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RB

RB Statement: Improper Use of Disinfectants

Slough, England (ots/PRNewswire) - Due to recent speculation and social media activity, RB (the makers of Lysol and Dettol) has been asked whether internal administration of disinfectants may be appropriate for investigation or use as a treatment for coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). As a global leader in health and hygiene products, we must be clear that under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into ...

ClinicAll

New ClinicAll Communicator App Supports Care Staff vs Corona

New York (ots/PRNewswire) - Decisive action is now needed to fight the coronavirus successfully. Most importantly, nursing staff needs protection and support. Everything that makes their work easier improves patient care, relieves pressure on hospitals and, in the end, helps saving lives. That is why ClinicAll developed the new ClinicAll Communicator app. It connects patients and staff in the simplest way - digital, ...

UCB Pharma

UCB's General Meeting of Shareholders

Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - - Update on attendance and voting instructions relating to UCB's General Meeting of 30 April 2020 - Implementation of Royal Decree n°4 of 9 April 2020 on various provisions regarding the legislation on co-ownership and companies and associations, in the framework of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic - No physical presence at General Meeting allowed and votes can only be submitted by ...

ZENTIVA Pharma GmbH

Zentiva and IKEA Joining Forces to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic

Prague (ots/PRNewswire) - Zentiva Group, a.s. announces the agreement with IKEA to cooperate during the COVID-19 crisis. As part of this collaboration, Zentiva Romania will temporarily employ 18 employees from IKEA Romania for 3 months to sustain the production of medicines supply following the increasing demand. " At Zentiva we are doing everything in our power to help authorities fight COVID-19. Zentiva is working on ...

Sophia Genetics

SOPHiA GENETICS Expands Its Executive Team, Naming Lara Hashimoto Chief Business Officer

Lausanne, Switzerland and Boston (ots/PRNewswire) - SOPHiA GENETICS, leader in Data-Driven Medicine, announced today that Lara Hashimoto has joined its Executive Team as Chief Business Officer, effective April 1st. She will be responsible for Marketing, Product Management and Business Development. Lara Hashimoto joined the healthcare industry 20 years ago holding ...

Avectas

Avectas Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent for Cell Engineering Technology by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Dublin (ots/PRNewswire) - Avectas announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued U.S. Patent No. 10,612,042, which is central to the company's cell engineering technology, Solupore® and expands Avectas' global Intellectual Property portfolio. This patent covers an approach for ...

ZENTIVA Pharma GmbH

Zentiva Extends Commercial Footprint By Completing Acquisition of CEE Business From Alvogen

Prague (ots/PRNewswire) - Zentiva Group a.s. confirms the closing of its previously declared acquisition of Alvogen's Central and Eastern European (CEE) business. The deal adds to Zentiva's continuing organic growth, reinforcing Zentiva's commercial footprint in Poland, Romania and Bulgaria, and expanding its ...

Elbit Systems

Coping With the Coronavirus, Rambam Healthcare Campus in Israel Joins Forces With Elbit Systems to Deploy a Management & Control Technology

Haifa, Israel (ots/PRNewswire) - The Rambam Healthcare Campus ("Rambam") in Haifa, Israel starts operating EX-TEAMS, a cellular based management and control system that was jointly developed with Elbit Systems. EX-TEAMS is based on an Elbit Systems' Command & Control (C2) technology that was repurposed in recent ...

Firmenich

Firmenich Expands Hand Sanitizer Production; Donating 100 Tons Across USA and Switzerland

Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Building on Firmenich's donation of 20 tons of hand sanitizer in Geneva, the Group is increasing its production capacity to 100 tons for hospitals, as well as medical and emergency services across the USA and Switzerland. Firmenich has transformed its production lines to provide hand sanitizer vital to limiting the spread of COVID-19 and ...

Swiss Medtech

EU Commission wants to postpone MDR implementation by one year / Swiss Medtech considers the postponement essential to ensure patient care

Bern (ots) - In view of the coronavirus pandemic, Swiss Medtech considers the EU Commission proposal to postpone the Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) date of application by one year to be imperative. The Association hopes that the Council and Parliament will also promptly agree with the recommendation. Ensuring the ...

UCB Pharma

UCB Completes the Acquisition of Ra Pharmaceuticals - to Deliver Differentiated Therapies to Patients

Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - - The transaction, which was announced October 10, 2019, will enhance UCB's potential to be a leader in myasthenia gravis by adding zilucoplan , a peptide inhibitor of complement component 5 (C5) currently in phase 3, to the UCB pipeline alongside rozanolixizumab , UCB's FcRn targeting ...

