INGELHEIM, Germany -Monday, July 24th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] • 61% of IPF patients are worried or extremely worried about experiencing an acute IPF exacerbation1 • Survey underlines the importance of appropriate support and coping mechanisms for patients living with IPF1 • Healthcare teams emphasise the need of a strong support network and multi-disciplinary care for people with IPF (BUSINESS WIRE)-- New results from a global survey supported by Boehringer Ingelheim1 reveal the emotional and practical challenges facing people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Patients are impacted by feelings of anxiety, fear, uncertainty and hopelessness, as well as a restriction in everyday activities.1 However, a range of both medical and non-medical support is available to help them cope with their disease.2 The survey uncovers patient concerns about the irreversible progression of their disease. Patients are especially worried over acute IPF exacerbations - a rapid deterioration of symptoms ... Read more »

L’opérateur alternatif devient le premier au Royaume-Uni à mettre en œuvre une stratégie d’accès à plusieurs gigabits avec une architecture XGS-PON émergente LONDRES -Mardi 25 Juillet 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)--ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ : ADTN), l’un des principaux fournisseurs de solutions de réseaux ouverts de nouvelle génération, a annoncé aujourd’hui que Call Flow avait choisi sa solution XGS-PON pour propulser au Royaume-Uni la première génération de services Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) à plusieurs gigabits symétriques. L’opérateur de haut débit ultra rapide, en pleine croissance a déjà déployé jusqu’à 100 Mb/s de services FTTC dans le sud de l’Angleterre et, pour permettre aux services de se mettre à l’échelle, il a désormais sélectionné la solution FTTH à 10 Gb/s, de nouvelle génération, d’ADTRAN. Cette nouvelle architecture, entièrement compatible avec le réseau FTTH existant de Call Flow, est en passe de produire un changement progressif dans la performance d’accès à pl ... Read more »

Alternative operator becomes first in the UK to drive a multi-Gigabit access strategy with emerging XGS-PON architecture LONDON -Friday, July 21st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ: ADTN), a leading provider of next-generation open networking solutions, today announced that Call Flow has chosen its XGS-PON solution to power the UK’s first generation of symmetric multi-Gigabit Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) services. The rapidly-growing ultrafast broadband operator has already built out up to 100Mbps FTTC-based services across Southern England and, to allow services to scale, has now selected ADTRAN’s next generation 10Gbps FTTH solution. This new architecture, fully compatible with Call Flow’s existing FTTH network, is set to bring about a step-change in symmetric multi-Gigabit access performance to differentiate it from other providers as it targets strategic expansion over the next 5–10 years. With new rapidly emerging application demands such as AR/VR, 4K me ... Read more »

Supermodel and philanthropist to bring purposeful inspiration to the world’s largest digital creative community SAN FRANCISCO-Thursday, July 20th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- PicsArt, the leading image editing app and creative social network, today announced the appointment of Natalia Vodianova, the supermodel and philanthropist, as Head of Aspiration. In this new role, Natalia will inspire and suggest opportunities to drive positive change through creativity. She has also joined the company’s advisory board. “We are thrilled to welcome a talent and role model like Natalia into our family,” said PicsArt CEO Hovhannes Avoyan. “Natalia has been deeply involved in bringing creative inspiration to the world through fashion and social commitment. She’ll help connect the fashion world and the brands and charities she works with to our creative community of 90 million monthly active users, for remixing and inspiration.” “I’m excited to be part of a community where social shar ... Read more »

NEUCHATEL, Switzerland -Thursday, July 20th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today the CE marking of RPVi™, a noninvasive and continuous measurement of the dynamic changes in perfusion index (Pi) that occur during one or more respiratory cycles. RPVi is designed to show changes that reflect physiologic factors such as vascular tone, circulating blood volume, and intrathoracic pressure excursions. RPVi, powered by Masimo rainbow® technology, is a multi-wavelength version of the currently available Pleth Variability Index (PVi®). RPVi is designed to provide enhanced specificity to changes in fluid volume compared to PVi.1 Several peer-reviewed clinical studies have evaluated the utility of the currently available measurement PVi as an indicator of fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients. For example: In a study of 82 patients undergoing major abdominal surgery, researchers found that PVi-based goal-directed fluid management redu ... Read more »

