Author: Marie Jones

The short-selling company Blue Orca Capital would not have expected that its confrontation with China Medical System Holdings Limited (“China Medical System”) actually helped the company. The confrontation allowed investors and the whole pharmaceutical industry in China to see the biggest CSO has quietly reached the end of its transformation into a new empire that has established full control over an industrial chain, from sales and marketing to production and quality, and has jumped from the domestic market to a company driven by global R&D innovative resources. By reviewing the seemingly detailed report from Blue Orca Capital (“Orca”) and a…

Hua Medicine, a leading clinical stage biotechnology company based in Shanghai, is pleased to announce that Dr. Fuxing Tang has joined Hua Medicine as Chief Technology Officer, VP of Formulation R&D and Product Development. He will also head up research and development functions for Hua Medicine in the United States. Dr. Fuxing Tang obtained his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Florida. In addition, Dr. Tang conducted postdoctoral research in peptide delivery in Professor Ronald Borchardt’s group, which is well known for their work in Caco-2 cells. Before joining Hua Medicine, Dr. Tang worked in the pharmaceutical industry…

NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited (“NetDragon” or “the Company”, Hong Kong Stock Code: 777), a global leader in building internet communities, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, JumpStart, a leader in learning-based games for children, collaborated with Beach House Pictures, a Blue Ant Studios company on an exclusive deal to develop the first-ever Neopets animated TV series based on the hugely successful virtual pet universe that is a global sensation beloved by generations of kids the world over. This collaboration definitely marks another milestone of NetDragon and JumpStart teams’ efforts in rebranding and promotion of Neopets since it joined the…

APRObit, a new South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, will go live in March and it will adopt the joint order book system of Bitfinex, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. – APRObit will be the first exchange in South Korea to adopt Bitfinex’s joint order book system, which shares the market depth of Bitfinex’s BTC, ETH, and USDT trading pairs – APRObit will be the only exchange in Korea that enables traders to access the markets of an international exchange – The exchange will go live in March 2020 – APRObit is invested and advised by Zhao Dong, Bitfinex shareholder…

First exhibition of a large catalyst coated membrane sample for evaluating electrode catalysts for water electrolysis and precious metal plating technology TANAKA will present hydrogen-related technology TANAKA HOLDINGS Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director & CEO: Akira Tanae) announced that TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director & CEO: Akira Tanae), which operates TANAKA PRECIOUS METALS manufacturing business, will exhibit at “FC EXPO 2020 – 16th International Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Expo,” one of the world’s largest fuel cell exhibitions, which will be held at Tokyo Big Sight from Wednesday, February 26 until…

Some materials show promise promoting bone regeneration by enhancing its natural electrical properties, according to a review in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. Some solids, including bone, enamel and quartz, form an electric field when deformed. This property, called the piezoelectric effect, happens when a mechanical force pushes atoms closer together or further apart, upsetting the electric balance and causing positive and negative charges to appear on opposite sides of a material. Scientists discovered that bone was a piezoelectric material in 1957. Since then, they have found that piezoelectricity occurs when bone collagen fibres slide against each…

– First exhibition of a large catalyst coated membrane sample for evaluating electrode catalysts for water electrolysis and precious metal plating technology – TANAKA will present hydrogen-related technology Feb 13, 2020 – TANAKA HOLDINGS Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director & CEO: Akira Tanae) announced that TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director & CEO: Akira Tanae), which operates TANAKA PRECIOUS METALS manufacturing business, will exhibit at “FC EXPO 2020 – 16th International Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Expo,” one of the world’s largest fuel cell exhibitions, which will be held at Tokyo Big Sight from Wednesday,…

State-owned construction company PT Hutama Karya (Persero) reported solid financial performance through the third quarter ended September 2019, according to the company’s unaudited financial statements. Hutama reported net profit of Rp 2,101 trillion, an increase of 43% from the third quarter 2018, and no less than double the September target set last year, and a full 95% of the annual profit target. This achievement was driven by streamlined work flows, efficiency in procurement and general business innovation, so that Cost of Revenue decreased by 82%. “By the end of 2019, Hutama Karya had finished constructing 469.5 km of the JTTS…

Corporate advisory and investment firm Shape Capital announced today that its Brisbane based client SQID Technologies Limited successfully completed listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange “CSE” on January 21, 2020 under the symbol CSE:SQID. SQID is a payment processor enabling merchants to receive debit or credit card payments. For the fiscal year ended June 2019, SQID reported total transaction value of $163 million and revenues of $5,403,525 and profit before income tax of $1,147,722 reflecting a 72% increase in revenues and 85% increase in its profit before income tax over the same period for the fiscal year 2018. A team…

Hong Kong-based software developer UC NOW Communication Limited and audio visual computing equipment provider S-Cube today announced the launch of their collaboration: an upgraded version of Model UP inclusive of UC.NOW online communication & collaboration software. “While the timing of this new product was not by design, we are nevertheless grateful that it can be launched at a time when businesses and institutions alike are all seeking cost-effective, quick-turnaround and easy to use online meeting solutions, to minimize unnecessary closed-environment multi-party contact, or for Greater China regional operations to…

