- With this approval approximately 750 people living with cystic fibrosis in Australia will be newly eligible for a CFTR modulator therapy -LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved the use of TRIKAFTA® (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor) for people with cystic fibrosis (CF) ages 12 years and older who have at least one
NORMAN, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#energymarkets--PCI is pleased to announce its successful completion of the Type 2 Service Organization Controls (SOC) 1 Type II and Service Organization Controls 2 Type II Attestation issued under the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts (AICPA) and Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18 (SSAE 18) for 2020. After a thorough external audit, the SOC reports were prepared and issued by Grant Thornton LLP, one of the world’s leading independent audit, tax and advisory firms. For the evaluation period ending in October 2020, the audit results indicate that PCI’s controls as a cloud service provider are appropriately designed and effectively executed.
The investment further enhances the company's position as a technology leader for professional service firms TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#BQECore--BQE, a leading cloud-based software provider to professional service firms, recently announced that the company received a significant investment from Serent Capital, a growth-focused private equity firm that invests in technology and tech-enabled software companies.
New opportunities require new working arrangements TRUMBULL, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#Questionmark--A forthcoming economic boom will create growth opportunities for firms. Questionmark, the online assessment provider, is urging employers to ask three crucial questions to ensure they have the right post-pandemic working arrangements in place to take advantage of the surge.Thanks to a combination of government stimulus and “pent up” consumer spending, economists predict that $4 trillion will be released into the United States (US) economy as restrictions are lifted.
11 Metric Tonnes of Battery-Grade Graphite Products Produced For Potential CustomersDefinitive Feasibility Study on Schedule for Mid-Year CompletionCENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$WWR #ULTRACSPG--Westwater Resources, Inc. (NYSE American: WWR), an energy materials development company, today announced a production milestone at its pilot plant operations at Dorfner Anzaplan’s facilities near Amberg, Germany, as well as at facilities in Frankfurt, Germany; Chicago, Illinois; and Buffalo, New York. The combined effort at these facilities has produced more than 11 metric tonnes of Westwater’s three battery-grade graphite products: ULTRA-PMG™, ULTRA-CSPG™ and ULTRA-DEXDG™, which were previously produced at a bench scale.
Secure Code Warrior report identifies application security is shifting from reaction to prevention as developers are held to accountBOSTON & SYDNEY & LONDON & BRUGES, Belgium & PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#devsecops--New research from Secure Code Warrior®, the global secure coding company, has revealed an attitudinal shift in the software development industry, with organisations bucking traditional practices for DevOps and Secure DevOps.
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Piedmont Lithium Limited (“Piedmont” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:PLL; ASX:PLL) today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 1.75 million of its American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), with each ADS representing 100 of its ordinary shares (“Public Offering”), at a price per ADS to the public of $70.00, for aggregate gross proceeds of $122.5 million. Piedmont has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 262,500 ADSs at the issue price of the Public Offering. The Public Offering is expected to close on March 25, 2021, subject to customary closing conditions.
NOOSAVILLE, Australia & SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Provectus Algae (Provectus), an Australian biotechnology company specialising in the optimisation of algae to produce high-value compounds for use in a wide array of industries and applications, today appointed Tim Lu, M.D., Ph.D., to its board of directors. Dr. Lu is co-founder and CEO of therapeutics and synthetic biology company Senti Biosciences
Carrier prioritizes seamless customer experience by investing in the cloud-based FINEOS PlatformATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#absencemanagement--FINEOS Corporation (ASX:FCL) has announced that client USAble Life® has gone live on the FINEOS Platform for their Short-Term Disability and Absence Management lines of business. “Investing in the FINEOS Platform was a key part of our strategic mission to enable straight-through processing with low to no-touch claims,’ said Rich Macy, USAble Life COO, “This advancement will allow us to leverage technology to provide a seamless, positive experience for our Short-Term Disability and Absence Management customers.”
Moku:Go offers a complete set of instruments and features designed to help science and engineering students push past the traditional boundaries of teaching labs and classroomsSAN DIEGO & CANBERRA, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Liquid Instruments, an innovator in precision software-defined instrumentation, launched Moku:Go, a complete, portable platform designed to bring the engineering lab anywhere and usher in a new era of scientific and engineering education at universities around the world.
DataStax Enterprise with IBM is now available to deliver highly scalable and highly available data management built on the open source Apache Cassandra™ databaseSANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DataStax today announced a collaboration with IBM to deliver DataStax Enterprise, a leading scale-out NoSQL database built on the open source Apache Cassandra. As a result of an agreement between IBM and DataStax, DataStax Enterprise with IBM
Building upon its acquisition of StreamYard in January, Hopin will use the two new acquisitions to further strengthen video features for current and future productsLONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hopin, the leading virtual experience platform, announced today that it has acquired video hosting provider Streamable and video technology company Jamm. The technology from both companies will be integrated into Hopin’s current product offering and become the basis for the development of future video products and features. The acquisitions solidify Hopin’s focus to holistically improve its professional-grade video capabilities for organizers that host events on Hopin and to build out its suite of new, video-centric products.
MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto will today detail how it is working in partnership with Traditional Owners, host communities and independent groups to strengthen and improve its approach to cultural heritage and community relations. In virtual seminars, which will include presentations from Board and Executive Committee members as well as experts in the field, Rio Tinto will outline actions it has introduced to strengthen its performance and governance of cultural heritage following the destruction of the rockshelters at Juukan Gorge in May 2020 and outline the steps it will take to further improve its performance.
Morneau Shepell’s Mental Health Index™ shows that anxiety continues to impact Australians’ wellbeing at alarming rate MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Morneau Shepell, a leading provider of total wellbeing, mental health and digital mental health services, today released its monthly Mental Health Index™ report, revealing a negative mental health score among Australians for the eleventh consecutive month. The Mental Health Index™ score for February is -10.8, indicating a continued decline in mental health compared to the pre-2020 benchmark.
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Piedmont Lithium Limited (“Piedmont” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:PLL; ASX:PLL) today announced that it plans to conduct a U.S. public offering, subject to market and other conditions, of 1.5 million of its American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), with each ADS representing 100 of its ordinary shares (“Public Offering”). J.P. Morgan, Evercore ISI and Canaccord Genuity are acting as joint book-runners and lead underwriters for the Public Offering. Piedmont intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 225,000 additional ADSs at the issue price of the Public Offering.
Dialpad Contact Center Honored for Exceptional InnovationSAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dialpad Inc., the industry leader in AI-powered communication and collaboration, announced today that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has named Dialpad Contact Center as a 2021 CUSTOMER Product of the Year Award winner. Dialpad Contact Center enables companies to establish and manage call centers of any size — from small and medium businesses (SMBs) like ShipEx
Mr. Lee to lead Australia and New Zealand real estate and develop pan-Asian core and core-plus strategySYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global investment firm KKR today announced the appointment of Tom Lee as Managing Director and Head of Australia and New Zealand Real Estate, effective May 3, 2021. In the role Mr. Lee will be responsible for KKR’s real estate platform across Australia and New Zealand, and will play a critical leadership role in expanding KKR’s real estate strategies across the Asia region. He will also join the KKR Asia Real Estate Investment Committee.
Far reaching implications for ease of widescale distribution and administration anytime, anywhere Better candidate for protection against COVID-19 variants due to triple antigen targetingOravax Medical Inc. established to accelerate vaccine’s path to market Clinical trials expected to commence Q2 2021GURUGRAM, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#Antibodies--Premas Biotech, a developer of novel biotherapeutic and vaccine candidates, announced today the development of an oral COVID-19 vaccine that has shown efficacy after a single dose, in conjunction with Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq/TASE: ORMP).
CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$WWR #NYSE--Westwater Resources, Inc. (“Westwater”) (NYSE: WWR), a battery graphite development company, announced that its common stock will begin trading on the NYSE American stock exchange today, March 19, 2021. The Company’s ticker symbol – WWR – remains the same. “Listing on the NYSE American is a significant milestone for Westwater and a natural next step in the evolution of our company,” said Christopher M. Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer of Westwater Resources. “With the current surge in global interest in mineral investments, we believe this is an excellent time for our NYSE American listing, and our team looks forward to introducing Westwater to a new and larger investment base. Our board and management are very pleased to have Brendan E. Cryan & Co. LLC as our specialist firm. They have been specialists for over 60 years.”
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Australia Hand Sanitizer Market (2020-2026): Market Forecast by Product Type, by Product Form, by Distribution Channel, by End Users, and Competitive Landscape" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Australia Hand Sanitizer Market size is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.3% during 2020-2026.The Australia hand sanitizer market is anticipated to register substantial growth over the coming years. Hand sanitizers are used in wide applications such as hospitals, clinics, hotels, and restaurants across the country.
Barratt brings decades of technology and business experience as the company expands global partnershipsSAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Please replace the release dated March 18, 2021 with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The updated release reads:BARAJA APPOINTS FORMER INTEL, GOOGLE EXECUTIVE CRAIG BARRATT TO BOARD OF DIRECTORSBarratt brings decades of technology and business experience as the company expands global partnerships
MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto Limited will today issue an addendum to its 2021 notice of annual general meeting setting out two advisory resolutions requisitioned by two groups of shareholders as announced on 9 March 2021. As Rio Tinto’s current approach is substantially consistent with both of the proposed resolutions, the Rio Tinto Board is recommending that shareholders vote in favour of these resolutions.
PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa Corporation today announced new agreements with multiple power generators for the Portland Aluminium Smelter in the Australian state of Victoria. The five-year agreements with AGL, Alinta Energy and Origin will each commence August 1, 2021, when an existing agreement with AGL expires on July 31, 2021. The Australian Federal Government has committed, subject to approval, to provide up to $14.8 (A$19.2) million per year for four years to underwrite the smelter’s participation in the Reliability and Emergency Reserve Trader (RERT) scheme. The arrangement will recognize the smelter’s ability to rapidly shed load when required to help protect the power grid from unexpected interruptions when it is under duress.
The company’s capabilities and strategies has placed it in the Major Players Category in the UCaaS spaceSAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dialpad, Inc., the industry leader in AI-powered communication and collaboration, today announced it has been positioned as a Major Player by the IDC MarketScape in two reports*: Worldwide UCaaS Service Providers for Enterprise 2021 Vendor Assessment and Worldwide UCaaS Service Providers for SMB 2021 Vendor Assessment. The IDC MarketScape reports are the information and communications technology industry’s (ICT) premier vendor assessment tool, providing in-depth quantitative and qualitative technology market assessments of ICT vendors for a wide range of technology markets.
Barratt brings decades of networking and corporate experience as the company expands global partnershipsSAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Baraja, creator of breakthrough Spectrum-Scan™ LiDAR technology, today appointed networking industry veteran Craig Barratt, PhD, to the Board of Directors, as the company expands commercial partnerships and deployments globally. Barratt has decades of experience in pioneering networking, connectivity and open-source technologies, helping making Wi-Fi and fiber connectivity more accessible and ubiquitous to the world. Over the past 20 years, he has held senior executive positions at Google — where he managed the Google Fiber rollout initiative. He also managed the growth and acquisition of wireless connectivity innovator Atheros by Qualcomm in 2011, and oversaw Barefoot Networks through to acquisition by Intel in 2019.
Celebrating its fourth year, the 2021 Hot Wheels™ Legends Tour presented by Mobil 1 will expand the global search for the ultimate life-size custom car to be immortalized as a 1:64 Hot Wheels die-cast model.Kicking off in April, the Hot Wheels Legends Tour is expected to receive 10,000+ entrants across 14 countries and 5 continents.The Tour will culminate in November with a global grand finale event, crowning the next Hot Wheels Garage of Legends™ inductee.
In December 2020, ExOne was issued a patent on binder jet 3D printing in an inert atmosphere sufficient to allow reactive materials to be processedFeature will smooth the way for production 3D printing of high-demand materials that require environmental controlsNORTH HUNTINGDON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The ExOne Company (Nasdaq: XONE), the global leader in industrial sand and metal 3D printers using binder jetting technology, today announced that it will offer a controlled-atmosphere model of its X1 160Pro™ extra-large production metal printer in the second half of 2022.
SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Australian clinical-stage drug development company Noxopharm Limited (ASX:NOX) announced that Veyonda has been approved to move into the second and final stage of the NOXCOVID-1 clinical trial on the advice of the study’s clinicians. Part 1 of the NOXCOVID-1 trial involved 26 patients and was a dose-escalation arm testing the safety of increasing (400, 600, 800, 1200, 1800 mg) daily Veyonda dosages. The 1800 mg dose was deemed to be sufficiently well tolerated in patients with moderate COVID-19 disease to become the preferred dose. The high tolerance of the drug by patients with very poor lung function provides further evidence of the safety of Veyonda in patients with acute illness.
Partnership with Neogen Diagnostik expands sales to TurkeySYDNEY, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SpeeDx have announced signing a new distribution partner, further extending customer access to market-leading SpeeDx ResistancePlus® and PlexPCR® tests. Neogen Diagnostik Sağlık Hizmetleri Ltd Şti will distribute all SpeeDx tests throughout Turkey. “We continue to see demand for our key tests and technology around the world,” says Warwick Need, SpeeDx Director of Sales. “Neogen Diagnostik are a great fit for SpeeDx products and we are looking forward to working with them to give Turkish laboratories the opportunity to provide ResistancePlus tests and support the use of Resistance Guided Therapy with their clinician partners.”
PEMBROKE, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Global Mortgage Group of Arch Capital Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: ACGL) has entered into a share purchase agreement with the Westpac Group (Westpac) to acquire Westpac Lenders Mortgage Insurance Limited (WLMI), an Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) authorized captive lenders mortgage insurance (LMI) provider to Westpac. WLMI had shareholders’ equity of $AUD 285.7 million as of Sept. 30, 2020.