NEW YORK -Mardi 25 Juillet 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Calvin Klein, Inc., une filiale à cent-pour-cent de PVH Corp. [NYSE: PVH], a annoncé aujourd'hui le lancement de sa campagne mondiale publicitaire dont fait l'objet la collection Automne 2017CALVIN KLEIN 205W39NYC . Cette campagne mondiale de publicité multimédia représente les débuts de la collectionCALVIN KLEIN 205W39NYC réalisée par le Directeur de la Création Raf Simons. Cette campagne, remarquable sur le plan visuel, dont les prises de vue ont été réalisées par le photographeWilly Vanderperre, présente une série de 22 mannequins, photographiés avec, en toile de fond, une série de panneaux comportant des images de la campagne publicitaire de la saison précédente, American Classics de CALVIN KLEIN. Les panneaux de la précédente campagne publicitaire - qui incluent des oeuvres de l'artiste Andy Warhol – ont été érigés dans le désert californien dans les jours précédant la prise de vues. Cette campagne est une recherch ... Read more »

CORK, Ireland-Monday, July 24th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] - Long-term data from the Phase 2b LATTE-2 study demonstrated comparable antiviral activity to daily, oral 3-drug combination - - Data presented as an oral late breaker at the 9th International AIDS Society Conference, 23-26 July 2017, Paris, France - (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Janssen Sciences Ireland UC, one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) today announced that a regimen of two investigational long-acting, injectable formulations of HIV medicines —Janssen’s rilpivirine and ViiV Healthcare’s cabotegravir — given together every 4 or 8 weeks was as effective as 3-drug oral antiretroviral therapy (ART) at maintaining HIV-1 viral suppression through 96 weeks (HIV-1 RNA <50 copies per mL). Results published in The Lancet show that if approved, this first two-drug, long-acting regimen could offer a highly effective suppressive maintenance therapy for people living with HIV. Viral suppression was achieved i ... Read more »

NEW YORK -Monday, July 24th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Calvin Klein, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of PVH Corp. [NYSE: PVH], today announced the Fall 2017 CALVIN KLEIN 205W39NYC global multi-media advertising campaign. The campaign features the debut CALVIN KLEIN 205W39NYC collection by Chief Creative Officer Raf Simons. Shot by photographer Willy Vanderperre, the visually striking campaign presents a cast of 22 models shot against a series of billboards that feature images from last season’s CALVIN KLEIN: American Classics campaign. The billboards of the previous campaign – which include works by artist Andy Warhol – were erected in the California desert in the days leading up to the shoot. The campaign is a study in art and artifice, of the real and the imagined, the mannered world of high fashion combined with a sense of the everyday. Ultimately, the campaign explores the cinematic and romantic outsider’s view of America, something of a dream world that has become co ... Read more »

Nine more US cable and IPTV operators have initiated Ultra HD trials using SES’s pre-packaged solution LUXEMBOURG-Monday, July 24th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- With an additional nine TV operators joining SES’s Ultra HD trials, a total of 30 US Pay TV providers, with a combined audience of more than 10 million subscribers, are now testing SES’s 4K content delivery platform across their distribution networks. The latest wave of Pay TV system operators to ink Ultra HD trial agreements with SES includes: Alliance Communications, an Internet, phone and cable TV operator serving subscribers in South Dakota and Minnesota; Cincinnati Bell, a leading telco in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky; Douglas County Community Network, an ultra-high-speed broadband and IPTV provider in the state of Washington; Hotwire, a national telecom provider; Midco, a regional provider of triple play services in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Kansas; Midwest Video Solutions ... Read more »