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Vantage partners UNHCR for global fundraising activity for refugees, matches donations dollar-for-dollar.
SINGAPORE, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vantage, an international multi-asset broker, is pleased to announce that it is launching a month-long donation drive in support of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to help refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide. Vantage will be matching all donations from both new and existing clients, dollar for... Read More
LATEST AMAZFIT T-REX 2 UPDATE INTRODUCES ROUTE IMPORT & REAL-TIME NAVIGATION, AND TRAINING TEMPLATES
CUPERTINO, Calif., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amazfit, a leading global smart wearable brand owned by Zepp (NYSE: ZEPP), has launched its latest firmware update for its rugged outdoor GPS smartwatch, the Amazfit T-Rex 2. This new update introduces the eagerly-anticipated Route Import and Real-time Navigation function, which lets users import route files from the Zepp App and navigate along them, directly on the watch. Users can also enjoy a... Read More
OPEN Health to acquire leading US medical communications platform The CM Group from NaviMed Capital
LONDON and HINGHAM, Mass. and WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OPEN Health, a global provider of scientific communications and market access services, announced that it signed a binding agreement to acquire The CM Group, a leading US domestic medical communications platform from NaviMed Capital ("NaviMed"). The partnership between OPEN Health and The CM Group expands the platform's global reach and portfolio of best-in-class scientific... Read More
DigiFT Launches Decentralized Security Token Exchange
SINGAPORE, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DigiFT has successfully listed a one-month security token issued by Diners Club (Singapore) Private Limited ("DCS") on August 1st, 2022. It is the first launch of a regulatory-compliant security token on a public chain (Ethereum) with an Automatic Market Maker (AMM) liquidity pool. Unlike a conventional exchange, the AMM automatically provides sufficient market liquidity without requiring active market... Read More
Coins.ph Unveils Coins Access, a Solution to Integrate Crypto Trading into Any Digital Platform
SINGAPORE, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Coins.ph ("Coins" or the "Company"), the Philippines' leading digital wallet provider and crypto exchange platform, today announced the launch of its latest product, 'Coins Access', a white-label solution that allows third-party platforms to seamlessly offer their users crypto trading services powered by Coins.ph technology. Read More
Pharming Group Receives Accelerated Assessment in Europe for leniolisib for the Treatment of Rare Immunodeficiency, APDS
LEIDEN, the Netherlands, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharming Group N.V. ("Pharming" or "the Company") (EURONEXT Amsterdam: PHARM) (Nasdaq: PHAR) announces that the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has granted an accelerated assessment for the Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) for leniolisib. Leniolisib has been studied for the treatment of activated PI3K delta syndrome (APDS), a... Read More
Wagestream partners with fintech Blossom to offer employees targeted 3% p.a. returns
SYDNEY, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial wellbeing fintech Wagestream has partnered with fixed income micro-savings platform Blossom to offer employees a way to grow their savings by giving them access to the Blossom Fund which targets 3 percent per annum return on investments. The 1 million global employees of Wagestream's business customers will have the opportunity to gain access to the Blossom Fund as an embedded savings option... Read More
PLDT fires up PH link of US-Transpacific Jupiter Cable system
MANILA, Philippines, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PLDT Inc. officially fired up the US-Transpacific Jupiter Cable system, the Philippines' fastest, direct data cable link to the US and Japan. This latest cable system will immensely boost the country's international data capacity and advance the digital infrastructure needed to further spur the country's economic growth. PLDT activated country's link to the newest international submarine cable... Read More
Alps Pharmaceutical confirms through human pharmacokinetic studies that its newly developed natural quercetin formulation can significantly reduce quercetin usage
HIDA, Japan, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Aug 02, 2022, with the recent surge in raw material prices and the continued scarcity of quercetin in the market, Alps Pharmaceutical Ind. Co., Ltd. (Hida, Japan, President: Osamu Ushimaru) announced that it has confirmed through human pharmacokinetic studies of its new quercetin formulation, EubioQuercetin, that the amount of quercetin used can be reduced to one quarter of the original amount.... Read More
Active Motif and EpiCypher Execute Cross-Licensing Agreement and End Ongoing Litigation Involving Targeted Transposition/CUT&Tag Technology for Epigenomics
