OSLO, Norway - Wednesday, 13. March 2024

Recognition validates Crayon’s commitment to innovation in generative AI solutions

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Crayon, a global leader in innovation and IT services, announced today that it has achieved the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Generative AI Competency. This specialization recognizes Crayon as an AWS Partner that helps customers and the AWS Partner Network (APN) drive the advancement of services, tools, and infrastructure pivotal for implementing generative AI technologies.

Achieving the AWS Generative AI Competency differentiates Crayon as an AWS Partner that has demonstrated technical proficiency and proven customer success as it has spent the last 10 years delivering applied AI projects across multiple industries. Crayon possesses the experience and expertise demonstrated through successful projects addressing customer challenges using generative AI solutions. These solutions enable digital transformation s ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, 13. March 2024 AETOSWire

The new facility provides bespoke beauty, health and wellness services to its clients all conveniently available in a single location

SKIN111 Medical & Aesthetic Clinic, an award-winning premium chain of health, wellness and aesthetic centres, has opened its latest clinic at Nakheel Mall Palm Jumeirah Dubai. The new SKIN111 clinic, situated on the lower ground floor of the mall, covers an area of over 3,000 square feet, and offers an extensive range of premium medical services tailored to its clientele under one roof.

Dr. Shahram Nabili, CEO & Owner of SKIN111 clinics, inaugurated the centre in the presence of esteemed dignitaries including Ms. Alisha Moopen, Managing Director and Group CEO of Aster DM Healthcare GCC, Dr. Shanila Laiju, Group CEO of Medcare Hospitals & Medical Centres, Ms. Supreet Kaur, COO of SKIN111 Group, Loubna Hamdani, General Manager of the clinic. Additionall ... Read more »

VILNIUS, Lithuania - Wednesday, 13. March 2024

Crypto companies, non-profit organizations, decentralized communities, and VC funds join hands to push for an official Bitcoin emoji, added to all digital keyboards

(BUSINESS WIRE)--20+ leading crypto organizations including BTC Inc, Bitget, Brink, Chainalysis, Hacken, Nansen, and Unstoppable Domains have come together for the 'Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji' movement, initiated by Nexo. Uniting the global crypto community, the initiative aims to introduce a Bitcoin emoji to any digital keyboard and emphasize cryptocurrency's triple identity as money, technology, and culture in today’s society.

This community-driven initiative starts with a 50-day petition on Change.org, followed by an official proposal to the Unicode Consortium during the 2024 submission window. The new, widespread effort for a Bitcoin emoji, once turned down in 2020, shows just how important blockchain has become in ... Read more »

BOSTON - 
Brightcove’s web-based video editor helps marketers edit and distribute content across all devices and platforms, accelerating the video management and publishing workflow

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Brightcove (NASDAQ: BCOV), the world’s most trusted streaming technology company, announced today it has added web-based video editing capabilities to its Emmy Award-winning streaming technology platform. The new core functionality will add easy-to-use editing that accelerates their video creation, management, and publishing workflows.

Designed to serve the needs of publishers, marketing, social media, HR, and communications professionals, the editing functionality is intuitively designed for anyone to use, ensuring all users can leverage its full potential, regardless of their level of video expertise.

“In today’s rapid-paced content environment, rich but accessible video editing tools are essential for teams to create and cur ... Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO -
New partnership brings seamless execution and reconciliation of b2b payments

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Visa (NYSE:V), a global leader in digital payments, and Taulia, an SAP company, and a leading provider of working capital management solutions, have announced a new partnership to make embedded finance accessible to businesses worldwide. The collaboration will incorporate Visa’s digital payments technology into Taulia Virtual Cards, a solution that integrates with SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions and business applications for a seamless and streamlined payments experience for buyers and suppliers.

Visa and Taulia’s partnership will simplify payments across the business ecosystem by enabling virtual payment credentials to work natively across SAP business applications. Through the planned integration, Visa’s APIs will embed virtual payment credentials, acceptance and enablement solutions directly into SAP business applic ... Read more »

− Pre-Specified Interim Analysis Shows Positive Safety and Efficacy Results; Mezagitamab Safe and Well Tolerated

− Takeda Intends to Initiate a Global Phase 3 Trial of Mezagitamab in Patients with Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia in Fiscal Year 2024

− Late-Stage Pipeline Continues to Gain Momentum With Five New Molecular Entities in Phase 3 Development in Fiscal Year 2024

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) today announced positive topline results from a Phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating the safety, tolerability and efficacy of mezagitamab (TAK-079) in patients with persistent or chronic primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). Mezagitamab is a fully human immunoglobulin IgG1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) with high affinity for CD38 expressing cells (including plasmablasts, plasma cells, natural killer cells) resulting in their depletion.

