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LONDON & NEW YORK - Monday, September 30th 2013

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a group of large global banks that includes Barclays, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase and others to jointly develop a comprehensive service to collect and manage client entity reference data necessary to meet regulatory requirements and other normal course of business activities.

The parties to the MOU expect to have a state-of-the-art client data and documentation platform leveraging significant design work already undertaken in partnership with a broad group of major sell-side and buy-side firms globally. More immediate interim releases will be provided to address specific regulatory needs. Over time, the service will address client reference data requirements of banks and broker dealers, as well as asset managers and hedge funds, including ... Read more »

SAN ANTONIO - Monday, September 30th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) The Board of Directors of the parent company of Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (KCI) and LifeCell Corporation (LifeCell) announced today that KCI, LifeCell and Systagenix will form one globally diversified wound care, biologics and regenerative medicine company under the leadership of President & CEO Joe Woody. Phil Croxford, the current commercial operations leader at LifeCell, has been appointed Senior Vice President and the permanent leader of LifeCell.

The combined company will be the global leader in transformational healing solutions, devoted to advancing the science of healing with superior products, innovative therapies and cost effective solutions that speed healing, reduce complications and improve patient lives. Each of the businesses will execute on this unified vision by leveraging shared competencies, portfolio expertise and existing sales channels.

As one of the top global medical te ... Read more »

HID Global, ABnote, and Trüb join the Alliance to accelerate secure eGovernment service adoption

PARIS - Monday, September 30th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Secure Identity Alliance today welcomes three new members to its ranks, marking an important step in growth of the newly formed organization.

HID Global, a leading provider of secure identity solutions, will play a crucial role in establishing the Alliance as the foremost advisor on the security and adoption of eGovernment services around the world.

American Banknote Corporation (ABnote) brings its long and global experience in the supply of secure documents, services and systems.

Backed by a 150 year heritage, Trüb AG brings a wealth of e-ID and e-Passport experience to the Alliance’s workgroup program.

Led by leading secure eDocuments companies Gemalto, Morpho (Safran), Oberthur Technologies and 3M, the Secure Identity Alliance was established in May 2013 to develop the usage ... Read more »

INGELHEIM, Germany - Monday, September 30th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

•    In a broad population of lung cancer patients with adenocarcinoma, nintedanib* plus docetaxel provided a significant overall survival benefit, compared to docetaxel alone

•    The earlier adenocarcinoma patients failed first-line chemotherapy, the bigger the benefit provided by nintedanib* plus docetaxel

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New analysis of data from the LUME-Lung 1 Phase III clinical trial showed that the novel investigational compound nintedanib*, an oral triple angiokinase inhibitor that targets three receptors crucially involved in angiogenesis and tumour growth, provided a significant and clinically relevant overall survival benefit for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with adenocarcinoma histology.1 The results were presented at the European Cancer Congress in Amsterdam.

"Adenocarcinoma is the most common form ... Read more »

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New certification enables immediate credit card payments

MEUDON, France - Monday, September 30th 2013

Regulatory News:

Netsize, a Gemalto company, has achieved PCI DSS (Payment Card

Industry & Data Security Scheme) certification, extending the

capabilities of its payment platform beyond operator billing to allow

end user credit card details to be securely stored and thereby

facilitate convenient, immediate transactions. Mobile and digital

content providers will now be able to offer consumers an even wider

range of secure payment options, including higher transaction limits,

to a potential market of two billion consumers and three billion

devices.

The Netsize payment platform already enables content providers to

connect directly to the billing platforms of 160 mobile network

operators in over 50 different countries, supporting seamless and
... Read more »

During his lecture at the National Defense College

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, September 29th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, delivered a lecture today on national security at the National Defense College (NDC). An elite group of top officers from the armed forces and the police attended the lecture. Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces; Lt. General Saif Abdullah Al Sha’far, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Interior; Major General Nasser Lakhrebani Al Nuaimi, Secretary General of the Office of HH Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior; Major General Staff Pilot Rashad Mohamed Salem Al Saadi, Commander of the National Defense College; a number of undersecretaries and directors at the Ministry of Interior; and NDC students attended the lecture.

At the opening of his speech, His Highness stressed the unique solidarity b ... Read more »