NEW YORK & TORONTO & LONDON & TOKYO-Tuesday 2 July 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- BentallGreenOak announced today the closing of the merger between Bentall Kennedy and GreenOak Real Estate. The combined company is called BentallGreenOak.

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With head offices in New York, Toronto, London and Tokyo, and real estate investment professionals in 22 offices worldwide, BentallGreenOak has deep local knowledge and a strong, long-standing investment track record across the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia.

Gary Whitelaw (CEO), Sonny Kalsi (President), and John Carrafiell (Senior Managing Partner of BentallGreenOak’s UK and European business) stated, “We are very pleased to have received strong support for the merger from our respective investor clients and our employees in Europe, North America and Asi ... Read more »

Two top women entrepreneurs from the FinTech and Social Impact challenges received $100,000 (USD) each and access to Visa’s network to grow their companies.

SAN FRANCISCO-Tuesday 2 July 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Visa (NYSE:V) recently hosted the Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI): Women’s Global Edition, marking the first time the program has focused on organizations with at least one woman founder or co-founder from around the world who are changing the world by solving business and social challenges.

The new global competition spotlighted the underrepresented millions of women business and social impact leaders, tasking them to solve a FinTech and – for the first time – a Social Impact challenge for a chance to win $100,000 per challenge along with mentorship, access to Visa products and programs, and exposure to key participants in the commerce ecosystem. Nearly 1,300 applicants applied to participate in the program.

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Pegasus Tech Ventures’ global business plan competition, with a $1,000,000 grand investment prize, is looking for brilliant startups, regional partners, and corporate sponsors

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Tuesday 2 July 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Startup World Cup, a global startup pitch competition with a $1,000,000 grand investment prize, is back for another exciting year -- searching for the next world champion among the best startups from around the globe. Beyond finding great startup companies, the mission of Startup World Cup is to support the development and growth of innovation ecosystems in regions across the planet, and connect them to a global innovation network.

Thousands of startups from all around the world applied to the 2019 competition. Winners from 36 regional events across six continents pitched their startups at the Grand Finale in San Francisco in May 2019. Vietnamese startup Abivin beat all competitors and took home the $1,0 ... Read more »

BERN, Switzerland -Friday 28 June 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Digital Economy Application Summit by S BLOCK was successfully held on 26 June 2019 in Danang, Vietnam. This particular summit was hosted by S BLOCK Vietnam Community, co-organized by Magic Kingdom Club in collaboration with Top Market Group Finance and Black Hole Finance media.

Recently, due to the emergence of high-quality projects such as S BLOCK, Vietnam has once again set off a blockchain boom, and Vietnam has reached its highest point in market attention! Recently, according to the reliable source, S BLOCK Vietnam Community held an important economic summit in Vietnam at the end of June. More than 100 industry leaders, 500 well-known economic and blockchain media, over 2,000 industry elites across the world attended the event. The main purpose of the summit is to promote the industry development, to boost Vietnam tourism, and to collaborate and learn more about the blockchain industry. ... Read more »

• CoinDeal, global cryptocurrency exchange, to continue as official sleeve sponsor of Wolverhampton Wanderers for 2019/20 English Premier League season

• Exciting new CoinDeal token, CDL, offers a variety of benefits and is available free of charge to 450,000 users

• CoinDeal’s rapid growth to extend to over 40 US states by 2020

 

•    Boehringer Ingelheim focuses on the development of next generation NASH treatments that target all three key drivers of the disease - steatosis, inflammation and fibrosis

•    Collaboration aims to develop first-in-class dual agonist (GLP1R/FGF21R agonist) for NASH

•    Yuhan Corporation to receive up to USD 870 million in upfront and success-based development and commercialization milestones, excluding royalties

INGELHEIM, Germany & SEOUL, South Korea-Monday 1 July 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Boehringer Ingelheim and Yuhan Corporation today announced a collaboration and license agreement for the development of a first-in-class dual agonist for the treatment of NASH and related liver diseases that combines GLP-1 and FGF21 activity in one molecule. The collaboration brings together Yuhan Corporation’s expertise in FGF21 biology, obesity and NASH with Boehringer Ingelh ... Read more »

Dietary supplementation with BioCell Collagen® significantly reduced facial lines and wrinkles, crow’s feet lines/wrinkles, increased skin elasticity and cutaneous collagen content, and decreased skin dryness compared to placebo.

IRVINE, Calif-Monday 1 July 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BioCell Technology, LLC, a branded dietary ingredient supplier, today announced the presentation of The Effects of Skin Aging Associated with the Use of BioCell Collagen® in Healthy Adult Females: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial. These results were presented in a poster session at the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) Nutrition 2019 on June 9, 2019, and are available at http://bit.ly/2WzhODi. This poster will be published as part of the proceedings of Nutrition 2019 by ASN. The manuscript of the study will be published in the online and print versions of the peer review journal Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine (ATHM).< ... Read more »

OSAKA, Japan -Monday 1 July 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) today announced the completion of its sale of its Xiidra® (lifitegrast ophthalmic solution) 5% product to Novartis for $3.4 billion upfront in cash and up to an additional $1.9 billion in potential milestone payments.

“The completion of this transaction marks an important step in executing Takeda’s strategy, which is focused on optimizing our portfolio around the key business areas that are core to our long-term growth and creating the most value for our patients and shareholders,” said Christophe Weber, President and Chief Executive Officer of Takeda. “We are making solid progress on our commitment to simplify our portfolio and meet our deleveraging targets, while continuing to deliver highly-innovative medicines and transformative care to patients around the world and enhance long-term shareho ... Read more »

All product and services will remain unchanged following sale

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates-Monday 1 July 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

The International Security Alliance’s First Joint Exercise (ISALEX19) hosted by the UAE Ministry of Interior (MoI) kicked-off yesterday (Sunday). The exercise witnessed the participation of 50 representatives from law enforcement agencies from the International Security Alliance (ISA) countries including members of tactical teams; swift intervention units; and media, communications, civil defense and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams.

Described as a realistic experience that is one of its kind in the world, the ISLAEX19 is based on unexpected scenarios where the teams of the ISA countries will operate according to different security theories and strategies in order to test the readiness of the international teams in facing security threats. The exercise also aims to assess the tools, strategies and procedures developed by the ISA countries since the paunch of the Alliance in 2017.

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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates-Monday 1 July 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

The International Security Alliance’s First Joint Exercise (ISALEX19) hosted by the UAE Ministry of Interior (MoI) kicked-off yesterday (Sunday). The exercise witnessed the participation of 50 representatives from law enforcement agencies from the International Security Alliance (ISA) countries including members of tactical teams; swift intervention units; and media, communications, civil defense and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams.

Described as a realistic experience that is one of its kind in the world, the ISLAEX19 is based on unexpected scenarios where the teams of the ISA countries will operate according to different security theories and strategies in order to test the readiness of the international teams in facing security threats. The exercise also aims to assess the tools, strategies and procedures developed by the ISA countries since the paunch of the Alliance in 2017.

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