ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, February 19th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

The Al Ain Traffic Section at the Abu Dhabi Police Traffic and Patrols Directorate took part in the “May God Bless Your Efforts” Festival. The one-day festival that took place in the morning was organized by the Cycle 2 students from the Al Foah School, in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) and a group of government institutions and private organizations that support individual and public health and safety. The section participated in the festival and set up a special traffic pavilion where it displayed its motorcycle patrols.  

Lieutenant Nasser Khalifa Al Shamesi, the Public Relations Branch Manager at the Al Ain Traffic Section, noted that the officers from the Public Relations Branch briefed the students from the Al Foah School and from other participating schools in regards to the Patrol’s duties. The officers additionally distributed a wide r ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, February 20th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Ten people died and eight others of different nationalities sustained minor to moderate to severe injuries on Friday, in a fire that broke out at a building in Al Mussafah Industrial Area. The fire started in the first floor of the two-story commercial building that houses seven shops and a car-repair shop, before spreading to the warehouse on the second floor that was used as an illegal accommodation for workers.

The Operations Room at Abu Dhabi Police received notification at 03:44 a.m on Friday about a fire that broke out in three car repair shops in Al Mussafah. Firefighting units from civil defense fire stations in Al Mussafah M14, Al Wathba, Al Maqtaa, Al Mussafah M33, were immediately dispatched to location to extinguish the fire, supported by units from Madinat Khalifa-B, and Rapid Intervention teams from Madinat Khalifa-A and Madinat Mohammed bin Zayed; Traffic patrols, ambulances, Re ... Read more »

Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid

Dubai,United Arab Emirates. - Thursday, February 19th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

    5th Emirates Diabetes & Endocrine Congress inaugurated by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE Minister of Finance, and President of Dubai Health Authority
    UAE stood on the 16th position at the end of 2014, in regards to prevalence of diabetes (IDF). EDS aligned to the UAE National Vision 2021 of reducing the prevalence of Diabetes from 19% to 16% and Reduce Childhood Obesity from 14% to 12% in 2021
    UAE National Diabetes and Lifestyle Survey (2012-2015), revealed that the prevalence of total diabetes in UAE reached over 19% whereas the impaired diabetes has reached 15.3%.

The 5th Emirates Diabetes & Endocrine Congress (EDEC) was opened today at the Dubai World Trade Centre under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al ... Read more »

SAINT PREX, Switzerland. - Monday, February 23rd 2015 [ME NewsWire]

 (BUSINESS WIRE) Ferring Pharmaceuticals announced today that it has signed an agreement with CTCBIO Inc. of Seoul, South Korea to acquire rights to a novel oral drug delivery technology.

Ferring’s success in developing oral formulations for peptide drugs including the world’s first orally active peptide, desmopressin (MINIRIN®) and the fast dissolving lyophilisate (MINIRIN® MELT), is well known. CTCBIO is a growing specialist company that has developed successful manufacturing technologies for more than 30 different drugs, including treatments for dementia and asthma.

“Ferring has been a pioneer in the development of novel oral drug delivery technologies,” says Per Falk, MD, PhD, Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer at Ferring, “Our portfolio of peptide therapeutics make us an attractive partner for speciality technology-based compa ... Read more »

ZTE’s ground-breaking NFV solution, flagship smartphones and smart projector at 3F30 & 3G30, Hall 3

SHENZHEN, China. - Monday, February 23rd 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Mobile World Congress 2015

(BUSINESS WIRE) ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, will be showcasing a range of its innovative infrastructure and terminal products at Mobile World Congress 2015, Barcelona.

At Mobile World Congress 2015, held at the Fira Gran Via 2, Barcelona, ZTE’s infrastructure division will make a number of key announcements including the company’s Pre5G roadmap and an update on its 2014 Pre5G base station launch. ZTE will also showcase, for the first time, the end-to-end ElasticNet solution, its latest SDN/NFV product, with executives available to discuss customers and recent use-cases.

MWC 2015 will also see ZTE provide a ... Read more »