ForaCare Suisse AG

Autonomous Thermometer System Launched to Assist in COVID-19 Pandemic

BMO Financial Group - Conferences and Events

Media Advisory - BMO Expert Podcast on COVID-19 and the Future of the Global Economy

Toronto, Ontario (ots/PRNewswire) - - Darryl White, Chief Executive Officer, BMO Financial Group leads the discussion -Following BMO Financial Group's 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, BMO is providing access to a podcast featuring diverse perspectives on the economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and how businesses must evolve and adapt to changing ...

Novo Nordisk

Saxenda® Demonstrated Improvements in BMI and Body Weight in Adolescents With Obesity

Bagsværd, Denmark (ots/PRNewswire) - Novo Nordisk today announced that the New England Journal of Medicine published results of a phase 3 trial evaluating the investigational use of Saxenda® (liraglutide 3.0 mg) in adolescents (aged ...

GEODIS

GEODIS Establishes an Air Bridge From China to Transport Millions of Masks

Levallois-Perret, France (ots/PRNewswire) - GEODIS has been commissioned by the French Government to organize the emergency supply of millions of masks from China to France. In order to respond to requests from the national authorities, GEODIS is planning 16 flights over the coming weeks, representing in volume terms approximately 2400 m3 of capacity weekly. If ...

APR

FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to APR-OD031 for the Treatment of Phenylketonuria (PKU)

Balerna, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - APR Applied Pharma Research s.a. ("APR"), the Swiss pharma company leveraging drug delivery technologies to develop innovative products for niche and rare diseases, today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA") has granted Orphan Drug Designation for the Company's drug candidate APR-OD031 for the treatment ...

Sophia Genetics

SOPHiA GENETICS and Paragon Genomics Join Forces Against the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic

Lausanne, Switzerland, and Boston (ots/PRNewswire) - SOPHiA GENETICS, leader in Data-Driven Medicine, today announced that it is entering the fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus by extending its partnership with Paragon Genomics, who developed a next-generation sequencing (NGS) assay and leveraging the SOPHiA Platform analytical capabilities, as well as delivering ...

Norgine GmbH

Norgine B.V. Acquires Azanta A/S, Strengthening Its Position as a Leading European Specialist Pharmaceutical Company

Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - Norgine B.V. ("Norgine") announces the acquisition of Azanta A/S, a specialty biopharmaceutical company operating within women's healthcare, addiction medicine and oncology. Azanta becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of Norgine. To view the Multimedia News Release, please click: ...

Enghouse Systems Limited

Enghouse Vidyo Unit Helps Health Systems Scale Telemedicine To Mitigate Coronavirus Risk

Markham, Ontario (ots/PRNewswire) - Resilient Video Platform Ensures Health Systems Can Provide Remote Diagnoses and Effective Patient Care -Enghouse Systems Limited (TSX:ENGH) today announced its Vidyo, Inc. subsidiary has developed a program to help its telemedicine clients dramatically scale to combat the Coronavirus pandemic. The program allows for new or existing ...

FDI World Dental Federation

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FDI World Dental Federation: Global survey shows that less than half (38%) of parents limit their children´s sugary food and drink intake to ensure good oral health

Hitachi Medical Systems Europe Holding AG

Hitachi Medical Systems Europe launches "ARIETTA 750", the new model from the ARIETTA series of diagnostic ultrasound platforms / This model inherited premium class technologies

IQM Finland Oy

IQM Makes First Expansion Move; Creates Subsidiary in Germany to Drive Quantum Hardware-software Co-design

Espoo, Finland (ots/PRNewswire) - - Top quantum expert tapped to lead the new facility http://www.meetiqm.com/ (IQM), today announced an expansion through the establishment of its first subsidiary company, IQM Germany, located in Munich. The company also announced the appointment of renowned quantum computing and ...

CARAG AG

Carag First-ever Septal Occluder With Bioresorbable, Metal-free Framework Available to Patients Through New European Registry

Baar, Switzerland and Berlin (ots/PRNewswire) - First 3-year-old patient successfully implanted and discharged from hospital in Berlin CARAG AG, a Swiss privately held medical device development company, announced today the successful implantation of the first-ever transcatheter septal occluder with bioresorbable, ...

European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)

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ESMO supports women in South Africa to become autonomous workers