AMSTERDAM - Wednesday, June 12th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces its selection by SoftBank Mobile for the commercial launch of mobile NFC services in Japan. This launch further expands Japan’s NFC ecosystem, with two major mobile operators having launched NFC services, powered by Gemalto’s Allynis Trusted Service Management (TSM) solution. Open and scalable, the TSM infrastructure allows operators to easily bring new service providers into the ecosystem. The solution is hosted in Gemalto’s secure data center based in Singapore, providing 24/7 availability to ensure business continuity for SoftBank Mobile.

With Japanese banks increasingly throwing their weight into mobile payment services, Japanese mobile subscribers will have more access to a rich portfolio of NFC services which also include e-ticketing and loyalty programs. The support of NFC international st ... Read more »

MATTAWAN, Mich - Wednesday, June 12th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

SNMMI 2013

MATTAWAN, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MPI Research, the largest single-site preclinical/early clinical contract research organization (CRO) globally, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with inviCRO and 3D Imaging to unite world-class molecular imaging, radiochemistry, and informatics to accelerate drug discovery and development. This partnership represents a combination of integrated imaging solutions that is offered by no other CRO in the world.

Having already collaborated on more than 100 unique imaging projects, MPI Research, inviCRO, and 3D Imaging are aligning and expanding to meet the industry’s need for comprehensive imaging services in a single location. The new molecular imaging center, located at MPI Research, will provide drug developers with access to the first commercially available cyclotron facility immediately contiguous with vivarium facilities housing species ranging from ... Read more »

Leading Chinese Asset Manager Brings China and Asia-Focused Mutual Funds To U.S. Institutional and Retail Investors through Pioneering Joint Venture

NEW YORK - Wednesday, June 12th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Harvest Fund Management ("Harvest”), one of China’s leading asset management companies, today announced that it has launched Harvest Krane, a pioneering joint venture between its international subsidiary, Harvest Global Investments, and Jonathan A. Krane and his team of industry veterans, which will distribute China and Asia-focused mutual funds to institutional and retail investors in the U.S.

The first offering in the U.S. is the Harvest Funds Intermediate Bond Fund (HXIIX) (the "Fund”) advised by Harvest Global Investments. The Fund’s investment objective seeks long-term total return through a combination of capital appreciation and current income by primarily investing in investment grade and high-yield, high-quality China bonds. The Fund marks t ... Read more »

VANCOUVER, Canada - Tuesday, June 11th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Phyton Biotech, a global supplier of high quality paclitaxel and docetaxel API, has been granted a Certificate of suitability to European Pharmacopeia (CEP) by the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and HealthCare (EDQM) for its docetaxel anhydrous active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). Phyton is the first North American or European based contract API supplier to be granted a CEP for docetaxel. Importantly, Phyton’s docetaxel API is not subject to the current worldwide shortage of 10-deacetylbaccatin (10-DAB) starting material because it uses paclitaxel from its own plant cell fermentation facility as its starting material.

Comments CTO and VP, Business Development, Roland Franke, PhD: "Virtually every other docetaxel API supplier in the world uses 10-DAB as their docetaxel starting material. Unfortunately, docetaxel API is now in short supply because we are in one of the periodic ... Read more »

2013 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits

TOKYO - Tuesday, June 11th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE/ME NewsWire)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced the development of a high power gain transistor using a CMOS compatible process. The transistor efficiently reduces power consumption in high frequency RF/analog front-end application. Details will be presented on June 12 at the 2013 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits, held in Kyoto, Japan, June 11-14, 2013.

Rapid growth in wireless and mobile devices, including smart phones and tablets, is driving demand for RF/Analog circuits offering low-power consumption and high-performance. However, it is difficult to apply the advanced device and process technologies widely used in digital circuitry to RF/Analog circuits, as transistor scaling results in noise and deterioration in energy gain efficiency.

Toshiba has addressed this problem with a novel device structure using two different materi ... Read more »

MELVILLE, N.Y. - Tuesday, June 11th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Effective January 1st 2014, Marchon’s licensing agreement with Fendi will expire, and will not be renewed.

"While we have had a successful collaboration with Fendi for many years, we have come to a mutual agreement with them on the conclusion and transition of our license,” says Claudio Gottardi, President and CEO.

Marchon’s history with Fendi goes back to 1991, beginning with a regional license for the Western Hemisphere. In 2005, the license expanded to include all global markets.

In the past 18 months Marchon has launched a number of global license agreements with luxury brands including Valentino, Salvatore Ferragamo, and Chloé. Marchon also recently announced the Nine West and G-Star licenses, the Dragon Alliance and Scandinavian Eyewear acquisitions as well as a number of new strategic global initiatives.

Gottardi added, "We are confident that this decision will help ... Read more »

Alliance to feature research data for linagliptin and the investigational compound empagliflozin*

INGELHEIM, Germany and INDIANAPOLIS - Tuesday, June 11th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ex US & UK Medical Media Only

Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company are pleased to announce that the companies’ diabetes alliance will have a strong scientific and clinical presence at the 73rd American Diabetes Association (ADA) Scientific Sessions® in Chicago, 21–25 June, with 34 posters, abstracts and an oral presentation.

Empagliflozin* Data

A total of 17 clinical and pre-clinical abstracts for the investigational agent empagliflozin will be presented, including three late-breaker abstracts. Empagliflozin is a member of the sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor class of drugs and is being investigated for the reduction of blood glucose levels in adults with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). The emerging SGLT2 inhibitor class removes excess g ... Read more »

The world’s first provider to demonstrate its H.265 HD device in the industry

SHENZHEN, China - Tuesday, June 11th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

InfoComm 2013

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ZTE Corporation ("ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices today announced that it will demonstrate its high efficiency terminal at Infocomm 2013 in Orlando Florida. This will be the world's most advanced terminal to support the H.265 HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) technology.

H.265 HEVC technology is currently the world's most advanced video codec technology. It doubles the video compression efficiency of H.264 High Profile technology and offers 720P video image quality at a bandwidth cost of only 256K. ZTE is the world’s first provider to demonstrate its H.265 HD device in the industry.

While the industry chain of video communications applications is ... Read more »