INGELHEIM, Germany -Monday, July 24th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]
• 61% of IPF patients are worried or extremely worried about experiencing an acute IPF exacerbation1
• Survey underlines the importance of appropriate support and coping mechanisms for patients living with IPF1
• Healthcare teams emphasise the need of a strong support network and multi-disciplinary care for people with IPF
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- New results from a global survey supported by Boehringer Ingelheim1 reveal the emotional and practical challenges facing people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Patients are impacted by feelings of anxiety, fear, uncertainty and hopelessness, as well as a restriction in everyday activities.1 However, a range of both medical and non-medical support is available to help them cope with their disease.2
The survey uncovers patient concerns about the irreversible progression of their disease. Patients are especially worried over acute IPF ex ... Read more »

Alternative operator becomes first in the UK to drive a multi-Gigabit access strategy with emerging XGS-PON architecture

LONDON -Friday, July 21st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ: ADTN), a leading provider of next-generation open networking solutions, today announced that Call Flow has chosen its XGS-PON solution to power the UK’s first generation of symmetric multi-Gigabit Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) services. The rapidly-growing ultrafast broadband operator has already built out up to 100Mbps FTTC-based services across Southern England and, to allow services to scale, has now selected ADTRAN’s next generation 10Gbps FTTH solution. This new architecture, fully compatible with Call Flow’s existing FTTH network, is set to bring about a step-change in symmetric multi-Gigabit access performance to differentiate it from other providers as it targets strategic expansion over the next 5–10 years.

With new rapid ... Read more »

NEUCHATEL, Switzerland -Thursday, July 20th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today the CE marking of RPVi™, a noninvasive and continuous measurement of the dynamic changes in perfusion index (Pi) that occur during one or more respiratory cycles. RPVi is designed to show changes that reflect physiologic factors such as vascular tone, circulating blood volume, and intrathoracic pressure excursions.

RPVi, powered by Masimo rainbow® technology, is a multi-wavelength version of the currently available Pleth Variability Index (PVi®). RPVi is designed to provide enhanced specificity to changes in fluid volume compared to PVi.1

Several peer-reviewed clinical studies have evaluated the utility of the currently available measurement PVi as an indicator of fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients. For example:

    In a study of 82 patients undergoing major abdominal surgery, resea ... Read more »

 Supermodel and philanthropist to bring purposeful inspiration to the world’s largest digital creative community

SAN FRANCISCO-Thursday, July 20th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PicsArt, the leading image editing app and creative social network, today announced the appointment of Natalia Vodianova, the supermodel and philanthropist, as Head of Aspiration. In this new role, Natalia will inspire and suggest opportunities to drive positive change through creativity. She has also joined the company’s advisory board.

“We are thrilled to welcome a talent and role model like Natalia into our family,” said PicsArt CEO Hovhannes Avoyan. “Natalia has been deeply involved in bringing creative inspiration to the world through fashion and social commitment. She’ll help connect the fashion world and the brands and charities she works with to our creative community of 90 million monthly active users, for remixi ... Read more »

CORK, Ireland-Monday, July 24th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

- Long-term data from the Phase 2b LATTE-2 study demonstrated comparable antiviral activity to daily, oral 3-drug combination -

- Data presented as an oral late breaker at the 9th International AIDS Society Conference, 23-26 July 2017, Paris, France -

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Janssen Sciences Ireland UC, one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) today announced that a regimen of two investigational long-acting, injectable formulations of HIV medicines —Janssen’s rilpivirine and ViiV Healthcare’s cabotegravir — given together every 4 or 8 weeks was as effective as 3-drug oral antiretroviral therapy (ART) at maintaining HIV-1 viral suppression through 96 weeks (HIV-1 RNA <50 copies per mL). Results published in The Lancet show that if approved, this first two-drug, long-acting regimen could offer a highly effective suppressive maintenance ... Read more »

NEW YORK -Monday, July 24th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Calvin Klein, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of PVH Corp. [NYSE: PVH], today announced the Fall 2017 CALVIN KLEIN 205W39NYC global multi-media advertising campaign. The campaign features the debut CALVIN KLEIN 205W39NYC collection by Chief Creative Officer Raf Simons.

Shot by photographer Willy Vanderperre, the visually striking campaign presents a cast of 22 models shot against a series of billboards that feature images from last season’s CALVIN KLEIN: American Classics campaign. The billboards of the previous campaign – which include works by artist Andy Warhol – were erected in the California desert in the days leading up to the shoot. The campaign is a study in art and artifice, of the real and the imagined, the mannered world of high fashion combined with a sense of the everyday. Ultimately, the campaign explores the cinematic and romantic outsider’s view of America, some ... Read more »

Nine more US cable and IPTV operators have initiated Ultra HD trials using SES’s pre-packaged solution

LUXEMBOURG-Monday, July 24th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- With an additional nine TV operators joining SES’s Ultra HD trials, a total of 30 US Pay TV providers, with a combined audience of more than 10 million subscribers, are now testing SES’s 4K content delivery platform across their distribution networks.

The latest wave of Pay TV system operators to ink Ultra HD trial agreements with SES includes:

    Alliance Communications, an Internet, phone and cable TV operator serving subscribers in South Dakota and Minnesota;
    Cincinnati Bell, a leading telco in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky;
    Douglas County Community Network, an ultra-high-speed broadband and IPTV provider in the state of Washington;
    Hotwire, a national te ... Read more »