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BOUDRY, Switzerland - Saturday, June 1st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Celgene International Sàrl, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG), today announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA): Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion for Pomalidomide Celgene in combination with dexamethasone for the treatment of relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma (rrMM) in patients who have received at least two prior therapies, including both lenalidomide and bortezomib, and have demonstrated disease progression while on their last therapy.

The CHMP reviews applications for all 27 member states in the European Union (EU), as well as Norway and Iceland. The European Commission, which generally follows the recommendation of the CHMP, is expected to make its final decision within two to three months.

Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a rare blood cancer in which plasma cells, important components of the ... Read more »
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Il se distingue par son excellente performance de réception et sa faible consommation d'énergie

TOKYO - Samedi 1 Juin 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO : 6502) a annoncé aujourd'hui le lancement d'un CI démodulateur destiné aux diffusions terrestres numériques (GB20600-2006 :  DTMB) et aux diffusions par câble numériques (GY/T 170-2001 :  DVB-C) sur le marché chinois. Des échantillons sont d’ores et déjà disponibles, la production en grande série devant commencer cet été.

Le nouveau CI démodulateur, TC90518FTG, utilise la technologie d'annulation multivoie originale de Toshiba1 et se distingue par sa performance de réception à la pointe du secteur2 sous des conditions multivoie à retardement de +/-300 usec. Ceci permet d'obtenir une réception stable dans des environnements pouvant causer une propagation par trajets m ... Read more »
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DUBAI - Saturday, June 1st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Syska Hennessy Group, Inc., a global consulting, engineering and commissioning firm, is growing to meet the increasing demands of their clients in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. They are moving their Syska Hennessy Group MENA office into expanded space in Dubai’s Internet City, and increasing their engineering staff to support a growing demand in the Facilities Management Consulting, Commissioning (FMCx), Hospitality and Healthcare markets.

The company’s expanded facility grew in response to a staff that has doubled in size since opening in the past year.

Located in Dubai’s Internet City, the new office will serve as a hub across the entire Middle East and North Africa, as well as Turkey. Syska Hennessy is supporting global client requirements for high performance consulting, collaborative design, commissioning and facility management consulting of complex facilities from their new loc ... Read more »
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Le nouveau guide aide les entreprises à effectuer des évaluations pertinentes

ROLLING MEADOWS, Illinois - Samedi 1 Juin 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Établir la confiance dans les processus et contrôles informatiques est important, mais les processus d’audit et d’assurance sont souvent une source d’irritation pour les partenaires commerciaux. Leur perception est que les processus d’assurance consomment des ressources, ralentissent les activités et peuvent entraîner plus de travail, tout cela pour atteindre des objectifs qu’ils peuvent ne pas comprendre. Le nouveau COBIT 5 for Assurance de l’ISACA comble ce fossé en traduisant les activités d’assurance dans un langage commun pertinent pour les entreprises et les partenaires technologiques, et relie les objectifs d’évaluation directement aux objectifs commerciaux. S’inscrivant dans le cadre de référence COBIT 5 mondialement reconnu, COBIT 5 for Assuranceoffre des ... Read more »
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CHICAGO - Friday, May 31st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Results from the first, large multi-center study evaluating Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) with SIR-Spheres® microspheres in patients ages 70 years and older were released today at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. According to investigators, the use of SIR-Spheres microspheres in elderly patients with unresectable colorectal liver metastases (mCRC) appears to be as effective and well-tolerated as in younger patients.1 The findings were released by lead investigator of the MORE study, Andrew S. Kennedy, M.D., F.A.C.R.O., Director, Radiation Oncology Research at the Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, Tenn.

"Many standard chemotherapy regimens are either not offered to elderly patients or are given at lower, potentially less effective levels due to the perception or existence of data indicating that elderly patients cannot tolerate these drugs,” noted Dr. ... Read more »
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Friday, May 31st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

If you are on the fence about getting LASIK in Dubai then here are few reasons as to why you should go right ahead and get it done in order to free yourself from glasses or contact lenses in a matter of minutes!

