DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Tuesday 29 March 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

Lockton today announces the creation of The Wael Khatib Scholarship which aims to honor a great man and legend in our Insurance industry. There are many things we will remember him for, to name a few - his inspirational leadership, his triumphs, his charm, and his genuine friendship. But one of the many features that distinguished him from others was his passion towards accelerating ones career through the solid foundation of academia. He himself graduated from Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) with an MSc Insurance and Risk Management and always encouraged those around him to do the same from the very beginning of their careers.

This scholarship has been established by Lockton MENA through partnership with Bayes Business School, a leading Business School in the UK, one particularly respected for its MSc Insurance and Risk Management. The scholarship has been created to continue Wael Khatib’s ... Read more »

Children Monitored with Masimo SpHb® Had Less Blood Transfusion, Less Bleeding, and Shorter ICU Stays

NEUCHATEL, Switzerland-Tuesday 29 March 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) today announced the findings of a retrospective study published in the Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing in which Dr. Ayten Saracoglu and colleagues at Marmara University in Istanbul, Turkey evaluated the impact of noninvasive and continuous hemoglobin monitoring with Masimo SpHb® on perioperative transfusion management and postoperative patient outcomes on pediatric patients undergoing fronto-orbital advancement surgery. The researchers found that pediatric patients monitored with SpHb had lower intraoperative packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusion, less postoperative bleeding, and shorter ICU stays.1

Noting the frequency of significant hemorrhage during craniofacial reconstruction surgery, and the importance of an adequate patient blood ... Read more »

Jordan, Amman-Tuesday 29 March 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (‘Hikma’ or ‘Group’), the multinational pharmaceutical company, announces that its venture capital arm, Hikma Ventures, has participated in the Series B financing round for Altibbi; the leading publisher of Arabic medical content globally - with two million pages of medical content, twenty million unique visitors per month and three million consultations per year. The company will use the proceeds from this round to grow the team, invest in talent and technology, as well as launch new products across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

"We are very impressed with what the Altibbi team has been able to achieve to date. The company has grown rapidly during the past few years because it is solving real problems by adding features and products based on the needs of users. In addition, their platform has proven to be highly scalable during the pandemic as ... Read more »

The program invites social entrepreneurs from historically underrepresented communities to share their innovative ideas for the chance to win financing and mentorship.

AMSTERDAM-Monday 28 March 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Tommy Hilfiger, which is owned by PVH Corp. [NYSE: PVH], is pleased to announce that applications for the fourth edition of the Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Frontier Challenge are open. The global program echoes Tommy Hilfiger’s sustainability vision to Waste Nothing and Welcome All, amplifying and supporting new voices in the world of social entrepreneurship who are shaping scalable and disruptive innovations to create a more inclusive future of fashion.

In line with Tommy Hilfiger’s commitments towards inclusion, diversity, and acknowledging the gap in equity and equal opportunities, individuals from historically underrepresented communities, including Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), people with disabili ... Read more »

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates-Monday 28 March 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

Energy shocks, geopolitical conflict and inflationary forces have underscored the need for greater resilience in energy systems and the need for smart carbon transition policies, Majid Jafar tells business leaders at Atlantic Council forum.

The UAE’s visionary energy policy for 2050 demonstrates importance of oil & gas alongside cleaner sources such as solar and nuclear.

The geopolitical conflicts and energy supply crises impacting world economies have underscored the need for greater resilience in energy supply and the need for smarter carbon transition policy, Majid Jafar, the CEO of Crescent Petroleum, told industry and policy leaders gathered for the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum in Dubai on Monday.

Jafar, who leads the Middle East’s oldest private upstream oil & gas company, told an audience of senior industry leaders and policymakers that lasting progres ... Read more »

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Monday 28 March 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

The largest independent global video livestreaming platform Uplive has received a brand appreciation award from leading Middle East-based media group Rotana for its innovative approach to social entertainment.

The Rotana award is in honor of Uplive’s industry-leading innovation and a strong commitment to culturally-appropriate content that is showcased on the livestreaming platform. As the leading media house in the Middle East, Rotana recognizes and awards brands and campaigns that go beyond their marketing objectives to deliver exceptional and ethical consumer experiences.

The sought-after recognition comes in the wake of the platform’s unveiling of its first-ever Television Commercial for the Middle East region, which aired on Rotana. The region-wide campaign, which also included the introduction of GCC-centric features for the growing GCC market, signaled Uplive’s leadership ... Read more »

LAUSANNE, Switzerland-Monday 28 March 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

Alluzience® (abobotulinumtoxinA, ABO) improves glabellar (frown) lines with high patient satisfaction

Positive new data on the efficacy and safety of the new formulation of Sculptra® (poly-L-lactic acid, PLLA)

Strong data from two studies showing the efficacy and safety of Galderma’s hyaluronic acid fillers

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Galderma will present a range of new scientific data on its portfolio on their hyaluronic acid dermal filler range, their first liquid neuromodulator and their original collagen biostimulator at the Aesthetic & Anti-Aging Medicine World Congress (AMWC) taking place in Monaco and virtually from 31 March to 2 April 2022.

Dr Philippe Kestemont will present an overview of clinical data for Alluzience®, Galderma’s recently approved and Europe’s first ready-to-use liquid neuromodulator for the treatment of moderate to severe glabellar (f ... Read more »

DAVIDSON, N.C.-Friday 18 March 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- In support of those affected by the crisis in Ukraine, Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE: IR) has partnered with World Food Program USA (WFP USA) to provide food assistance in Ukraine. Ingersoll Rand, a global provider of mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions, donated $250,000 to support United Nations World Food Programme’s emergency food distribution and has committed up to an additional $250,000 through matching employee donations. In addition, it has pledged to contribute another $500,000 in critical product donations designed to help with medical, water, sanitation, and disaster response solutions for people in Ukraine.

U.N. World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate ... Read more »

CellPoint Digital signs deal with holiday giant to implement its innovative payment orchestration platform

LONDON-Monday 28 March 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- CellPoint Digital, a leading global provider of Digital Commerce and Payment Orchestration solutions, today announces a new partnership with Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Holidays.

The airline and holiday package provider will use CellPoint Digital’s full payment orchestration platform to seamlessly integrate new payment methods, new acquirers and stored card facilities, enabling reduced costs, increased acceptance rates and a better customer experience.

By orchestrating payments across regions and payment methods, CellPoint Digital’s innovative platform allows merchants to adopt a multi-acquirer payments model that opens new opportunities for growth. It also helps increase top-line revenue utilising intelligent routing, increasing authorisations, and providing system uptime t ... Read more »

Solution allows standardized payment acceptance on smartphones, tablets and COTS

MONTREAL & PARIS-Monday 28 March 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- PayPlug (part of the Payment activities of Groupe BPCE) selects Amadis, a global payment software editor, to deploy its nexo based payment acceptance application, on an array of traditional payment terminals and Android SoftPOS devices, through a standardized payment acceptance approach, independent of EMV® Level 2 card processing frameworks. This drastically reduces deployment times, maintenance costs, and provides PayPlug with ownership over its card acceptance solutions. The alliance builds on the long-standing partnership between Amadis and PayPlug.

PayPlug’s new application enables every store associate to bring the check out experience to the customer, the POI (point of interaction), wherever the consumer needs it to be, by enabling Android NFC COTS (Commercial-Off-The-Shelf) devices, such ... Read more »