and other features designed to optimize dispensing repeatability and accuracy for each fluid type and applica ... Read more »

Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, November 24th 2016 [ME NewsWire] The American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK) has launched its comprehensive program for the second annual Innovation Week initiative, as decreed by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. The university held an innovation competition for students earlier this month, giving them the opportunity to put forward their projects, the best of which have been selected for display at this week’s innovation exhibition at Ras Al Khaimah Exhibition Center. The winning project was a mobile phone application, available on iPhone and Android, which utilizes QR code technology which allows users to exchange jigsaw pieces in order to complete a picture. With the UAE National Day approaching, the first jigsaw that creators, Aisha El Allam and Maryam Abdulla, coded into the application was a picture of the seven sheikhs of the seven emirates. Spe ... Read more »