SAN FRANCISCO -Thursday, June 1st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Andersen Global is proud to announce the launch of the Andersen name in Germany with the addition of a new member firm, Andersen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft Steuerberatungsgesellschaft mbH, in Cologne, Germany. The team of ten joins Andersen Global primarily from Luther law firm, and will provide tax and legal services under the name Andersen Tax & Legal. The team is led by Stefan Kraus and Hermann Knott.

“Germany is one of the key markets in the world and the addition of the team in Cologne demonstrates our commitment to making the expansion of our platform there a top priority,” said Andersen Tax CEO, Mark Vorsatz. “Stefan and Hermann were among the founding partners of Andersen Legal in Germany and Stefan was Managing Partner of Luther law firm for 15 years. The team in Cologne brings with them the experience, values and culture of Andersen that continues to play a very im ... Read more »

Settlement Reached in Brazil

SAN FRANCISCO -Wednesday, May 31st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Andersen Tax has achieved another legal victory in its determined and successful effort to protect the trademark rights in its iconic brand name, Andersen, in jurisdictions around the world.

In a settlement agreement this week, the Brazilian firm, MP Cont Sociedade Simples Ltda., agreed never to use the terms “Andersen,” Arthur Andersen,” or any mark incorporating the term “Andersen” (or any confusingly similar term) to promote its services anywhere in the world. The agreement resolves legal action that Andersen Tax filed before the Brazilian intellectual property authorities and other related disputes.

It is a another legal blow to a French firm, Arthur Andersen & Co., formerly named Quatre Juillet Maison Blanche, which illegally used the trademark Arthur Andersen to recruit and promote the Brazilian firm as part of ... Read more »

 − Takeda to Share Data at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, the Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA) and the International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma (ICML) –

 − Data Underline Takeda’s Mission to Address the Unmet Needs of Patients Across a Wide Range of Cancers –

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & OSAKA, Japan-Wednesday, May 31st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE: 4502) today announced that the company will feature new clinical analyses and outcomes research during three upcoming medical meetings: the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), June 2-6 in Chicago, the 22nd Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA), June 22-25 in Madrid, and the International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma 2017 (ICML), June 14-17 in Lugano, Switzerland. Presentations at this year&r ... Read more »

Influential report finds that hospitals outside the US choose InterSystems more than any other Electronic Medical Record software vendor, to meet shifting demands of today’s healthcare environment.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -Sunday, May 28th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The electronic medical record (EMR) technology from InterSystems has been deployed by more hospitals than any other vendor’s software during the past four years, according to a research report published today by the internationally recognized research organization KLAS. InterSystems TrakCare®, a unified healthcare information system, has ‘pulled ahead’ of its competitors as a preferred solution, winning significantly more new hospitals globally (non US) than any other supplier in 2016, the report found.

The influential report examines new hospital EMR contracts worldwide, outside of the United States, and found a significant increase in EMR purchasing decisi ... Read more »

 Industry Standard Based on DisplayPort over USB-C Will Accelerate Growth of VR Ecosystem

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -Wednesday, May 31st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ICVR, LLC has been founded by LG Electronics, Analogix Semiconductor, Tencent, and Dell to develop the Interface for Connected VR (ICVR™) standard, which defines how virtual reality source (VRS) devices, such as smartphones, PCs and other consumer electronics, connect and interoperate with head-mounted displays (HMD).

An open industry standard for virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) headset connectivity based on DisplayPort™ over USB-C™, ICVR carries high quality multi-channel audio, high-definition video, and the head tracking measurement data required to render the virtual environment between the VRS and the HMD. Industry standard content protection technology is also available.

Separating the VR source device from the head-mou ... Read more »