The TAK-079-1004 trial (NCT04278924) eval ... Read more »

 Celebrates the 10-Year Anniversary of IQOS & Looks Forward to the Next Ten

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE: PM) today announced the launch of IQOS ILUMA i, the latest and most innovative addition to its growing portfolio of smoke-free products for adults who would otherwise continue to smoke or use nicotine products. Today, this range of better alternatives to cigarettes includes multiple generations of IQOS, the No. 1 tobacco heating system.1 The launch also marks the 10-Year anniversary of IQOS, originally launching in Nagoya, Japan in 2014.

“We leverage science, world leading brands and commercial capabilities to provide better alternatives to our consumers. This anniversary provides an opportunity to renew our smoke-free vision and our ambition for over two-thirds of our total net revenue to come from smoke-free products by 20 ... Read more »

SEATTLE & BASEL, Switzerland & BEIJING & CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Wednesday, 13. March 2024 AETOSWire 
Armenia and Nepal are the first of 29 countries to receive BRUKINSA

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Max Foundation (Max), a global nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating health equity by delivering medication, technology, and supportive services to patients worldwide, BeiGene, a global oncology company, and the BeiGene Foundation, a nonprofit charitable foundation, today announced that the first doses of BRUKINSA® (zanubrutinib) have been administered for the treatment of adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) to patients in Armenia and Nepal, as part of a three-year collaboration to provide access to the medicine in 29 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

“We are thrilled to share that the first group of people diagnosed with CLL in Armenia and Nepal have received treatment free of charge through our collaboration wi ... Read more »

 This partnership will contribute to the UAE’s initiative to advance recycling and sustainability, resulting a reduction of 84 tons of CO2 emissions

Hotpack Global, the UAE-based global leader in packaging products, has partnered with RECAPP, a digital recycling solution platform for households and compani ... Read more »

• Partnership spanning two decades expands to incorporate cloud licensing
• SaaS capabilities will enable Neural Labs to deploy and update licenses from any location for their customers and resellers

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thales, a global leader in Software Monetization and Licensing, has expanded its partnership with Neural Labs, a company which provides video analysis for Smart Cities and AI-based Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), to enable secure, efficient, and practical solutions for vehicle access control and logistical planning.

Thales’s Sentinel platform provides services for software licensing, entitlement management, delivery, and protection – helping Neural Labs to q ... Read more »

 TCL Electronics, a leading consumer electronics brand and the world's top two TV brand, has launched the groundbreaking 115” X955 Max QD-Mini LED TV in Dubai. The launch event, held in the heart of Dubai at the Palm Jumeirah, brought together industry leaders, media representatives, top influencers, and notable personalities such as Khalid Al Ameri, Baymabay, and Lat ... Read more »

Church & Dwight partners with Rockwell Automation to uplevel OT cybersecurity program, implementing rigorous security standards

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rockwell Automation Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, today announced it has been selected by Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE: CHD) to strengthen the consumer goods company’s cybersecurity program. Church & Dwight chose Rockwell specifically to help build resiliency and minimize risks in its operational technology (OT) manufacturing security practices.

The number of cyberattacks against manufacturing and critical infrastructure continues to rise. A recent report found critical manufacturing was one of the most frequently attacked verticals in the OT/industrial control system (ICS) sector. With several global consumer brands under its umbrella, Church & Dwight recognized the critical impact and importance of a strong OT se ... Read more »

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sports company PUMA reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 24% in 2023 compared to 2022, despite a strong sales growth.

This was made possible by its core suppliers doubling their use of renewable energy in 2023 compared to the previous year, increasing the use of less carbon intensive materials in its products, the introduction of low carbon shipment tariffs by PUMA’s logistics partner Maersk, by using renewable electricity or purchasing renewable energy certificates at its own operations and by investing in electric vehicles in its car fleet. Compared with the 2017 baseline, this means an absolute greenhouse gas emission reduction of 29%.

“We are very proud of the progress we have achieved on our sustainability journey in 2023, particularly when it comes to the reduction of greenhouse gases,” said Anne-Laure Descours, Chief Sourcing Officer at PUMA. “We will not stop there, however, and continue to execute our FOREVER.BETTE ... Read more »