New York, New York, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — On Wednesday 8 June, the United Nations will host its annual World Oceans Day celebration with the 2022 theme Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean. Produced by the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs with the [...]
Washington, D.C., June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Global Fishing Watch has developed and publicly released the first ever global map of previously undetected dark fleets, or vessels that do not broadcast their location or appear in public monitoring systems. Powered by satellite radar imagery and machine learning, the map layer is updated daily within the main Global [...]
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A Nobel Prize-winning economist has confirmed ‘learning gains among the largest ever measured’ in schools by any major study in emerging markets. The study, led by Professor Michael Kremer, 2019 Nobel Prize winner, finds children living in underserved communities receive over 53% more learning in NewGlobe supported schools throughout their early [...]
Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Nyxoah SA (Euronext Brussels/Nasdaq: NYXH)(“Nyxoah” or the “Company”), a medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative solutions to treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), is proud to announce that it is part of the newly-formed Euronext Tech Leaders initiative, which is composed of 100+ innovative [...]
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) today announced that the exchange ratio for the dividend in shares for the year 2021 has been determined. The exchange ratio is 1 new common share for every 27.3184 existing common shares. This ratio was based on the volume weighted average price on [...]
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced that Willem (Wim) Appelo will join Philips’ Executive Committee, effective July 18, 2022, and succeed Sophie Bechu as Chief Operations Officer per October 1, 2022. Mr. Appelo will report to Philips CEO Frans van Houten [...]
GHENT, Belgium, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – MRM Health, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation live microbiome consortia therapeutics, announces the publication of preclinical research relating to its ongoing program in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), with a 9-strain live bacterial consortium resulting from its proprietary and unique CORAL® platform technology. The research was conducted in collaboration [...]
Tel Aviv, Israel, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Following US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of the MeMed BV® test, which helps physicians distinguish between bacterial and viral infections in just 15 minutes, Maccabi Healthcare Services announces today it is launching the test in all its urgent care centers around Israel. Maccabi is one of the largest [...]
SHANGHAI, China, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd (“Junshi Biosciences,” HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180), a leading innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies, announced today that the company highlighted its pipeline advances in immunotherapy drugs, including anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody toripalimab and anti-BTLA monoclonal antibody icatolimab [...]
TRENTO, Italy, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The 17th edition of the Trento Festival of Economics closed yesterday. For the first time, the Gruppo 24 ORE and Trentino Marketing organised the festival on behalf of the Autonomous Province of Trento and with the contribution of the Municipality of Trento and the University of Trento. The data [...]