Systems Offer Effective, Minimally Invasive Treatment Options for Millions of Patients with Obesity (BMI 30-50 kg/m2) Apollo Endosurgery, Inc. (Apollo) (NASDAQ:APEN), a global leader in minimally invasive medical devices for gastrointestinal and bariatric procedures, announced today the marketing authorization of the Apollo ESG(TM), Apollo ESG Sx(TM), Apollo REVISE(TM) and Apollo REVISE Sx(TM) Systems through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) De Novo Classification process, a rigorous pre-market review pathway for low-to moderate-risk devices without a predicate. These are the first and only devices authorized by the FDA for endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) and endoscopic bariatric revision. ESG is an…
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Group to collaborate with United Doctors Hospital for genetic screening tests and cell therapies Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Berhad (Bursa: MGRC, 0155), a leading genomics and biopharmaceutical specialist, announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with United Doctors Hospital (UDH) for collaboration in genomics and cell therapies. UDH, located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is accredited by the Saudi Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions. UDH has also won numerous awards for social responsibility, including the King Khalid Award for Social Responsibility in 2018, and is certified with the SA8000, the world’s leading social certification programme, by…
Novotech, the leading Asia Pacific biotech specialist CRO which has recently expanded its services to the US, congratulates its client SK bioscience on the recent COVID-19 vaccine licence approval. SK bioscience and GSK recently announced the successful authorization: SK bioscience announced that ‘SKYCovione(TM),’ South Korea’s first COVID-19 vaccine candidate adjuvanted with GSK’s pandemic adjuvant has been authorized by the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (KMFDS). South Korea has become one of the few countries in the world to have both a domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine and a treatment. SKYCovione(TM) is a self-assembled nanoparticle vaccine targeting the receptor binding…
State-owned oil and natural gas corporation PT Pertamina has gained recognition from several international institutions over its strong implementation of the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) approach this year. Pertamina’s ESG implementation, which is getting stronger, has attracted international interest, as seen from the acknowledgment from a number of institutions and international awards, the company stated in a release received here on Tuesday. The latest acknowledgment has come from JP Morgan, which included Pertamina in its ESG Emerging Market Bond Instrument (JESG EMBI) Index and assigned it a score of 44.2 in June 2022. The score is higher than the…
The HBAR Foundation and BCW Group today announced a collaboration focused on the rapidly expanding ecosystem at the intersection of distributed ledger technology and digital assets, with an initiative that supports the development and growth of the Hedera network. Kyle Baron, Managing Partner at BCW, and his team will lead and manage an all-encompassing Market Development Fund (MDF) to onboard prominent early-stage projects looking to build on Hedera. BCW is a global fintech-focused strategy consulting and technology firm that works alongside industry-leading partners and clients to scale digital asset infrastructure, remove friction points, and enhance customer experiences to reimagine how…
The World Blockchain Summit, which will take place on July 14-15, 2022 at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center, Singapore, will be one of the elite gatherings of the global crypto and blockchain ecosystem. Sedition is the world’s leading platform for digital art. Sedition was founded in 2011 and provides contemporary digital art for private collectors all over the world, as well as hotels, offices, airports and other public spaces. Sedition will join World Blockchain Summit Singapore as Presenting Sponsor and will make announcements regarding the integration of NFTs to Sedition’s platform. Among the top crypto leaders and…
On September 29-30, 2022, government policy makers from around the world will converge in Washington, DC to discuss the economic and security threats related to supply chain. Attendees will learn how blockchain and other web3 innovations might mitigate those risks. The former special assistant to President Trump & President Biden for resilience policy, Mr. Brian Cavanaugh will present a keynote address. Supply Chain attacks are on the rise because supply-chains are becoming more lucrative targets. A hack to a supply chain provides a doorway to all its clients. For example, in 2021, SolarWinds, a major US information technology firm, experienced…
The World’s Biggest Blockchain Summit Series comes to Singapore. The World Blockchain Summit will take place on July 14 -15, 2022, at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center, Singapore, one of the most exclusive events in the global blockchain and cryptocurrency industry. Among the top crypto leaders and speakers who will join the global conversation will be Haydn Snape, Global Managing Partner and CEO of the Dubai-based Decentralised Investment Group (DIG). DIG is an award-winning multinational blockchain technology conglomerate with several subsidiaries, developing revolutionary blockchain technology and investing in many innovative products that instil the values of decentralisation, financial…
ING announced today that it has spun out Pyctor to GMEX Group (“GMEX”), a leader in digital business and technology solutions for exchanges and post-trade market infrastructure. Pyctor’s digital post-trade market infrastructure technology is designed for firms operating in regulated environments. It provides highly secure digital custody and transactional network services for a broad range of digital assets, as well as delivering interoperability between permissioned and public blockchains. Pyctor was incubated in ING Neo’s Amsterdam innovation lab, in collaboration with major financial institutions and regulators. Pyctor is now a service offering within GMEX. Hirander Misra is appointed Chairman of Pyctor…
TrustToken, the core team responsible for building the leading unsecured lending protocol TrueFi unveils its collaboration with WOO X, a zero-fee digital asset trading platform incubated by Kronos Research, the leading digital asset quant company and market maker. WOO X will use TrueFi to support its institutional services by issuing loans to its clients through the protocol. The amount of value locked into the smart contracts powering decentralized finance (DeFi) services soared in 2021, and despite some fluctuations in the first months of 2021, the ecosystem is still very much in the green year-on-year. While lending has emerged as one…
