LUXEMBOURG - Tuesday, December 15th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES S.A. (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) announced today the signature of a letter of commitment with the Luxembourg Government and six other partners to finance ICT start-ups.

The initiative taken by the Ministry of the Economy in the context of « Digital Lëtzebuerg » seeks to set up an ecosystem that fully adapts to the needs of start-ups within the ICT sector, while offering an adequate framework for the creation and development of young and innovative companies - an ecosystem that adapts to the needs of ICT start-ups, in particular in terms of financing such companies in the early stages of development.

The signing parties agreed to collect public and private funds worth EUR 19.2 million to create a seed fund-type structure designed to finance innovative technology companies within the ICT sector.

Above all but not exclusively, the fund will create risk capital inve ... Read more »

SANTA CLARA, Calif. & BEIJING - Monday, December 14th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. and Beijing Pinecone Electronics Co. Ltd., today announced their licensing agreement of Analogix’s Intellectual Property (IP) for USB-C™ technology.

“Working with Analogix enables us to develop innovative products that meet our high performance targets,” said Yuanbo Ye, Vice President at Beijing Pinecone Electronics.

“We are excited to partner with Pinecone, who is the emerging leader in mobile processing,” said Michael Ching, vice president of technology licensing for Analogix. “Our IP cores enable platform integrators to reduce their design footprint, bill of materials, and time to market. Analogix’s IP cores have shipped into over 1 billion System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions from multiple customers.”

About Analogix Semiconductor

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IRVINE, Calif - Monday, December 14th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Patient Safety Movement Foundation announced today a commitment from Spain’s anesthesia national incident reporting system, Sistema Español de Notificacion en Seguridad on Anestesia y Reanimacion (SENSAR), to help eradicate medical errors. The team will provide an update on their formal commitment at the fourth-annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, January 22-23, 2016 at Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort and Spa, Dana Point, California.

According to the World Health Organization, the European Union has approximately 750K medical errors per year. If these medical errors were eliminated, this would lead to 3.2 million fewer days of hospitalization, 260K fewer incidents of permanent disability and 100,000 fewer deaths. Infection associated with health care affects 1 in 20 hospital patients every year. In Spain, of the 4,600,000 hospital stays in 2011, close to 7.4K r ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, December 10th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

The Civil Defense Department in Al Ain urged campers to abide by the mandatory prevention and safety measures while camping. This stems out of the Department's keenness to promote community partnership, raise public awareness, achieve security and safety, and provide a safe environment for everyone.

As the winter season witnesses an increased number of family trips in the wilderness; Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Saeed Al Neyadi, Acting Head of the Al Ain Civil Defense Department, emphasized the importance of implementing and complying with the designated security and safety measures.

Lieutenant Colonel Al Neyadi called upon families to observe the conditions and instructions issued by the competent entities while camping. "These instructions include choosing the appropriate location for camping, buying quality tents made of fire-resistant fabrics, and placing fire pits in an ... Read more »

INGELHEIM, Germany - Monday, December 14th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

    New study explores safety and tolerability of OFEV® with add-on of pirfenidone versus OFEV® alone1
    First multinational study involving 100 patients to investigate add-on treatment with two approved drugs for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)1
    OFEV® slows disease progression with approximately 50% reduction in the decline of lung function across a broad range of IPF patient types*2,3,4,5,6,7,8

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Boehringer Ingelheim today announces the initiation of trial 1199.222 (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02579603), a new 12 week study to assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of add-on treatment with pirfenidone to background therapy with OFEV® in patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF).1 The trial’s primary endpoint is the percentage of patients with on-treatment gastrointestinal ( ... Read more »

Arrested by ADP at the airport

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, December 12th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

The Abu Dhabi Police, in coordination with the Anti-Narcotics Federal Directorate General at the Ministry of Interior, managed to arrest an African transit passenger in possession of 13 kg of cocaine that she attempted to smuggle through Abu Dhabi Airport. The narcotics were stashed in secret compartments inside weight plates and clothing buttons (in the form of pills).

According to Brigadier Dr Rashid Mohammed Borshid, Head of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the woman was suspected because she was taking the same suspicious flight route. The police were vigilant because they had arrested similar suspects while trying to take flights via the Abu Dhabi International Airport (Transit) on their way from a Latin American country to an Asian country.  

Brigadier Borshid explained that the suspect, identified as 26-year old M. B., re ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, December 9th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

The Traffic and Patrols Directorate at the Abu Dhabi Police have confirmed that traffic in the capital during the National Day celebrations has significantly improved when compared to the previous years. The Directorate cited the absence of traffic jams as one of the improvements, particularly near areas with major events.

According to the Directorate, such significant improvements are mainly due to the fruitful cooperation and response by the members of the public who complied with the instructions issued in this regard. This is also the result of the intensive awareness campaigns carried out by the police entities held in collaboration with other government agencies ahead of the National Day celebrations; and the deployment of patrols through the streets of the capital and the gathering points for the main celebrations. Moreover, the main vehicle parade was organized at Yas Island, which a ... Read more »

Continuing to Follow the Path Laid down by “Zayed Al Khair”

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, December 8th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in the Western Region and President of the Emirates Red Crescent, praised hailed Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, for receiving the “Lifetime Achievement Award 2015 by the Arab Thought Foundation.

HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed said that the award recognizes the purposeful efforts and initiatives of HH Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior in all fields; especially his social and humanitarian efforts, which are inspired by the generous and distinguished humanitarian work of the late  Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, May he rest in peace.

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Ruler's Representative in the Western Region pointed that Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, December 12th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

The United Arab Emirates, representing the Middle East region, took part in the Interpol DNA Monitoring Expert Group Meeting that was recently held in the city of Norman, Oklahoma, in the USA.

Brigadier General Abdul Rahman Al Hammadi, Head of the Forensic Evidence Department at Abu Dhabi Police, emphasized the importance of participating in such conferences and meetings in order to keep abreast of the latest developments in the policing and security field. He noted that the UAE has made outstanding contributions by strengthening international cooperation with the Interpol, particularly with respect to forensic evidence.

For her part, Colonel Expert Maryam Ahmed Al Qahtani, Chief of the Forensic Biology and DNA Section at the ADP Forensic Evidence Department, representative of the Middle East experts group, noted that the meeting, in its 30th edition, touched on the scientific develo ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, December 10th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

In a first of its kind initiative, a number of employees of the Ministry of Interior are to earn a vocational diploma in the field of human rights. The initiative is conducted in cooperation with accredited specialized centers and with highly qualified and experienced instructors in the field of law and human rights.

“Qualifying personnel of the Ministry of Interior with this diploma coincides with the directives of the higher leadership to dedicate attention to the subject of human rights,” said Brigadier Ahmed Mohammed Nekhairah, Head of Human Rights Department at the General Secretariat of the Office of H.H Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. “This effort additionally supports the objective to spread the culture of human rights with our national personnel; of whom are capable of handling this topic in the various police leaderships of the Ministry of Interior ... Read more »