LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Tuesday, January 10th 2017 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Market research concludes that Galderma’s Harmony Programme for aesthetic Health Care Professionals (HCPs) significantly increases patient satisfaction. Using Harmony resulted in more returning patients and led to an increase in full face treatments. The research results show how Harmony raises both treatment standards and value in aesthetic practices.

The Harmony programme allows HCPs to spend more time with patients, better understand and define their requests, and as a result, better respond to their expressed needs. Through Harmony, 82% of patients request full face treatment as compared to 63% pre-Harmony. 1

Harmony – Proven Consultation Programme for Aesthetic Practitioners
The Harmony Programme is the first of its kind in aesthetic patient management and now the first to show measured success by research. This new market report demonstrates overall pati ... Read more »

SEATTLE - Tuesday, January 10th 2017 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Keller Rohrback is delighted to announce that the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) and its former Foreign Minister Tony deBrum, have been officially named the “2016 Arms Control Person of the Year,” based on the RMI’s unprecedented legal actions to enforce the obligation to negotiate nuclear disarmament in good faith.

Read the Arms Control Association’s announcement of this prestigious award.

Keller Rohrback represented the RMI in the Nuclear Zero lawsuits at the International Court of Justice in The Hague and also represents them in the United States, where the RMI has asked the Court to order the U.S. to fulfill its binding and inescapable legal obligation under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to negotiate nuclear disarmament in good faith. Based on the legal actions, the RMI previously received the Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the “alter ... Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO - Tuesday, January 10th 2017 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Andersen Global is proud to announce an expanded presence in Canada through a Collaboration Agreement with Moodys Gartner Tax Law, LLP. The collaboration with Moodys Gartner further extends Andersen Global’s presence in North America to include locations in Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver.

“Our expansion in Canada is essential to serving clients in a seamless way across the globe,” said Mark Vorsatz, CEO of Andersen Tax. “Moodys Gartner represents both the quality and client service that remain central to our firm.”

“Independence and first-rate service are as important to Andersen as they are to us,” said Kim Moody, Managing Director of Canadian Tax Advisory at Moodys Gartner. “Our collaboration represents the next step in a promising relationship driven by providing the best client service and solutions possible, and ensures our ... Read more »

– Significantly Enhances Takeda’s Global Oncology Portfolio –

– Accretive to FY2018 Underlying Core Earnings –

– Reinforces Takeda’s Commitment to Developing Medicines for Patients Living with Cancer –

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & OSAKA, Japan - Monday, January 9th 2017 [ME NewsWire]

Strategic Highlights

    Highly strategic deal which transforms global oncology portfolio and pipeline by expanding into solid tumors and reinforcing existing strength in hematology
    Accretive to Takeda’s Underlying Core Earnings by FY2018 and generates immediate and long-term revenue growth
    Attractive value drivers include two very innovative precision medicines, Iclusig® (ponatinib) and brigatinib, an exciting early stage pipeline and cost synergies
        Iclusig is a globally commercialized product with continued strong ... Read more »

SAINT-PREX, Switzerland - Monday, January 9th 2017 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ferring Pharmaceuticals is partnering with Intralytix, Inc to develop and commercialise bacteriophage-based treatments for conditions associated with the presence of pathogenic bacteria or dysbiosis of the microbiome.
The human body is host to trillions of microbes, bacteria, virus and fungi. This vast and complex microbial community is known as the microbiota. The collective name for all of the genes in the microbiota is the microbiome.
Bacteriophages are a normal part of the microbiota. These virus-like organisms have evolved naturally to target and destroy specific bacteria. They have significant potential compared to antibiotics to treat bacterial infections without affecting beneficial bacteria, such as the normal gut flora, to fine-tune the human microbiome and to address the growing issue of antibiotic resistance.
“Rapidly evolving science is uncovering th ... Read more »

Compact Quanergy Solid State LiDAR Sensors Concealed Within Koito Headlight

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Friday, January 6th 2017 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7276), the largest global maker of automotive headlights, and Quanergy Systems, Inc., the leading provider of LiDAR sensors and smart sensing solutions, today announced a collaboration to design an automotive headlight concept with built-in Quanergy S3 solid state LiDAR sensors. The Koito headlight with built-in sensors will be on display at the 2017 International Consumer Electronics show (CES), January 5-8 in the Quanergy booth, 4138, located in the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

The Koito headlights, which will be located on the corners of a vehicle, each incorporates two compact Quanergy S3 solid state LiDARs that perform sensing forward and to the side, and provide real-time long-range 3D views of the environment around the vehicle and the ability to rec ... Read more »