There is an immediate need for alternative treatments to combat the spread of Herpes type 1 & 2 strains. The United States alone reports over 750,000 new cases of herpes infections every year. Alarming figures especially when coupled with the increased risk for pregnant women, newborn babies and with the incidence of herpes encephalitis on the rise. Existing options include antivirals that have been approved for clinical administration and a limited number of nucleoside analogues. A recent study by Synergy Pharmaceuticals (www.synergy-pharmaceuticals.com) in association with ACU may set a new stream of thought on the topic by bringing back traditional…

Researchers in Japan have developed an approach that can better predict the properties of materials by combining high throughput experimental and calculation data together with machine learning. The approach could help hasten the development of new materials, and was published in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. Scientists use high throughput experimentation, involving large numbers of parallel experiments, to quickly map the relationships between the compositions, structures, and properties of materials made from varying quantities of the same elements. This helps accelerate new material development, but usually requires expensive equipment. High throughput calculation, on the other hand, uses…

Aptorum Group Limited (NASDAQ: APM) (“Aptorum Group”), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapeutics to address global unmet medical needs, announces further positive data from its current investigational new drug (IND)-enabling studies for ALS-4, a small drug molecule candidate indicated for the treatment of infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus (or “S. aureus”), including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA, one of the “super-bugs”), based on a novel anti-virulence non-bactericidal approach. Subject to completion of the current studies, Aptorum Group targets to submit IND for ALS-4 in second half of 2020 and commence a phase 1 trial in North America.…

NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited (“NetDragon” or “the Company”, Hong Kong Stock Code: 777), a global leader in building internet communities, acknowledges that the novel coronavirus has recently been a major concern for many. In order to support the call of China’s Ministry of Education (“MoE”) to “build online cloud classes to ensure students can study at home when face-to-face classes are not allowed”, NetDragon announces that, as a part of upholding corporate social responsibility, the Company’s online education platform One Stop Learning is introducing a new service plan to provide live-streaming of courses for over 10 million users free of…

AIM ImmunoTech Inc. (NYSE American:AIM) today announced the filing of three provisional patent applications related to its drug candidate Ampligen in the company’s efforts toward joining the global health community in the fight against the deadly Wuhan coronavirus that has so far infected approximately 40,000 people and killed almost one thousand, primarily in China. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses, including the deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). After a 2002 SARS outbreak in the Guangdong province of southern China caused more than 8,000 cases and more than 800 deaths, the United States’ National Institutes of Health contracted studies…

BH Global Corporation Limited (“BH Global”), is pleased to announce that BOS Offshore & Marine Pte Ltd (“BOS”), a 90% owned subsidiary of the Group, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) with strategic project partners Penguin International Limited (“Penguin International”), Danfoss, Durapower Technology (Singapore) Pte Ltd (“Durapower”) and Bureau Vitas Marine (Singapore) Pte Ltd (“BV”) for the joint design, development and construction of Singapore’s first plug-in hybrid electric fast launch. The scope of cooperation includes integrating hybrid electric solutions, testing and certification. The know-how generated will support Singapore’s push towards the adoption of hybrid electric propulsion systems for…

Bayer and Meiogenix, a biotech company focused on next-generation breeding technologies, announced today a collaboration to advance agricultural research and development by accelerating the development of Meiogenix’s proprietary technologies related to plant breeding and genome editing applications. This new research collaboration has the potential to deliver much-needed plant health and nutrition improvements to food crops so farmers can more efficiently and sustainably grow improved plant varieties that deliver the types of foods consumers want. “Farmers need innovative solutions as they face limited natural resources and a changing climate,” said Jeremy Williams, Head of Plant Biotechnology, Crop Science Research & Development…

Maybank Indonesia has announced the date for its ninth Maybank Marathon event in Bali, an annual international road race event to be held on August 30, 2020. Registration starts on Feb 25 at 12:00 WIB . Categories of competition are marathon (42.195 km), half-marathon (21.0975 km), 10K and kids dash. This year’s Maybank Marathon has been designated a World Athletics ‘Bronze Label’ Road Race, and becomes the first marathon in Indonesia to have achieved this prestigious label. The ‘Bronze Label’ is only awarded to a marathon event that fulfills all international requirements and regulations and has been verified by World…

Aptorum Group Limited (Nasdaq: APM) (“Aptorum Group”), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapeutics to address global unmet medical needs, announces positive data and development in relation to its repurposed drug candidate, SACT-1, for the treatment of neuroblastoma, a rare type of childhood cancer that develops in infants and young children. Subject to completion of current validation studies, Aptorum Group plans to leverage the 505(b)(2) pathway and submit an IND submission with the FDA for SACT-1 in H2 2020.1 SACT-1 is the first repurposed drug candidate to be developed under the Smart-ACTTM drug discovery platform, which employs…

TANAKA HOLDINGS Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and CEO: Akira Tanae) will provide and donate gold, silver, and bronze medals to the top three men and women finishers of the marathon and wheelchair marathon events at the Tokyo Marathon 2020 (a total of 12 medals). The Tokyo Marathon 2020 is organized by the Tokyo Marathon Foundation, and will be held on March 1, 2020; the wheelchair marathon has been an officially sanctioned as an international event since 2016. The Tokyo Marathon medals provided by TANAKA HOLDINGS are made from pure gold, pure silver, and pure bronze -…