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Nouvelles normes de vitesse et de compatibilité : Medit lance de nouveaux modèles de scanners de la série T
on September 21, 2020 at 2:57 am
SÉOUL, Corée du Sud, 21 septembre 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Medit annonce le lancement de trois nouveaux modèles de scanners de laboratoire de la série T : T710, T510 et T310. Les scanners à système ouvert permettent d'obtenir un rendement amélioré à un prix imbattable et avec un flux de...
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(IMMU) Alert: Johnson Fistel Investigates Proposed Sale of Immunomedics; Is $88 a Fair Price?
on September 21, 2020 at 1:45 am
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Shareholder rights law firm Johnson Fistel, LLP has launched an investigation into whether the board members of Immunomedics Inc. (NASDAQ: IMMU) ("Immunomedics" or the "Company") breached their fiduciary duties in connection with the proposed sale...
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Key Milestone: The first patient successfully dosed with the candidate drug SR419 for peripheral neuropathic pain
on September 21, 2020 at 1:30 am
SHANGHAI, Sept. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai SIMR Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "SIMR" or "Company") announced that, the clinical trial in patients with peripheral neuropathic pain has been initiated for the candidate drug SR419, and the first patient has been...
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Viva Biotech and SYNthesis Enters a Strategic Acquisition Agreement, Accelerating the Development of Global Innovative Drug R & D Service Capabilities
on September 21, 2020 at 1:22 am
SHANGHAI, Sept. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Viva Biotech (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Viva Biotech" or "The Company") entered into the Share Purchase Agreement pursuant to which Viva Biotech agreed to acquire and the Vendors agreed to collectively sell 100% of the equity...
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Dr. Paul Kaminski joins Immersive Wisdom's Federal Advisory Board
on September 21, 2020 at 1:00 am
BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Immersive Wisdom, Inc., provider of a game-changing real-time geospatial collaboration platform for Joint-All Domain Command & Control, Mission Planning, Targeting, and Mission Command, announced that Dr. Paul Kaminski, renowned...
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Vieworks Renews VL Series, High-performance and Cost-effective Line Scan Cameras
on September 21, 2020 at 1:00 am
ANYANG, South Korea, Sept. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Vieworks' VL Series, first launched in 2014, has been reintroduced to the machine vision industry with more powerful features but still at an affordable price. VL-8K and VL-16K, the two models in VL Series, deliver maximum line rates of...
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KPS Capital Partners Agrees To Acquire Substantially All Of The Assets Of Garrett Motion Inc.
on September 21, 2020 at 12:09 am
KPS TO PARTICIPATE IN COMPANY'S DIP FINANCING TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS KPS HAS OBTAINED COMMITTED EXIT FINANCING NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- KPS Capital Partners, LP ("KPS") announced today that, through a newly formed affiliate, it has entered into a stock and asset purchase...
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Innovent and Lilly Jointly Release Phase 3 Results of TYVYT® (Sintilimab Injection) in Combination with GEMZAR® (Gemcitabine) and Platinum Chemotherapy as First-Line Treatment for Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer at ESMO Virtual Congress 2020
on September 21, 2020 at 12:00 am
SAN FRANCISCO and SUZHOU, China, Sept. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high-quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, metabolic, autoimmune and other...
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Openspace Ventures Welcomes New Team Members and Announces First Investment from OSV+
on September 21, 2020 at 12:00 am
SINGAPORE, Sept. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Openspace Ventures, focused on investing in technology opportunities in Southeast Asia since 2014, is pleased to welcome new senior members to its team as it expands its platform during a dynamic phase of ongoing development for the region....
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Innovent and Lilly Release Biomarker Results of TYVYT® (Sintilimab Injection) in Combination with ALIMTA® (Pemetrexed) and Platinum Chemotherapy as First-Line Treatment for Nonsquamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer at ESMO Virtual Congress 2020
on September 21, 2020 at 12:00 am
SAN FRANCISCO and SUZHOU, China, Sept. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high-quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, metabolic, autoimmune and other...
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Jeff Zucker Helped Create Donald Trump. That Show May Be Ending.
by Ben Smith on September 21, 2020 at 3:02 am
The coziness between the TV executive and Mr. Trump is a Frankenstein story for the cable news era. But then the monster got away.
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‘There’s No There There’: What the TikTok Deal Achieved
by Erin Griffith and David McCabe on September 21, 2020 at 2:26 am
The agreement for the social media app falls short of President Trump’s promises.
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TikTok Deal Exposes a Security Gap, and a Missing China Strategy
by David E. Sanger on September 21, 2020 at 12:09 am
Technological progress has outpaced the political debate again. What will happen when the next TikTok arrives in the United States?
