Dubai, United Arab Emirates -Tuesday 1 October 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

The original patent for the modern toilet paper roll was made in 1883, with the standard design of a long strip of toilet paper wrapped around a paperboard cylinder remaining unchanged for over a hundred years. It seemed so simple and so effective a design that it couldn’t be improved upon. Granted, manufacturers have meddled and tinkered with the size of the roll, and the softness of the paper itself, but the fundamental design hasn’t been challenged since. However, after 135 years, Fine Hygienic Holding is reinventing the toilet roll. This creative new design will change everything you have come to expect from toilet paper, and blow the old designs out of the water.

The concept is simple and elegant, and is sure to not only save consumers money, but also to save them from potentially embarrassing situations: instead of every roll having an useless unfilled paperboard core, this empty spa ... Read more »

 Young Adults Across the Region Offered Opportunity to Begin Career as Professional Mixologists

AMSTERDAM-Tuesday 1 October 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bacardi, the largest privately held spirits company in the world, today announced the European launch of its initiative to help tackle youth unemployment. Shake Your Future is the company’s bartending and mixology training program that aims to secure the futures of young people within the hospitality industry.

After a successful pilot in 2018, the initiative will run in Italy, France and Spain over the coming months, rolling out to 12 major cities globally over the next three years, bringing this opportunity to thousands of young adults around the world.

Developed in partnership with the European Bartender School, Bacardi launched Shake Your Future as a pilot in 2018 to help address the youth unemployment crisis on the doorstep of its French office based in the Parisian suburb of S ... Read more »

INGELHEIM, Germany -Monday 30 September 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

    New data showed positive effect of nintedanib on slowing decline of lung function in a broad range of fibrosing interstitial lung diseases with a progressive phenotype1
    Phase III results published in the New England Journal of Medicine and to be presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress in Madrid, Spain
    Regulatory applications were recently submitted for this new indication with the FDA and EMA

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Boehringer Ingelheim announced today that in the Phase III INBUILD® trial nintedanib slowed lung function decline by 57% across the overall study population, as assessed by the annual rate of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC)a over 52 weeks in patients with fibrosing interstitial lung disease (ILDs) with signs of progression.1 Just published in the New England Journal of Medicine and to be p ... Read more »

LACHEN, Switzerland-Monday 30 September 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Octapharma announced today that the European Medicines Agency has authorised an updated Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) for Nuwiq® that includes information on personalised prophylaxis in patients with haemophilia A. The updated SmPC can be accessed at https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/nuwiq

The new information in the updated SmPC is based on data from the NuPreviq study in which 66 previously treated adult patients were switched from a 1 to 3-month standard prophylaxis regimen to a 6-month personalised regimen based on their individual pharmacokinetic (PK) characteristics. Of the 66 patients reported in the study, 44 patients switched to a different prophylaxis regimen after PK assessment. Of these, 40 completed the 6 months of prophylaxis according to the assigned dosing and treatment scheme, and 34 patients (85%) were treated twice weekly or even less frequ ... Read more »

 Company Seeks New Business Opportunities Connecting Core Business with the Future of Mobility

BERLIN -Monday 30 September 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Iochpe-Maxion, a multi-billion dollar global leader in the production of automotive wheels, and a leading producer of automotive structural components in the Americas, announced today the opening of a new mobility innovation office in Berlin, Germany.

“As the automotive industry undergoes a major transformation, Iochpe-Maxion is keen to actively participate so we can capitalize on new growth opportunities while also remaining relevant to our customers,” said Marcos Oliveira, President and CEO, Iochpe-Maxion. “Maxion Advanced Technologies is a strategic innovation initiative designed to help us think beyond today by connecting our current business with the future of mobility.”

Maxion Advanced Technologies is a stand-alone organization solely focused o ... Read more »