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Molecular Health and FALCO biosystems team up to provide genetic analysis services using MH Guide/BRCA and MH Guide/Mendel

MH Guide/BRCA and MH Guide/Mendel will assist doctors and human geneticists in making decisions about gene variant pathogenicity.

 

HEIDELBERG, GERMANY – EQS Newswire – 2 March 2021 – Molecular Health GmbH announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Kyoto-based FALCO biosystems Ltd. under which FALCO biosystems will use the products MH Guide/BRCA and MH Guide/Mendel to evaluate inherited genetic variants of BRCA1/2 and other heritable cancer-associated genes.

Inherited genetic variants can predispose an individual to cancer. Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) Syndrome, for example, is caused by pathogenic mutations in distinct genes such as BRCA1/2, MLH1, MSH6, PMS2, respectively. Therefore, testing BRCA1/2 genes and other heritable cancer-associated genes is becoming increasingly important: both to evaluate the affected patient’s individual risk of developing cancer1,2, and as a predictive biomarker and companion diagnostic test for certain drugs3. Whereas MH Guide/BRCA detects variants in HBOC-associated genes, MH Guide/Mendel can analyze large gene panels as well as whole-exome or whole-genome data, so that many different hereditary diseases can be identified at once.

“With this collaboration in place, Japanese patients will benefit from state-of-the-art genetic identification of inherited diseases like Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer and many other diseases. This will allow sooner diagnosis and potentially earlier therapeutic intervention”, said Christian Meisel, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer at Molecular Health.

Under the terms of this collaboration, FALCO biosystems will perform the next-generation sequencing (NGS) process and variant identification using blood samples provided by the patient. Molecular Health will then analyze the variant data using MH Guide/BRCA or MH Guide/Mendel. To accurately distinguish benign from pathogenic variants, MH uses an in-house proprietary database called MH Dataome, which integrates the Japanese reference genome ToMMo 3.5KJPNv2 (MAF ≥ 1%) for improved variant filtering and classification. Molecular Health gratefully acknowledges the contribution of Tohoku Medical Megabank.

MH Guide/BRCA and MH Guide/Mendel are part of MH Guide, a registered in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical device in Europe.



2 National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN Guidelines: Genetic/Familial High-Risk Assessment: Colorectal. https://nccn.org

3 Pilié, P.G., Tang, C., Mills, G.B. et al. State-of-the-art strategies for targeting the DNA damage response in cancer. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 16, 81–104 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41571-018-0114-z

About Molecular Health

Molecular Health is a Biotech-IT company dedicated to big-data capture, curation, integration, and analytics. Our mission is to enable precision medicine and generate novel, actionable insights on drug outcomes for stakeholders across the healthcare ecosystem. For more information, visit www.molecularhealth.com

Dorsett Hospitality International Appoints Michael Foster As General Manager of Dorsett Gold Coast

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA – Media OutReach – 2 March 2021Dorsett Hospitality International is pleased to announce that they have appointed Michael Foster as the General Manager for Dorsett Gold Coast — their debut hotel in Australia, and first beach-style resort worldwide, set to open in Q4 of 2021. Michael will be leading the direction for the hotel’s pre-opening, building a passionate and dedicated team who will bring the Dorsett Hotels’ Stay Vibrant experience to Australia for the first time.

Michael has over 15 years of hospitality and management experience, including pre-opening, overall hotel operations and sales and marketing. He was previously the General Manager of Holiday Inn Express Brisbane Central and has held several senior roles for other hotels brands such as InterContinental, Pan Pacific Hotels Group and Crowne Plaza.

Michael graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor’s degree in International Hotel and Tourism Management and has substantial knowledge and experience with the Gold Coast market.

In addition to Dorsett Gold Coast, Dorsett Hotels also has 3 other hotels in development in Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne.