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Banks Suspected Illegal Activity, but Processed Big Transactions Anyway
by Noam Scheiber and Emily Flitter on September 20, 2020 at 10:50 pm
A leak of thousands of “suspicious activity reports” that banks filed with regulators shows the widespread nature of illicit money flows.
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U.S. Health Officials Tiptoe Around Trump's Vaccine Timetable
by James Gorman on September 20, 2020 at 8:37 pm
The administration’s experts tried to find a way to support both the president and the reality of scientific and medical constraints he doesn’t always recognize.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court’s Feminist Icon, Is Dead at 87
by Linda Greenhouse on September 20, 2020 at 7:58 pm
The second woman appointed to the Supreme Court, Justice Ginsburg’s pointed and powerful dissenting opinions earned her late-life rock stardom.
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The Age of Electric Cars Is Dawning Ahead of Schedule
by Jack Ewing on September 20, 2020 at 6:56 pm
Battery prices are dropping faster than expected. Analysts are moving up projections of when an electric vehicle won’t need government incentives to be cheaper than a gasoline model.
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A New York Clock That Told Time Now Tells the Time Remaining
by Colin Moynihan on September 20, 2020 at 6:29 pm
Metronome’s digital clock in Manhattan, has been reprogrammed to illustrate a critical window for action to prevent the effects of global warming from becoming irreversible.
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U.S. Judge Temporarily Halts Trump’s WeChat Ban
by Ana Swanson and David McCabe on September 20, 2020 at 5:34 pm
The order is a setback in the president’s efforts to block a Chinese social media app that he has labeled a national security threat. The ban had been set to go into effect on Sunday night.
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AstraZeneca, Under Fire for Vaccine Safety, Releases Trial Blueprints
by Denise Grady, Katherine J. Wu and Sharon LaFraniere on September 20, 2020 at 2:03 pm
Experts are concerned that the company has not been more forthcoming about two participants who became seriously ill after getting its experimental vaccine.
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Unemployed Americans Struggle To Survive Without Federal Help
by Chris Arnold on September 18, 2020 at 7:58 pm
It's been almost two months since the federal unemployment has been cut off. But Congress hasn't worked out a deal to extend additional help, leaving many people without enough money to live on.
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The Surprising Business Model Behind Guinness World Records
by Tsering Bista on September 18, 2020 at 12:00 pm
This is the story of how Guinness got into the business of record-breaking, and how one Planet Money intern broke a world record involving the president of Georgia.
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How The Pandemic Is Widening The Racial Wealth Gap
by Rhitu Chatterjee on September 18, 2020 at 9:01 am
The coronavirus has affected most Americans, but NPR's latest poll shows Black, Latino and Native American households are hardest hit by the financial impact of the crisis.
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Governor Says Most Of Texas Can Loosen Limits On Businesses, But Bars Must Stay Shut
by Rachel Treisman on September 17, 2020 at 11:19 pm
Gov. Greg Abbott is relaxing restrictions on hospitals, nursing homes and certain industries in much of the state, citing an improvement in COVID-19 metrics.
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2 Chicagoans On Struggling To Make Ends Meet During The Pandemic
by Maria Ines Zamudio on September 17, 2020 at 8:08 pm
Serious financial problems have disproportionately impacted people of color during the pandemic, according to a new NPR poll. NPR follows two Chicago residents who are struggling to make ends meet.
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Millions Of Gig Workers Depend On New Unemployment Program, But Fear It'll End Soon
by Scott Horsley on September 17, 2020 at 9:05 am
Gig workers are now relying on a safety net program that didn't even exist six months ago. It provides unemployment benefits to the growing number who don't have a traditional payroll job.
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Workers With Disabilities Can Earn Just $3.34 An Hour. Agency Says Law Needs Change
by Alina Selyukh on September 17, 2020 at 9:00 am
A 1938 law created "exploitative and discriminatory" job programs and should be phased out, marking a new milestone in the debate over "sheltered workshops," the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights says.
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What Are The Costs Of Climate Change?
by Rebecca Hersher on September 16, 2020 at 8:06 pm
More frequent and severe wildfires and hurricanes have caused billions of dollars of damage in the U.S. Climate experts warn the costs to the economy and to individual families are only rising.
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As Economic Recovery Slows, Fed Sees Many Risks And Pledges Full Support
by Scott Horsley on September 16, 2020 at 6:04 pm
The Federal Reserve left interest rates near zero Wednesday and pledged it was ready to use all of its available tools to support an economic recovery that appears to be weakening.
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People Are Spending More On Furniture, Clothes, Restaurants And Bars
by Alina Selyukh on September 16, 2020 at 12:50 pm
But U.S. shoppers spent more prudently in August and retail sales grew a tepid 0.6% from July, after extra federal jobless benefits expired and families faced a confusing back-to-school season.
