THABA-BOSIU, Lesotho. - Tuesday, December 2nd 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) AHF:

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His Majesty King Letsie III and Her Majesty Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso attend a World AIDS Day event sponsored by AHF at the Thaba-Bosiu cultural grounds in Lesotho. For World AIDS Day, AHF will host over 160 events around the world to promote testing, treatment for HIV/AIDS; international commemorations will launch global campaign to connect twenty million HIV-positive people to treatment by the end of 2020. For more information, visit www.aidshealth.org/wad (Click on the “Worldwide Events” tab for list of international events.)
            

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Thaba-Bosiu cultural grounds in Lesotho
            

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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, November 30th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior attended today (Sunday) the Bani Yas and surrounding regions’ celebrations of the 43rd UAE National Day. The celebrations took place in the presence of HH Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Court.

Nearly 10,000 people who attended the celebrations expressed their happiness of the National Day; they also reaffirmed their covenant and loyalty towards the country and its leadership. The celebrations included a recitation of sayings of the Late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. They also included traditional shows and artistic performances such as the Ayala traditional dance and traditional songs that reflected the components and details of the Emirati legacy.

Mubarak Bin Muhairom, Head of the Event’s Higher Committee said that the event was organ ... Read more »

Version 2.2 makes the enterprise-wide Canvas experience both more powerful and more economical on smartphones, tablets, PCs and video walls

HAYWARD, Calif. - Monday, December 1st 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) - Jupiter Systems, the world’s leading supplier of collaborative visualization solutions for global enterprises and public agencies today introduced Canvas 2.2, an updated version of its collaborative visualization solution. Canvas 2.2 was developed to more efficiently deliver shared video, data, and other mission-critical information to control centers and remote teams via video walls, PCs, tablets and smartphones.

Canvas 2.2 offers a variety of new features and capabilities designed to improve performance and enhance enterprise-wide collaboration, including:

    New Canvas Media Server – A faster, more efficient media server provides more capacity for mobile clients.
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Tuesday, December 2nd 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) - Quintiles today announced a new offering that combines its industry-leading pharmacovigilance, regulatory dossier/label maintenance, benefit-risk management, and analytic expertise into one integrated solution. This solution will help biopharmaceutical companies better manage all activities required to maintain the licenses for their portfolio of marketed products.

Underpinned by a fully-integrated technology platform, the new offering, called Marketed Product Maintenance (MPM), will provide biopharmaceutical companies with greater data-driven insights on the benefit-risk profiles of their products. These enhanced insights will enable customers to identify potential product risks, fulfill increasingly complicated regulatory requirements and help them make better decisions about their marketed products. By using technology and subject matter expertise to connect the post-approval ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Friday, November 28th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Federal Community Police Department at the Ministry of Interior has implemented a visits program in a bid to disseminate and boost the Abu Dhabi Police’s experience in applying the Community Police’s policing style, thoughts and work methodology across the UAE. The visits also aim at sharing successful experiences and supporting their implementation.

Lt. Colonel Mubarak Bin Muhairom, Head of Department of Community Police Department, Chairman of the Coordinating Committee at the Community Police and Acting Head of the Federal Community Police Department, underlined that the coordination consultative visit programs carried out by the police leaders in the Northern Emirates, are in response to the directives of the police leadership. “It included visits to the commanders-in-Chief of Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras al Khaimah and Fujairah Police,” he said.

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First proteasome inhibitor and first investigational therapy for amyloidosis to receive FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & OSAKA, Japan - Monday, December 1st 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) - Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502) today announced that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy status to the company’s investigational, oral proteasome inhibitor, ixazomib (MLN9708), for the treatment of relapsed or refractory systemic light-chain (AL) amyloidosis. This is the first proteasome inhibitor and first investigational therapy for AL amyloidosis to receive Breakthrough Therapy designation.

The development program for ixazomib in this indication progressed directly from a Phase 1 to a Phase 3 clinical trial, TOURMALINE-AL1, which is currently evaluating ixazomib plus dexamethasone in patients with relapsed or refractory AL amyloidosis. This is the only Phase 3 trial for rela ... Read more »

As part of the philanthropic efforts and on the sidelines of the Formula 1 Grand Prix

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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, November 30th 2014

The Higher Committee for Child Protection at the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Interior (MoI) participated in a charity auction in Belfast, Ireland. The event, held on the sidelines of the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix aims to help Irish families with children who have cancer.

Two VIP tickets for the Formula 1 Grand Prix races brought in the most money at the auction. Major General Nasser Lakhrebani Al Nuaimi, Secretary General of the Office of HH Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and Chairman of the Higher Committee for Child Protection at the Ministry of Interior, oversaw the initiative; and said:

“We have established the Higher Committee for Child Protection in a bid to protect all children across the UAE, and it gives us great pleasure to be able ... Read more »

Following the alliance ZTE will establish its Southern Europe headquarters

SHENZHEN, China - Tuesday, December 2nd 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(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, has signed a 10-year network-wide managed services contract with Euskaltel, the largest operator in the Basque Country, the most industrial and technologically advanced region of Spain. ZTE will also work with Euskaltel to guarantee its network quality, upgrade its technologies, and extend its services.

Following the deal ZTE will cement its headquarters in Basque Country, dedicated to the provision of services for the entire South of Europe, from where it will serve telecommunications operators in Spain, Portugal and the countries in the south of the continent.

Euskaltel was founded in 1995 with its h ... Read more »

Global property portal releases new research on emerging markets real estate

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, November 30th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Using the Internet is the most popular method of house-hunting in the Middle East, trumping traditional means including newspaper classifieds and word of mouth, according to a new report into the region’s property market.

The findings are contained in research from leading property website Lamudi, which today released its first report on real estate in the emerging world. The report, Real Estate in the Emerging Markets, provides a comprehensive overview of the property sector in 16 countries, including Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

The report is based on a series of online surveys conducted with house-hunters and real estate agents in each country, as well as onsite data from Lamudi’s global network of websites. The research examines the habits of online property-seekers, while offering insights int ... Read more »