Dorsett Hotels & Resorts

Dorsett Hotels & Resorts goes beyond the typical four-star experience by providing an exclusive “Stay Vibrant” experience at non-exclusive prices so guests are delighted every time they stay. All 25 hotels are located in major cities across the world with Gold Coast, Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane already in development, and offer a real feel of the local neighbourhood. Catering to millennials, post-millennials, families, business professionals and more mature guests, the brand delivers a diverse range of guest experiences.

About Dorsett Hospitality International

Dorsett Hospitality International is one of Asia’s fastest-growing hotel groups. As a Hong Kong hospitality brand, we are proud to have an international footprint in 25 major cities worldwide with a total of 56 properties with our strategic partners Trans World Hotel, also operated under DHI, and AGORA Hospitality; including Dorsett Hospitality International’s 3 core brands: Dorsett Hotels & Resorts, d.Collection, and Silka, each with their own distinct identity and offerings to cater to diverse travel needs. Since the group’s establishment in Hong Kong in January 2007, we have grown by leaps and bounds with hotels across China, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Continental Europe; more properties are planned in the development pipeline. For more information on Dorsett Hospitality International, visit: www.dorsett.com.

Greenliant Launches High Capacity 1TB microSD ArmourDrive(TM) Industrial Memory Cards

Offering Reliability, Portability and Durability at Wide Temperature Ranges

 

BEIJING, CHINA and SANTA CLARA, US – EQS Newswire – 1 March 2021 – Greenliant has expanded its ArmourDrive™ industrial memory card portfolio with the high reliability, high capacity microSD QX Series, available from 256GB to 1TB, and operating at wide temperatures (-25 to +85 degrees Celsius). See microSD ArmourDrive product information at http://bit.ly/SD-microSD.


High Capacity microSD ArmourDrive™ Industrial Memory Cards


Industrial microSD memory cards have become a popular storage medium for a broad range of applications, including dashcams and bodycams, data loggers, routers and switches, medical equipment and IIoT devices. Built with high quality, advanced 4-bit-per-cell (QLC) 3D NAND flash memory, microSD ArmourDrive QX Series products provide video, security, networking and industrial customers with cost effective, reliable and rugged removable data storage. UHS Speed Class 10 and SD Specification 6.10 compliant, microSD ArmourDrive QX Series cards reach up to 100/37 MB/s sequential read/write performance and are ideal for video recording at high definition resolution.

Benefits of 93 QX Series microSD ArmourDrive memory cards include:

  • Wide Temperature: Operates between -25 and +85 degrees Celsius
  • Large Capacity: 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB
  • High Performance: Supports UHS I-104 ultra high bus speed mode
  • Energy Efficient: Active power consumption less than 400 mA; standby mode less than 1 mA
  • Rugged: Resistant to shock (1500G), vibration (20G) and water (IPX7 rating)
  • Reliable: Achieves more than 2 million hours for Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
  • SMART Support: Monitors remaining useful product life


Availability

Greenliant will start sampling microSD ArmourDrive QX Series industrial memory cards at the end of March and expects to start production shipments in April of this year. For more information about 93 QX Series products, contact a Greenliant channel partner, https://www.greenliant.com/sales.

About Greenliant

By leveraging more than 30 years of solid state storage design expertise, Greenliant is dedicated to developing durable, reliable and secure storage solutions for embedded systems and enterprise datacenters. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley with product development centers in Santa Clara, Beijing, Shanghai, Xiamen and Hsinchu. https://www.greenliant.com

Greenliant, the Greenliant logo and ArmourDrive are trademarks of Greenliant. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners.


How the documenta invented the “Zero Hour” in art after 1945

“documenta. Politics and Art” from 18 June 2021 to 9 January 2022

 

BERLIN, GERMANY – Newsaktuell – 1 March 2021 – The documenta owes its rise to the most successful German art exhibition not least to its political dimension: its disassociation from National Socialism and the bloc building of the Cold War. It was informed on the one hand by the supposed attempt to distance itself radically from Nazi cultural politics while at the same time refusing to deal openly with the Nazi past. On the other hand, its politically motivated orientation on the West included a decided aloofness toward and denigration of the socialist art of the “Eastern bloc”.