CARLSBAD, Calif. and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CUT is a targeted transposition technique that allows high-resolution genomic mapping of histone modifications and chromatin-associated proteins through the precise insertion of DNA sequences into the genome using the Tn5 transposase enzyme. EpiCypher and Active Motif each own or control patents covering complementary aspects of targeted transposition. Active... Read More
Active Motif Incorporated Licenses Targeted Transposition to Diagenode S.A. Technology
CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Active Motif Incorporated, a company with the vision of bringing epigenetics more deeply into precision medicine, announced that it has non-exclusively licensed its foundational patents in transposition for use in CUT epigenetic assays to Diagenode S.A., a Hologic company (NASDAQ: HOLX). The innovations underlying these patents allow mechanistic, translational, and clinical researchers to... Read More
Linear TV viewing down as online long form viewing time increases according to Omdia
LONDON, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New research from Omdia reveals nonlinear viewing continues to gain greater hegemony in the daily viewing habits of TV users across the US, Europe and Australia with online long form and social media video viewing growing beyond the previous year's boom in viewing time. Omdia's new Cross-Platform Television Viewing Time Report – 2022 finds that across all the markets covered average total daily viewing time... Read More
ViewSonic Australia Announces New Distribution Partnership with Synergy Audio
SYDNEY, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ViewSonic Australia announces a new distribution partnership with Synergy Audio Visual, a premium AV distributor in Australia specialising in Home Cinema products. The new partnership sees the distribution of ViewSonic's Home Cinema range to Synergy AV's premium sales and distribution network. Effective immediately,... Read More
PERSISTENT LOSS OF SMELL DUE TO COVID-19 CLOSELY CONNECTED TO LONG-LASTING COGNITIVE PROBLEMS
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New insights into factors that may predict, increase or protect against the impact of COVID-19 and the pandemic on memory and thinking skills were revealed by multiple studies reported today at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference® (AAIC®) 2022 in San Diego and virtually. Among the key findings reported at AAIC 2022: A group from Argentina found that persistent loss of the sense of smell... Read More
The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon Officially Opens as Global Group's Asia Flagship
BANGKOK, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Standard is delighted to announce the opening of The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon, its flagship in Asia and the latest addition to the King Power Group portfolio. The hotel will leverage the iconic building's architecture and energy and will bring the brand's signature mix of culture, design, entertainment and hospitality to the Thai capital. With 155 rooms and suites and a central location in downtown... Read More
Global Fund Reports Significant Progress in Breaking Down Human Rights-Related Barriers to HIV and TB Services
MONTREAL, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report released by the Global Fund today at the 24th International AIDS Conference unveils key findings of the activities supported by the Global Fund's Breaking Down Barriers initiative, a groundbreaking program launched in 2017 to provide intensive financial and technical support to 20 countries* to address stigma and discrimination, criminalization and other human rights-related obstacles that... Read More
Gibson Wins Another Definitive Ruling On Its Iconic Shapes and Trademarks
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 27, 2022, the court decided by jury, to uphold Gibson's long-established and well-recognized trademarks for Gibson's innovative and iconic guitar shapes, finding that the Gibson Trademarks are valid, the Gibson shapes are not generic, and the defendants were guilty of both infringement and counterfeiting. This sets a clear precedent for the future of Gibson's intellectual property. Read More
Merged Solcon-IGEL GROUP Launches New Website
DORTMUND, Germany, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Solcon-IGEL, the newly combined group of solid-state motor specialists Solcon Industries and leading drive technology company IGEL Electric GmbH, has officially launched its new website (www.solconigel.com/). Read More
MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES AUSTRALIA RECOGNISED AS 2022 GREAT PLACE TO WORK
SYDNEY, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Manhattan Associates Inc. (NASDAQ: MANH) today announced its Australian office has been certified as a 'great place to work' according to the 2022 Great Place to Work® Trust Index© Survey. The accreditation is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by survey platform Emprising, with the anonymous survey measuring a number of areas including workplace culture,... Read More
WPP uncovers the shifting values, priorities and perceptions of Aussies in 2022
SYDNEY, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WPP, Australia New Zealand, today announces the launch of Secrets and Lies Chapter Six: 'Fact, Fiction and What's New in 22?'. Read More
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