Agreement will connect SpeeDx chemistry with the extensive range of MolGen equipment for a fully integrated, high-throughput sample-to-answer workflow

SoftBank Corp. to explore deployment of Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) Solutions in suitable regions of Africa to connect the unconnected

TOKYO & KIGALI, Rwanda-Thursday 1 July 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434, “SoftBank”) and Smart Africa Secretariat (“Smart Africa”) today announced they entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on innovative solutions towards achieving the vision of providing affordable broadband. Through this partnership, SoftBank and Smart Africa will work to bridge the digital divide by providing accessible and affordable internet connectivity to Africa’s underserved regions.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210630005357/en/

Through various projects and activities, Smart Africa has an ambitious strategy to double broadband penetration to 51% in Africa by 2025. As part of ac ... Read more »

Dubai to see a surge in international travel this year

Dubai, United Arab Emirates-Thursday 1 July 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

Aviation sector expected to hire more cabin crew, competent talent
GCC’s aviation sector worth $130 billion
Dulsco & Dynamic to recruit suitable candidates for cabin crew positions and outsource them to the aviation sector with full certification and accreditation
 

UAE based Dulsco’s talent solution arm has formed a breakthrough partnership with Dynamic Advanced Training, the Middle East’s only accredited and independent Cabin Crew Training Organization (CCTO), to provide airlines with flexible cabin crew solutions. This initiative is also unique to the candidate as they will not incur any cost to be trained. 

David Stockton, CEO of Dulsco commented, “The aviation industry in the GCC and the Middle-East region is worth US$130 billion, which is equivalent to 4.4% of the region&rs ... Read more »

First hybrid cloud solution for the OSDU™ Data Platform—the industry standard for energy data—is ready for customer deployment

LONDON & ARMONK, N.Y.-Thursday 1 July 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Schlumberger and IBM announced today the industry’s first commercial hybrid cloud Enterprise Data Management Solution for the OSDU Data Platform. The hybrid cloud offering is designed to expand access to customers globally—including those in locations where data residency requirements and local regulations may affect the use of global public cloud—and is engineered to reduce time for analysis and accelerate decision-making, with all workflow data available in one place.

This solution will provide energy operators with full interoperability, making their data accessible by any application within their exploration to production (E&P) environment through the OSDU common data standard to enable easy sharing of in ... Read more »

Mixed-brand fleets now viewable in a single portal of choice

BERLIN & HARSEWINKEL, Germany, & MANNHEIM, Germany & BURR RIDGE, Ill.-Thursday 1 July 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- DataConnect, the global initiative to enable viewing mixed-brand fleets in a single platform, is now live with an expanded line of six major digital platforms and available to farm operations around the world. Case IH, STEYR and New Holland now join John Deere, CLAAS and the European farm management platform 365FarmNet, which launched the feature late last fall.

Any farm operations using any self-propelled forage harvesters, combines or tractors from the participating brands now can view it all in one participating platform. Previously, viewing such information required managing additional portal for each brand involved.

With this new approach, customers can view five different machinery data parameters from their machine fleet:

current machine locat ... Read more »

Project will create blue-print for Orange’s next generation of efficient, agile zero-touch networks

BARCELONA, Spain--Thursday 1 July 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mavenir, the Network Software Provider building the future of networks with cloud-native software that runs on any cloud and transforms the way the world connects, has been selected to provide its 5G Open RAN software to Orange for Europe’s first 5G Stand Alone end-to-end cloud network.

The experimental network in Lannion, in the Britany department of France, will be 100% software-enabled and will go live in July. This first phase of a two-year project is a key pillar in Orange’s preparations to transition towards more efficient and agile cloud-native zero-touch Open RAN networks.