Federal President Theodor Heuss at documenta 1, 1955 © documenta archiv / Photo: Erich Müller

With “documenta. Politics and Art” the Deutsches Historisches Museum takes up the example of the famous exhibition in Kassel to shed light on the manifold interactions between politics and art in the society of the Federal Republic after 1945. Parallel to this, the exhibition “‘Divinely Gifted’. National Socialism’s favoured artists in the Federal Republic” (27.8.21 — 6.2.22) presents for the first time an examination of the post-war careers of so-called “divinely gifted” visual artists whom the Nazi authorities, from 1944 on, had deemed to be “indispensable” and were therefore exempt from front-line military service or other work for the war effort.

Raphael Gross, President of the Deutsches Historisches Museum: “With these exhibitions we want to bring to light a new perspective on the history of the Federal Republic in its international context. Both of them correct the notion of a radical aesthetic new beginning, which has often been attributed to the documenta and of which the early documenta framers made extensive use. There were, in fact, unbroken lines leading back to National Socialism. Works by murdered Jewish artists found no room in the early editions of the documenta. And in our exhibition on the previously almost unresearched ‘Divinely Gifted’, we are showing, conversely, the degree to which this group of visual artists who had been active in the Nazi cultural sector dominated the public space after 1945 and continue to dominate it to this day.”

Long Version: https://www.dhm.de/en/press/press-release/how-the-documenta-invented-the-zero-hour-in-art-after-1945/


Unveiling The Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Care Concept – Live life to the fullest with CERTAINTY

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 1 March 2021 – CERTAINTY, a brand under Disposable Soft Goods (DSG) has recently unveiled the concept of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) to assist Malaysians in their purchasing behavior, primarily for its adult diaper selection. ADL is a commonly used term in the healthcare industry to refer to people’s daily life activities. ADL consists of 6 main activities which include eating, bathing, getting dressed, toileting, mobility and continence. With this new concept brought forth, DSG designed its CERTAINTY adult diapers that cater to the needs of the users, based on users’ mobility condition.

From left to right: Certainty DryPants for ADL0, Certainty SuperPants for ADL1, Certainty MaxPants for ADL2&3 and Certainty Tape diapers for ADL4&5.

Depending on the mobility condition of the user, the selection of the adult diapers is largely divided into ‘light to moderate’ or ‘moderate to heavy’ incontinence. Users who can walk independently or walk with walking aid, are generally having ‘light to moderate’ incontinence. Whereas users who need assistance or are bedridden, they normally have ‘moderate to heavy’ incontinence. Icon of the mobility condition and level of absorption are printed on the packaging to help consumers to choose the right type of adult diaper.

“We are very excited with this launch of the ADL care concept to Malaysian market. Applying the concept in our product design and development will certainly help users to select the right types of adult diapers to manage the issue of urinary incontinence.” said Daigo Fujiwara, Sales and Marketing Director.

In Malaysia, there are around 1.2 million people who are affected by some form of incontinence or inability to control any involuntary loss of urine. One in 10 women had regular incontinence problems while one in 20 men experienced it. There are generally two types of incontinence that mostly affect women, namely ‘stress incontinence’ and ‘urge incontinence’. Stress incontinence is caused due to coughing, laughing, sneezing, exercising or other movements that increase intra-abdominal pressure. Whereas, urge incontinence is involuntary and triggered by a random sound of running water or drinking small amounts of water.[1]


“Incontinence is not a disease. It is a symptom or a sign that some part of your body is not functioning properly. We believe it’s timely for us to introduce our range of adult diapers with the ADL care concept to cater to the increasing demand. The concept helps users to manage their incontinence issue as well as a guide for their caretakers to make the right choice in product selection.” added Daigo.

