• Empagliflozin also significantly reduced the relative risk of first and recurrent hospitalization for heart failure by 30 percent and significantly slowed kidney function decline1

• Results were consistent in subgroups with and without type 2 diabetes1

• Heart failure is the leading cause of hospitalization in the U.S. and Europe2

• Results from the Phase III EMPEROR-Reduced trial were published today in The New England Journal of Medicine1

INGELHEIM, Germany and INDIANAPOLIS-Saturday 29 August 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Full results from the EMPEROR-Reduced Phase III trial in adults with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, with and without diabetes, showed that empagliflozin was associated with a significant 25 percent relative risk reduction in the primary endpoint of time to cardiovascular death or hospitalization due to heart failure.1 The trial evaluated the effect of adding empagliflozin (10 mg) ... Read more »

Velodyne Supports Education and Advocacy on How Lidar Can Help Improve Transportation Safety and Efficiency

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Saturday 29 August 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced it has joined the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) to promote the benefits of autonomous vehicles and intelligent transportation infrastructure. Velodyne is the first lidar technology company to become part of this influential group. ITS America members are at the forefront of driving progress in autonomous vehicles and smart city solutions to help save lives, improve mobility and promote sustainability.

Velodyne’s lidar sensors can be used in a variety of Intelligent Transportation Systems to measure and monitor conditions in areas such as pedestrian safety, vehicle traffic and parking space management, and more. They can collect reliable, detailed traffic data about road users, including vehicles, pedestrians ... Read more »

Latin American automotive parts and accessories manufacturer leverages support savings to expand business and fund future innovation initiatives

A significant regulatory milestone accomplished as NuScale readies to bring its SMR technology to market this decade

PORTLAND, Ore.-Saturday 29 August 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NuScale Power announced today that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed Phase 6 review—the last and final phase—of the Design Certification Application (DCA) for the company’s groundbreaking small modular reactor (SMR) with the issuance of the Final Safety Evaluation Report (FSER). The FSER represents completion of the technical review and approval of the NuScale SMR design. With this final phase of NuScale’s DCA now complete, customers can proceed with plans to develop NuScale power plants with the understanding that the NRC has approved the safety aspects of the NuScale design.

 “This is a significant milestone not only for NuScale, but also for the entire U.S. nuclear sector and the other advanced nuclear techno ... Read more »

Vodafone becomes first UK mobile operator to switch on live OpenRAN site with Mavenir

BUILTH WELLS, Wales & RICHARDSON, Texas -Friday 28 August 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vodafone UK has become the first UK mobile operator to switch on an OpenRAN 4G site, partnering with Mavenir, the industry's only end-to-end cloud-native Network Software Provider for Communications Service Providers (CSPs). This deployment in Wales is connecting Vodafone customers around the Royal Welsh Showground in Powys. Vodafone plans to use OpenRAN to more cost-effectively extend 4G services to rural communities and introduce new suppliers in the radio network.

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OpenRAN increases flexibility, agility, speed of rollout, and helps to decrease costs by using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and new innovative virtualised and open s ... Read more »