Business Wire / ME Newswire

PARIS - Tuesday, November 6th 2012

Cartes 2012

Regulatory News:

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, won a new Sesames award at the 2012 CARTES & IDentification industry conference for its PrintPixel security feature. The winning innovation is being showcased on the Gemalto booth, Hall 3, Entrance.

"This Sesames award endorses our capacity in developing innovative products that lead to real-life applications and tangible benefits for service providers and end users, as part of our ongoing commitment to serving our customers with pioneering solutions that make them stay one step ahead,” commented Tan Teck-Lee, Gemalto’s Chief Innovation and Technology Officer. "The security features that are visible with the bare eye are always very efficient, easy to check by officials at border control and providing increased protection for citizens.”

PrintPixel™

PrintPixel is a highl ... Read more »

New "Starwood Media Centre” Provides Easy Access to Starwood News, Images and Video Content with One-of-a-Kind Online News Portal and Mobile Application

BRUSSELS - Tuesday, November 6th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Starwood Hotels & Resorts today launches an engaging and multi-lingual news portal designed to provide international journalists, bloggers and other external audiences with easy access to major Starwood news. This includes corporate and financial announcements, the latest news on the company’s nine unique and compelling lifestyle brands and Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) offers and promotions. Created to shake up the traditional corporate news page, the new Starwood Media Centreuses innovative design and the latest technology to deliver major news, high-definition video content, high-resolution images and social media channels in an easy-to-use format, specifically targeted to the needs of today’s journalist.

In an effort to reach global med ... Read more »

PARIS - Tuesday, November 6th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

Cartes & IDentification

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces joining the Partnership for Cyber Resilience - a global initiative developed by the World Economic Forum in support of fostering a trusted share digital space and supported by leading global companies. Gemalto will work alongside the initiative partners to identify and address emerging global needs and systemic risks that arise from the increasing digital connectivity of people, processes and objects. The company brings its global experience in digital security applied in particular to authenticated mobile security, trusted cloud access, identity and privacy protection, eHealthcare and eGovernment security and efficiency. Gemalto will also bring in the expertise acquired through its numerous contributions to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) security standard ... Read more »

INGELHEIM, Germany - Tuesday, November 6th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

- Results from real-world practice support evidence from clinical trials

- Pradaxa® is well tolerated with a good safety profile in routine clinical setting

- Benefit of Pradaxa® seen in all patients regardless of risk of bleeding and/or VTE

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- New real-world data reinforces the positive safety and efficacy profile of Pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate) in clinical practice for the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients undergoing total knee or hip replacement.* Data presented today at the 2012 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions highlight that treatment with Pradaxa® was well tolerated and resulted in low incidence of major bleeding events irrespective of patient risk factors.1

VTE has been estimated to be the third most common cardiovascular disorder after coronary heart disease and stroke.2 In Europe alone, it affects 1.5 million peop ... Read more »

VIENNA - Tuesday, November 6th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

EMC Momentum 2012

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- euroscript has received this year’s EMC IIG President Award for Customer Satisfaction at EMC Momentum 2012.

For the past 25 years, euroscript has delivered top-quality services to its customers around the world, adapting to their needs, being flexible whenever required and mobilising its expertise to achieve optimum results. Since we know a satisfied customer is a loyal customer, euroscript has constantly searched for innovative approaches, developed add-ons to help customers get the best out of their technology and implemented architecture-based solutions suited to a wide range of highly specific environments.

Today, by presenting euroscript with this prestigious award, EMC recognizes euroscript’s excellence in delivering customer satisfaction and its ability to exceed customer expectations by providing the highest levels of satisfaction in terms of service and solutions.< ... Read more »

WOLFSCHLUGEN, Germany & LONDON - Tuesday, November 6th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

- Willi Balz wins the Energy Efficiency Race in England with the 'Windreich Me 1'

- New Record: 101.6 km from Brighton to London with 3.8 kWh or 0.4 litre petrol

- A mobile wind charger on site provided energy for the record run

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Windreich AG, the most successful developer, engineer, installer, and operator of offshore wind farms is also way forward in energy-efficient driving. Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. (FH) Willi Balz, founder and sole shareholder proved it on 3 November, as he sovereignly won the Future Car Challenge 2012. 'Windreich Me 1'; a model he developed himself was the overall winner to occuppy the first place in the categories 'Most Energy Efficient Sport Car' and 'Best Pure Electric Vehicle'. In addition, the two-seater conquered the hearts of many viewers and won the audience choice 'The Best Future Car'.

The Future Car Challenge (FCC) is the world's mos ... Read more »

INGELHEIM, Germany - Tuesday, November 6th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

    New FDA data safety assessment supports previous clinical evidence on the safety of the anticoagulation therapy and reports new Pradaxa® and warfarin patients to have similar bleeding rates
    Comprehensive efficacy and safety evaluation by the EMA leads to recommendation for renewal of the marketing authorisation for Pradaxa® to ensure ongoing patient benefit

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- For Non-US, Non-UK & Non-Canadian Media Only

Following independent regulatory appraisals of the safety and efficacy of the anticoagulation therapy Pradaxa®, both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) have reconfirmed the positive benefit-risk profile of the treatment for prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF)*.

On Friday 2nd November, the FDA publishe ... Read more »

WALTHAM, Mass. - Monday, November 5th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the launch of a panel of nine new epigenetic research assay kitsfor the detection of endogenous histone modifications at the Revolutionaries for Global Health Summit (RGH), a global scientific community event dedicated to advancing personalized health. Last week’s RGH Summit in San Francisco, is part of a global series hosted by PerkinElmer to share advanced research and foster collaboration among researchers and practitioners as they deploy PerkinElmer’s disruptive technologies and approaches to support research to prevent, detect, and treat disease.

"PerkinElmer is dedicated to providing a forum for revolutionary change in the way we approach research, and ultimately, healthcare,” said Kevin Hrusovsky, president Life Sciences and Technology, PerkinElmer. "Through our Revolutionaries ... Read more »