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LexisNexis Introduces Lexis+ Premium Legal Solution
on September 14, 2020 at 12:00 am
NEW YORK – LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of information and analytics, today announced the official commercial launch of Lexis+™, a feature-rich, premium legal solution. Lexis+ unites advanced research, practical guidance, brief analysis and enhanced tools with a modern user experience to deliver data-driven insights, greater efficiency and better outcomes.
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LexisNexis Announces Fifth Cohort of Legal Tech Accelerator Participants
on September 9, 2020 at 12:00 am
Raleigh, NC — LexisNexis® today announced that ten participants have been selected for its Legal Tech Accelerator program. The program was started to give startups a leg up in the rapidly expanding legal tech industry. In line with the broad LexisNexis vision to transform the way law is practiced, each of the ten accelerator participants – AiLanthus, Clause Logic, Docket, Don’t Get Mad Get Paid, FastVisa, IPGen, JusticeText, Office and Dragons, PainWorth and People Clerk – is driving innovation in a distinct area of the law.
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LexisNexis Named a Leader by the IDC MarketScape for Enterprise Legal Spend Management and Enterprise Matter Management
on August 10, 2020 at 12:00 am
Raleigh, North Carolina – LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, provider of a leading cloud-based enterprise legal management solution for corporate legal departments: LexisNexis® CounselLink®, has been named a leader in two IDC MarketScape reports - Worldwide Enterprise Legal Spend Management 2020 Vendor Assessment and Worldwide Enterprise Matter Management 2020 Vendor Assessment.
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LexisNexis Accepting Applicants for Fifth Cohort of Legal Tech Accelerator
on July 30, 2020 at 12:00 am
Raleigh, NC – LexisNexis today announced that it is accepting applications for the fifth cohort of the LexisNexis Legal Tech Accelerator. The program is designed to give start-ups a leg-up in the rapidly expanding legal tech industry. The Accelerator leverages LexisNexis expertise in legal, technology and start-up domains, and industry-leading market position to advise and incubate program participants.
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LexisNexis Named Among Best Companies for Diversity, Leadership and Professional Development
on July 23, 2020 at 12:00 am
NEW YORK - LexisNexis Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of information and analytics, is proud to announce that CEO Mike Walsh was named one of the top ten 2020 Best CEOs for Diversity by Comparably. Rankings were based solely on anonymous sentiment ratings from employees of color (non-Caucasian) about their chief executive officers. Other tech company CEO honorees included Satya Nadella from Microsoft, Sundar Pichai from Google, and Tim Cook from Apple.
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LexisNexis CounselLink Releases 2020 Enterprise Legal Management Trends Report
on July 14, 2020 at 12:00 am
RALEIGH, N.C., LexisNexis® CounselLink® a leading cloud-based enterprise legal management solution for corporate law departments, today announced the release of its 2020 Enterprise Legal Management Trends Report. Now in its seventh year, the Trends Report is based on more $35 billion in legal spend comprised of almost seven million invoices and more than 1.7 million matters.
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LexisNexis Launches Lexis Product Liability Navigator to Help Practitioners Determine Case Value and Viability While Reducing Risk and Research Time
on June 15, 2020 at 12:00 am
NEW YORK – LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of information and analytics, today announced the launch of Lexis Product Liability Navigator™ on the Lexis Advance® platform. Lexis Product Liability Navigator is the second in the Navigator franchise, joining the previously released Lexis Medical Navigator®. These purpose-built solutions for complex forms of litigation are uniquely designed to complement the way lawyers and research professionals in these practice areas work and significantly reduce the time it takes them to get the insights and information they need.
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Nexis Newsdesk™ and Nexis Uni® Honored with Best-in-Class SIIA CODiE Awards
on June 9, 2020 at 12:00 am
NEW YORK CITY, NY – LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, announced today that both Nexis Newsdesk™ and Nexis Uni® have been named 2020 SIIA CODiE™ Award winners. Nexis Newsdesk was honored as Best Content Search & Discovery Solution and Nexis Uni for Best Library Reference or Educational Database.
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LexisNexis Data Shows Overall District Court Case Filings Decreased Slightly And COVID-19 Social Distancing Has Impacted Courtroom Hearings and Trials
on June 3, 2020 at 12:00 am
NEW YORK – As COVID-19 continues to disrupt the legal profession, new findings from LexisNexis® Legal & Professional shed light on how the pandemic has impacted U.S. District Court litigation.
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LexisNexis Digital Library Wins AALL’s 2020 New Product Award
on May 13, 2020 at 12:00 am
NEW YORK – LexisNexis® Legal & Professional today announced its LexisNexis® Digital Library platform has been named the winner of the 2020 New Product Award from American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), following comprehensive enhancements to the platform this year. The award honors new commercial information products that enhance or improve existing law library services or procedures, or innovative products that improve access to legal information, the legal research process, or procedures for the technical processing of library materials.