Mavenir is supplying its MAVair family of virtualised Open RAN software solutions which will take advantage of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning platforms to enable the RAN to f ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates-Thursday 1 July 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

DOC (Digital Outpatient Care) is showcasing the world’s first holographic telemedicine consultation solution at its event this month. Doctors from Harley Street, UK, Cedars-Sinai, USA, and Mount Elizabeth Hospitals Singapore, can provide real-time consultations, diagnoses, and second medical opinions across the world through this technology. The attendees of this event had the opportunity to discover the process of how it works with a live demonstration. During the live demonstration, attendees were able to experience a live endoscopy with a nurse on the ground in Dubai, while the ENT specialist in another location was able to guide and diagnose in real-time.

No longer will a patient’s geographic location determine the immediacy, intimacy, and quality of healthcare. Patients can avoid unnecessary travel and experience a consultation or second medical opinion in a place of convenience and comf ... Read more »

BRUSSELS-Thursday 1 July 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

-(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The World Vapers’ Alliance is today launching a major global campaign – ‘Back Vaping. Beat Smoking’- with the goal of shaping international public health policies and saving 200 million lives worldwide.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210629006043/en/

“The weight of research and real-world evidence shows that progressive vaping policies can help millions of smokers to quit. Yet vaping remains under threat as decision-makers face pressure from anti-vaping organisations. Our campaign will make sure the evidence and the voices of vapers are heard, so that Governments will take the opportunity to save 200 million lives”, said Michael Landl, Director of the World Vapers’ Alliance.

2021 is a critical year for public health policies globally. Two major milestones will determine ... Read more »

SEOUL, South Korea & CAMBRIDGE, Mass -Thursday 1 July 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

    LC350189 showed significant serum uric acid (sUA)-lowering effects across all dose levels.
    LC350189 achieved a treatment target of sUA < 5 mg/dL as the primary endpoint at month 3 with all dose groups when compared with placebo, and Febuxostat.
    LC350189 was shown to be well-tolerated.

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- LG Chem announced topline results for the phase 2 study evaluating the efficacy and safety profiles of LC350189, a novel non-purine xanthine oxidase inhibitor for the chronic management of hyperuricemia in patients with gout disease.

LG Chem had received FDA clearance to commence a Phase 2 trial of LC350189 in June 2019 and conducted the Phase 2 study (CLUE study, NCT03934099) with 156 gout patients at 45 clinical sites in the US.

Participants with chronic gout, defined as hyperuricemia and a history or pr ... Read more »

SEOUL, South Korea & CAMBRIDGE, Mass -Thursday 1 July 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

    LC350189 showed significant serum uric acid (sUA)-lowering effects across all dose levels.
    LC350189 achieved a treatment target of sUA < 5 mg/dL as the primary endpoint at month 3 with all dose groups when compared with placebo, and Febuxostat.
    LC350189 was shown to be well-tolerated.

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- LG Chem announced topline results for the phase 2 study evaluating the efficacy and safety profiles of LC350189, a novel non-purine xanthine oxidase inhibitor for the chronic management of hyperuricemia in patients with gout disease.

LG Chem had received FDA clearance to commence a Phase 2 trial of LC350189 in June 2019 and conducted the Phase 2 study (CLUE study, NCT03934099) with 156 gout patients at 45 clinical sites in the US.

Participants with chronic gout, defined as hyperuricemia and a history or pr ... Read more »

Holicity Special Meeting of Stockholders Scheduled to Commence June 30 at 8:00 a.m. ET

NEW YORK-Thursday 1 July 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Holicity Inc. (“Holicity” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: HOL) issued the following statement to Holicity stockholders reiterating the Holicity Board of Directors’ recommendation in favor of the transaction with Astra Space, Inc. (“Astra”), pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, dated February 2, 2021, by and between Astra, Holicity and Holicity Merger Sub Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holicity (the “Business Combination Agreement”).

Holicity Inc. is scheduled to hold a Special Meeting of Stockholders at 8:00 AM ET on June 30, 2021 to approve a business combination with Astra Space, Inc. We are asking stockholders that held shares of Holicity Inc. on May 24, 2021 (the record date) to cast their vote so that their shares are represented at the June 30 meeting. Your vote is extremely important ... Read more »