East Point City, Landmark North, Park Central, Mikiki and other malls are the only awarded SILVER shopping centres in Hong Kong Harbour North is the only mall in Hong Kong to win GOLD trophy Creative campaigns driving sales amid the pandemic demonstrate all-round strategies Twelve major shopping malls under Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) including East Point City, Harbour North, Landmark North, Park Central and Mikiki have been flexing their creative muscles amid the pandemic with out-of-the-box campaigns as well as all-encompassing promotion and marketing strategies both online and offline. Their outperforming promotion campaigns have gained recognition at the 2022…
After successful 13 editions of Digital Transformation Summit, Exito is all set to host another milestone event providing a platform to experience the latest insights in Decoding Barriers To Pave The Way For Singapore’s Digital Future. With a vision to engage, empower and support an advanced economy that is proactive, customized, collaborative and secure,https://digitransformationsummit.com/asia/ is uniting both public and private sectors to form alliances and facilitate co-operation opportunities towards enhancing the digital transformation ecosystem. This summit serves as an ideal platform to connect, learn and network among like-minded peers. The event will be elated with insightful sessions by the qualified speakers…
SoPa acquires first company in Thailand and continues network expansion of its digital ecosystem throughout Southeast Asia (“SEA”) Thoughtful Media’s social commerce-focused Multi-Platform Network (“MPN”) in Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and the US amplifies SoPa’s loyalty offering Thoughtful Media recorded revenues of US$5.8 million in 2021, forecasts significant revenue growth in 2022 and beyond Thoughtful Media’s data-rich MPN has uploaded over 675,000 videos with over 80 billion video views since 2010, and the current network of 263 YouTube Channels has onboarded over 85 million subscribers SoPa sees significant cross-marketing and revenue generation synergies between Thoughtful Media and rest of SoPa ecosystem…
Group to use proceeds for future viable investment and purchase of equipment Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Berhad (Bursa: MGRC, 0155), a leading genomics and biopharmaceutical specialist, announced today that the Group is proposing to undertake a private placement of up to 10% of its total number of issued shares or up to 12.42 million new placement shares at an issue price to be determined for third-party investors that will be identified later. Shareholders had approved in the AGM convened on 30 November 2021 for the Group to issue and allot new shares at any time and at such price as…
Perfect Medical Health Management Limited (Perfect Medical or the Company, the Group; HKG:1830), one of the largest medical groups in Hong Kong, together with its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the Group), is pleased to announce that on the 4th and 5th July 2022, Dr. Au-Yeung Kong, the executive director, chairman and chief executive officer of the Group (Dr. Au-Yeung) further purchase a total of 7,5000,000 shares of the Company, for an aggregate consideration of HK$30.675 million. Following the further purchase, Dr. Au-Yeung is interested in an aggregate of 909,287,383 shares and his equity stake increased from 72.92% to 73.33%.…
SinoMab BioScience Limited (SinoMab or the Company, together with its subsidiaries, the Group, HKG: 3681), a Hong Kong-listed biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the research, development, manufacturing and commercialization of innovative therapeutics for the treatment of immunological diseases, primarily mAb-based biologics, is pleased to announce that, the Company has received HK$8 million subsidy from the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), which is the highest subsidy amount in the Clinical Translational Catalyst (CTC) program of HKSTP. CTC program is offered by HKSTP Institute for Translational Research (ITR), the overarching aim is to provide a platform to transform Hong Kong…
Quantum Generation® is pleased to announce an orbital and terrestrial technology partnership with Plato Technologies. The partnership allows the development of the quantum space-based infrastructure. We are building the quantum incentivized network and integrating the technologies in the space-based QPhone. Quantum computers and communications promise to operate millions of times faster than traditional technologies. Quantum Generation® is deploying the QG® waves technologies with quantum frequency stronger than 5G or 6G. Integrating Plato Blockchain with Quantum Generation® key distribution will ensure it is secure and anonymous. Utilizing the quantum generation repeaters and QSAT™ satellites, Plato Blockchain provides the fastest and most…
Jiangsu Huili Biotechnology Co., Ltd (Huili Bio), a next-generation synthetic biology enzyme computational design platform, recently announced the completion of its Series A financing round with hundreds of million RMB. This financing round was co-led by Legend Capital and the fresh capital will be used to accelerate the construction and operation of large-scale production facilities, the R&D of new product pipelines and the expansion of the talent team. Founded in 2018, Huili Bio is dedicated to the computational design of enzyme components at the core of synthetic biological reactions. With cutting-edge achievements, Huili Bio is one of the few bio-manufacturing…
Planview, a global leader in Portfolio Management and Work Management, today announced the establishment of its regional headquarters in Singapore. The expanded Asia Pacific operations will support the growing demand for software solutions to accelerate agility and business transformation. The business disruptions accelerated by global events over the past year, together with major changes in work culture, processes, and business demands, have exposed the weaknesses of ‘digital transformation’ initiatives around the world, including in Asia. Despite investments in new technology and methodologies, disconnects in the operating environment have shown that many of these transformation initiatives have fallen short, Razat Gaurav,…
Military-grade smartwatch can withstand extreme conditions from a journey into space to desert heat Amazfit, a premium smart wearable hardware brand owned by Zepp Health Corporation, launched the T-Rex 2, in Malaysia today, an outdoor, tough and rugged smartwatch, with a demonstration of its durability and versatility by wall climbing professionals from Camp5, the climbing gym. Amazfit recently sent the rugged outdoor GPS smartwatch Amazfit T-Rex 2 into space on a quest to prove its strength in extreme environments. The space journey began in the city of Sheffield in the United Kingdom, where Amazfit T-Rex 2 was sent off on…