DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Tuesday 30 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Ethio Life and General Insurance S.C, (ELiG) a leading composite insurer in Ethiopia, providing innovative life and non-life insurance products in the country has signed up Beyontec Suite, a core insurance solution from Beyontec, to transform its operations to digital.

Insurers in Ethiopia are rapidly adopting new technology to drive efficiencies through increased digitisation and automation of manual processes such as policy administration, claims, payments, and inter-company transactions. By adopting Beyontec Suite, and the Beyontec portal solutions, Ethio Life and General Insurance S.C company will soon be able to offer the full range of its products online, while managing higher quality risks and improved customer engagements.

Speaking on the occasion, Eto. Shimeles Giorgis, CEO of Ethio Life and General Insurance S.C commented, “As the fastest growing company in del ... Read more »

Fun-filled tournament series to guarantee massive $150,000,000 in prizes over 330+ events and run from April 4 through April 25

DUBLIN-Tuesday 30 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- GGPoker today reveals that it will partner with world-famous electronic music producer deadmau5 for the poker room’s upcoming GG Spring Festival tournament series.

The Canadian superstar will kick the festival off in style by hosting an opening night party on April 3, which includes an exclusive music set streamed on GGPoker.TV and a $100K Freeroll Houseparty. GGPoker players will also have the opportunity to play with - and knock out - the artist in his own $10K GG Legends Bounty feat. deadmau5 on April 10.

The full GG Spring Festival will guarantee at least $150 million in prizes, the highest series guarantee amount in online poker history. The tournament series runs from April 4 through April 25, and includes more than 300 individual events, with buy-ins s ... Read more »

TOKYO-Tuesday 30 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- TOW Co., Ltd.:

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210329005028/en/

[https://tow.co.jp/certification/]
Follow this link for a documentary that demonstrates the value of the certification system through the stories of foreign chefs attempting the test for Gold Certification, the system’s highest outlined standard.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has established Guidelines for the Certification of Cooking Skills for Japanese Cuisine in Foreign Countries as of April 2016.

This system lays out specific standards that private bodies may use to recognize foreign chefs who have acquired given levels of knowledge and cooking skills necessary for the preparation of Japanese cuisine, to help ensure that the appeals of Japanese food and dietary culture, as well as of Japanese agricultural an ... Read more »

 • Companies have successfully submitted the EU regulatory application for marketing authorization for difelikefalin

• If approved, difelikefalin injection will be the first therapy available in Europe for treatment of pruritus associated with chronic kidney disease in hemodialysis patients

ST.GALLEN, Switzerland & STAMFORD, Conn.-Tuesday 30 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Regulatory News:

Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma (VFMCRP) and Cara Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CARA) today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) accepted to review the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for difelikefalin injection for the treatment of pruritus associated with chronic kidney disease in hemodialysis patients. The EMA will review the application under the centralized marketing authorization procedure.

The EMA filing is supported by positive clinical data from the two pivotal phase-III trials K ... Read more »

 Breakthrough non-invasive liver imaging helps identify patients at increased risk of severe disease

 

OXFORD, England-Tuesday 30 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- New research published this month in Frontiers in Medicine (Gastroenterology) reveals that individuals with both obesity and severe fatty liver are five times more likely to require hospitalization for the illness. The non-invasive liver imaging technology — Perspectum’s LiverMultiScan — was used to gather MRI scans for the study.

Obesity is often associated with fat accumulation in the liver, which can lead to liver disease, and emerging data suggests that patients with obesity are at an increased risk of becoming seriously ill with COVID-19. The World Obesity Federation summarizes recent reports suggesting in the US almost 50 percent of people hospitalized with COVID-19 were also affected by obesity. A new report from the CDC (Centers for Disease Cont ... Read more »

The conference had over 30 leaders and entrepreneurs as participants from across the region.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates-Tuesday 30 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

Royal Leadership Consults (RLC), London and Ladies in Business, UAE jointly organized the 1st annual Change Leaders Conference on March 20, 2021.

The theme of the conference was Sharpening your Leadership Edge through multiple leadership models. The enterprise brought together field authorities, industry experts & change catalysts to share their knowledge on key topics such as the relationship between EQ, IQ and Transformational Leadership along with Leadership Philosophy and Personal Productivity.

Dr James Okpanachi, Founder and Chief Architect, RLC London, graced the inaugural function as the keynote speaker and trainer. The leadership and entrepreneurship twin model and the link between the two was presented by Dr. Evelyn Okpanachi, CEO RLC London.

Dr James talked ... Read more »