ME Newswire / Business Wire

PARIS - Wednesday, March 27th 2013

Patrice LeTulle has been appointed Business Wire's regional manager for southern Europe and the Middle East, with responsibility for expanding the company's dominant position in these strategically important markets.

He will report to Ken Bouton, senior vice president, global sales, who announced LeTulle's promotion today.

LeTulle, who speaks French, English and Arabic, joined Business Wire in 2008 as an account executive, and has consistently met his performance goals. He is a graduate of NEGOCIA and the INSEEC Paris Business School, where he earned a Masters degree in International Business and Management.

LeTulle will lead Business Wire's Paris office, which is the industry's market share leader in France. In addition to being the news distribution leader, the majority of the CAC 40 companies -- France's largest publicly traded companies -- use Business Wire to meet their regulatory dis ... Read more »

MetricStream GRC Solution to drive proactive assessments of risks and controls to enhance compliance programs

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Wednesday, March 27th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Barclaycard US, the payments business of Barclays in the United States, has chosen MetricStream, Inc. to provide Governance, Risk, and Compliance software solutions.

Barclaycard US, based in Wilmington, Del., creates customized co-branded credit card programs for some of the nation’s most successful travel, entertainment, retail and financial institutions. The business, considered a pioneer in payments, is part of Barclays PLC, the global bank with more than 300 years of experience and millions of customers worldwide.

"We are pleased to have Barclaycard US as a customer,” said Gaurav Kapoor, Chief Operating Officer at MetricStream. "MetricStream solutions are enthusiastically adopted by a full range of financial services organizations – from large global banks to small lo ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, March 27th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aetna (NYSE: AET), a leading global diversified health care benefits company, announced today that Hisham Radwan, 49, has been named general manager of the Middle East and Africa region for its international operations. In his new role effective today, Radwan is responsible for expanding the company’s international business in the region.

In the Middle East and Africa, Aetna offers individual and group health care benefits for expatriates, health management services for employers and governments, and global health benefit plans for local nationals through alliances with local insurance firms.

Radwan is based in Aetna’s Dubai offices. He joins the company from Bupa Arabia for Cooperative Insurance in Riyadh, where he served as chief commercial officer, responsible for the company’s commercial strategy for health insurance and services.

"We’re pleased that Hisham will be l ... Read more »

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Tuesday, March 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Captain Hatim Natto, Pro-Drifter at  "Mountain Dew Saudi Gear” racing team, is back to compete strongly over top positions for the "Saudi Drift” championship after winning 1st position in the 5th edition of the competition held in Reem International Circuit under the supervision of Saudi Arabian Motor Federation. The outcome put him in the 2nd position over-all with only 4 points away from the 1st.

Natto expressed satisfaction for the team's 550hp Mazda RX7, a unique car that holds international record numbers in this type of racing. "The support that I receive from the management of the Team and Mountain Dew must result in such great achievements, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all team members, Mountain Dew Company and Saudi Arabia Motor Federation for their efforts in giving this championship its classy national character, and last but not least the championship organizer Captain Abd ... Read more »

European Medicines Agency has accepted for review a marketing authorisation application for the sodium glucose cotransporter-2, empagliflozin

INGELHEIM, Germany - Wednesday, March 27th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

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Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company today announced the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted for review a marketing authorisation application (MAA) for the investigational sodium glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, empagliflozin, for the treatment of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) in adults. The acceptance of the MAA marks the beginning of the review process in the European Union for this potential oral diabetes treatment.

"We are pleased with the promising results shown in clinical trials of empagliflozin and are delighted that EMA has accepted our marketing authorisation application,” said Prof. Klaus Dugi, Corporate Senior Vice President Medicine, Boehringer Ingelheim. "Type 2 Di ... Read more »

INGELHEIM, Germany - Tuesday, March 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stated that bleeding rates associated with new use of Pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate) do not appear to be higher than those with new use of warfarin1,2

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A new perspective from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published in the New England Journal of Medicine1 states that the agency has not changed its recommendations regarding Pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate), following the November 2012 Mini-Sentinel evaluations.2 The FDA stated that bleeding rates associated with new use of Pradaxa® do not appear to be higher than those with new use of warfarin, which is consistent with observations from the pivotal RE-LY® trial.1-4 The perspective was published online on March 13, 2013.1

The Mini-Sentinel evaluated new information about the risk of serious ... Read more »

TECOM’s three media sector focused business parks generate growth across digital, production, design and news segment

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, March 26th 2013

Over the course of 2012, TECOM’s Media Cluster, which comprises some of the UAE’s most well-known free zone business parks - Dubai Media City, Dubai Studio City, and International Media Production Zone (IMPZ), has enabled business partners to expand by over 230 thousand sq. ft. as well as welcoming 257 new business partners into its portfolio.

Notable expansions within the three business parks include global business information company, Thomson Reuters, which increased its footprint within Dubai Media City over the course of 2012. Broadcaster and broadcast service provider, View Mobile moved from Dubai Media City to Dubai Studio City, as a result of staggering growth. In IMPZ, Costra Group, a commercial retail design company, grew its operational space over the same period. ... Read more »

AMSTERDAM - Mardi 26 Mars 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), le leader mondial de la sécurité numérique, a annoncé que Safaricom, un opérateur de téléphonie mobile majeur en Afrique, avec plus de 18 millions de clients, utilise sa solution de sauvegarde LinqUs Cloud Backup pour offrir à ses abonnés mobiles au Kenya un service de sauvegarde complet de leurs contacts téléphoniques. Compatible avec la plupart des modèles de combinés téléphoniques, la solution assure aux clients de Safaricom une protection aisée contre des perturbations en cas de vol, perte, dommage ou remplacement de leur téléphone, à travers l'enregistrement automatique de leurs contacts dans le service de stockage basé sur le cloud de l'opérateur de téléphonie mobile.

Déjà plus de 140 millions d'abonnés à travers le m ... Read more »

AMSTERDAM - Tuesday, March 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, has announced that Safaricom, a leading mobile operator in Africa, with over 18 million customers, is using its LinqUs Cloud Backup solution to offer mobile subscribers in Kenya a comprehensive back-up service for phonebook contacts. Compatible with most of the handset models, the solution ensures that Safaricom customers can easily protect themselves against the disruption caused by phone theft, loss, damage or replacement, through saving all their contacts automatically in the mobile operator’s cloud-based storage service.

Gemalto’s LinqUs Cloud Backup is already used by more than 140 million subscribers across the world and is particularly relevant in emerging markets such as those in Africa, where the mobile phone is fast becoming the most widespread computing device, and where the many small businesses ... Read more »

Le Dr. Carmona jouit d’une haute réputation pour ses recherches et ses recommandations concernant la minimisation des effets du tabagisme passif

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona - Mardi 26 Mars 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--NJOY, la plus grande société de cigarettes électroniques en Amérique, a annoncé aujourd’hui que le Dr. Richard Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, a été nommé membre du Conseil d’administration et Président du Comité consultatif scientifique de NJOY. Le Dr. Carmona a été nommé par le Président des États-Unis et il a été confirmé à l’unanimité par le Sénat américain en tant que 17ème Chef du service de santé des États-Unis, en fonction de 2002 à 2006. Le Dr. Carmona fournira des conseils stratégiques à la société concernant les questions de santé publique et de réglem ... Read more »