LASIK in Dubai is immensely popular as it ensures immediate results unlike any other procedures. Even though your eyes will continue healing for a short period of time, you will still experience immediate improved vision and then go on to experience better vision until your eyesight is perfect. This procedure takes from 5 to 15 minutes for both eyes. It is pain free with occasional mild discomfort. Only anesthetic eye drops are used to numb your eyes.

After the procedure it is important that the patient rest for a certain period of time in order to recuperate. The amazing thing about undergoing this procedure is that it enables most individuals to return to work and their day to day tasks the ... Read more »
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Achieves high reception performance and low power consumption

TOKYO - Saturday, June 1st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced that it has launched a demodulator IC for digital terrestrial broadcasts (GB20600-2006: DTMB) and digital cable broadcasts (GY/T 170-2001: DVB-C) in the Chinese market. Samples are available now with mass production scheduled to start this summer.

The new demodulator IC, TC90518FTG, uses Toshiba's original multipath1 cancelling technology and achieves industry-leading-class2 reception performance under long-delay multipath conditions of +/-300usec. This makes it possible to realize stable reception in environments that may cause a long-delay multipath, such as in single frequency networks (SFN)3. The new product also achieves industry-leading2 low power consumption, 98mW (typ.), which can contribute to lower power consumption by the broadcasting equipment.
 

Main Specifications ... Read more »
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New Guide Helps Enterprises Perform Business-relevant Assessments

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill - Thursday, May 30th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Establishing confidence in IT processes and controls is important, but audit and assurance processes often represent a pain point for business partners. Their perception is that assurance processes consume resources, slow activities and can lead to additional work—all to achieve goals they may not understand. ISACA’s new COBIT 5 for Assurance bridges the gap by translating assurance activities into a common language that is meaningful to business and technology partners and ties assessment goals directly to business goals. Building on the globally recognized COBIT 5 framework, COBIT 5 for Assurance provides practical guidance for unifying business, IT and assurance professionals around a shared approach when planning and performing assurance reviews.

COBIT 5 for Assurance helps enterprises enable efficient and effective I ... Read more »
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• Production achieved at second ethylene steam cracker • Production of other products increasing


SINGAPORE - Thursday, May 30th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ExxonMobil’s Singapore Chemical Plant is now producing ethylene from the facility’s second world-scale steam cracker.

The expansion is integrated with the existing petrochemical plant. Over the next few weeks, the petrochemical complex, powered by a 375-megawatt cogeneration plant, will increase production at its three polyethylene plants, two polypropylene plants, a specialty metallocene elastomers unit and the expanded oxo-alcohol and aromatics units.

"This expansion gives ExxonMobil unparalleled feedstock flexibility in the industry and positions the Singapore petrochemical complex well to serve growth markets from China to the Indian sub-continent and beyond," said Matthew Aguiar, chairman and managing director, ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. "We are committed to meeting the regional d ... Read more »
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SAN ANTONIO - Jeudi 30 Mai 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Le conseil d'administration de la société mère de Kinetic Concepts, Inc. et de LifeCell Corporationest heureux d'annoncer que James G. Carlson a accepté l'invitation des promoteurs financiers de la société de rejoindre le conseil d'administration.

M. Carlson a plus de 30 ans d'expérience dans le secteur de l'assurance-maladie. Il est l'ancien directeur général d'Amerigroup, un poste qu'il a occupé de 2007 à 2012. M. Carlson était également le président du conseil d'administration d'Amerigroup depuis 2008. De 2003 à 2007, il a occupé le poste de président et directeur de l'exploitation d'Amerigroup. Entre 2003 et 2012, les revenus d'Amerigroup sont passés de 1,6 milliards de dollars en 2003 à 9 milliards de dollars en 2012, permettant à la société de faire son entrée au classement du For ... Read more »
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