AMSTERDAM - Thursday, May 16th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, is providing Orange with an end-to-end solution that will offer their subscribers seamless access to a new generation of eGovernment services in Moldova. Gemalto’s solution operates with an embedded software in the handset’s UICC, connected to a comprehensive authentication service platform, Mobile ID from Valimo, an open software and service platform provider, leader in government-grade mobile ID services. This solution transforms any type of mobile phones into devices capable of delivering strong user authentication and legally binding signatures, essential features to securing eGovernment services. At Mobile World Congress 2013, the Moldovan government received the m-Government Global Mobile Award from the GSMA for this nationwide project.

The Mobile ID program in Moldova is a government-led project that is being deployed in partner ... Read more »

Agreement Creates Unique Strategic Collaboration for Development and Clinical Trial Execution

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C - Thursday, May 16th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merck Serono, a division of Merck, Darmstadt, Germany, and Quintiles, the world’s largest provider of biopharmaceutical development and commercial outsourcing services, today announced a new, five-year clinical development agreement. This strategic collaboration is the first-of-its-kind between a biopharmaceutical company and a biopharmaceutical services provider, creating a comprehensive process that integrates the expertise and experience from both organizations into a single, well-aligned clinical development engine.

In a novel approach to clinical development that is founded on a shared commitment to cost-disciplined science, the collaboration is intended to optimize productivity in the design and execution of studies with a focus on quality, speed and efficiency.

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