Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered applications will help predict how individual patients will respond to immunotherapies in advance of treatment

Partnership will enable identification of appropriate patients for immunotherapy clinical trials and treatment, reducing unnecessary and expensive trial failures and speeding up immunotherapy approvals
CHICAGO & NASHVILLE, Tenn.-Sunday 6 January 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- GE Healthcare and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) today announced a five-year partnership to enable safer and more precise cancer immunotherapies. Multiple diagnostic tools will be developed to help predict both the efficacy of an immunotherapy treatment and its adverse effects for a specific patient before the therapy is administered. This would allow physicians to better target immunotherapies to the right patients and avoid potentially damaging, ineffective and costly courses of treatments.

Immunotherapies use ... Read more »

Announces Launch of The We Company

NEW YORK-Thursday 10 January 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- WeWork today announced it had received a $6 billion investment from SoftBank. $5 billion is in the form of primary growth capital and the remaining $1 billion in secondary capital which will be used to fund share purchases from investors and employees. WeWork’s post-money valuation is now $47 billion.

This investment includes a previously announced $4 billion funding commitment from SoftBank in the form of a $1 billion convertible note and a $3 billion warrant. WeWork and its subsidiaries have now raised more than $10 billion in total commitments from SoftBank since 2017.

“WeWork is disrupting a multi-trillion-dollar industry with a technology platform that provides a complete solution for space needs. WeWork has already experienced unparalleled growth and we are confident that with Adam’s vision and this growth capital the c ... Read more »

Brussels, Belgium -Thursday 10 January 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

His Excellency Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament, stressed the importance of joint efforts to ensure security and stability in the Middle East during a meeting with Her Excellency Dr Amal Al Qubaisi, Speaker of the UAE Federal National Council (FNC), on January 9 at the headquarters of the European Parliament in Brussels.

Commending the developing relations between the UAE and the EU, His Excellency Antonio Tajani praised the UAE’s approach of promoting tolerance and empowering women and youth, and appreciated the UAE’s declaration of 2019 as the Year of Tolerance. He also highlighted FNC’s role in driving international parliamentary efforts to counter terrorism and extremism.

The two dignitaries discussed ways to enhance relations between the UAE and EU countries. They emphasized the importance of collective commitment among the world’s nations to avoid inst ... Read more »

What to expect from the 5G era? Faster speeds and 5G smartphones? – Yes,

Innovative Services and AR/VR? – Maybe

LAS VEGAS -Thursday 10 January 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- GSMA Intelligence, the research and consulting arm of the GSMA, has published the initial results of its latest Consumer Survey, providing a wealth of insight on consumer technology adoption trends set to shape the industry over the coming years. The new data forms the basis of two new GSMA Intelligence reports published at CES 2019. ‘The Future of Devices’ focuses on the global adoption and changing uses of smartphones into the 5G era, plus the growing popularity of smart speakers and other emerging consumer device categories, while ‘5G’s Great Expectations’ examines what consumers are anticipating from the first wave of 5G network and device launches.

“We are at the start of a new era of consumer devices that is being driven ... Read more »

LONDON-Thursday 10 January 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Upstream, the technology company leading the mobile internet revolution in high growth markets, has unveiled that Alcatel smartphones are sold with a suspicious pre-installed weather forecast app, also available on Google Play.

Upstream’s security platform, Secure-D, detected suspicious activity initiated by an Android application named “Weather Forecast – World Weather Accurate Radar” in Brazil and Malaysia. This application was later found pre-installed on Pixi 4 and A3 Max devices from Alcatel, a brand owned by Nokia. The devices are manufactured under licence by Chinese electronics company TCL Corporation, a manufacturer of Alcatel and Blackberry branded mobile phones.

The application, which has since been removed, was also available on Google Play, with more than 10 million downloads, including those in the UK, USA and France. It claimed to provide “accurate fo ... Read more »

LONDON-Thursday 10 January 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Japan goes into the new year holding 1st place on the Henley Passport Index, with citizens enjoying visa-free/visa-on-arrival access to 190 destinations. In a further display of Asian passport power, Singapore and South Korea now sit in joint 2nd place, with access to 189 destinations around the globe. Germany and France remain in 3rd place going into 2019, with a visa-free score of 188.

The US and the UK continue to drop down the Henley Passport Index — which is based on authoritative data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) — and now sit in joint 6th place, with access to 185 destinations. This is a significant fall from the 1st place position that these countries held in 2015, and while a big question mark remains over the ultimate impact of Brexit, it is unlikely that either country will reclaim the top spot anytime soon.

Dr. Christian H. Kälin, Group Chairma ... Read more »