Based on the 6 (six) levels of the ADL care concept (from ADL 0 — ADL 5), Certainty guides users to better understand their user’s mobility conditions, thereby helping them to determine the right fit based on their urinary incontinence issue. With that, CERTAINTY adult diapers are now classified into 4 different types. The CERTAINTY DryPants and CERTAINTY SuperPants are catered to people who can walk or move around independently or with minimal walking aids respectively. Whereas, the CERTAINTY MaxPants are for people who require assistance, for example assisted by their caretaker and the CERTAINTY Tape is specially designed for bedridden patients.

With its tagline “For Everyday Confidence”, CERTAINTY believes its range of adult diapers are created based on the ADL care concept will allow both caretakers and people with urinary incontinence issues to live independently and confidently. For more information on the ADL care concept, please visit www.certainty.com.my or Facebook page at www.facebook.com/certaintymalaysia.”


[1] Urinary Incontinence

https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2013/08/11/1.2-million-malaysians-suffer-from-urinary-problems/507773

About Disposable Soft Goods

Disposable Soft Goods (DSG) started its operation in Malaysia with the setting up of Disposable Soft Goods (M) Sdn Bhd in October 1995, a company involved in the distribution of disposable baby and adult diapers. In July 1999, DSG set up its manufacturing plant, DSG (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, in Glenmarie, Shah Alam. In 2013, DSG shifted to a fully integrated warehouse and manufacturing facilities located at Teluk Panglima Garang.

On 26 September 2018, Unicharm Corporation, a leading Japanese International Company that manufactures disposable hygienic products specializing in baby diapers, adult incontinence care, feminine hygiene, pet care and clean & fresh, has since acquired DSGT and its subsidiaries including DSG Malaysia. The management team of Unicharm and DSG is working collaboratively in accelerating the dramatic growth of DSG business.

From a start-up with a total workforce of only 57 employees, the company has grown and expanded its business operation with a workforce of more than 350 employees in 2020. DSG’s key brands are Certainty for adult diapers, PetPet and Fitti for baby diapers.

FWD Insurance and HKT team up to reward FWD MAX members with exclusive promotions

Members can experience telemedicine video consultation and unparalleled mobile 5G telecommunication services from CSL Mobile

 

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 1 March 2021 – FWD Insurance (“FWD”) is delighted to announce a new partnership with HKT (Stock Code: 6823) to offer FWD MAX members DrGo telemedicine video consultations and 5G telecommunication services from CSL Mobile.

Exclusive welcome offers and DrGo telemedicine video consultation rewards

From today until 30 June 2021, FWD MAX members are entitled to 2,000 MAX points (MAX points will be credited in the next calendar month), a HK$200 DrGo telemedicine consultation e-vouchers and a HK$50 Hung Fook Tong e-voucher upon account activation with the DrGo app.

Additionally, FWD MAX members can choose between redeeming a one-time DrGo consultation service with 8,750 MAX points or pay HK$330 plus 50 MAX points (valued at HK$368, which covers a single medical consultation with Union Medical Healthcare, up to three days of basic medication by general practitioners, and a one-time free medicine delivery service). For each completed consultation with DrGo app, MAX members will earn extra 500 MAX points. The e-voucher is applicable to these offerings.1

To register for the service, please visit https://drgohkt.page.link/download_app to download the DrGo app. For more information about DrGo service, please call +852 2380 2323 or visit www.drgo.com.hk.

5G service from CSL Mobile


From now until June 30, 2021, FWD MAX members subscribing to designated 1O1O or CSL 80GB 5G service plans are entitled to a free DrGo telemedicine consultation.2 In addition, 1O1O/csl data charges will be waived for FWD MAX members when using DrGo.

For details of pricing and service plans, please visit any 1O1O Center or csl store, or call 1O1O’s Product Hotline on +852 2988 1010, or csl’s Product Hotline on +852 2888 2123. Alternatively, you can WhatsApp one of csl’s online sales specialists on +852 52 123 123, or call one of 1O1O’s customer representatives on +852 5910 1010.

1. For DrGo Welcome Gift terms and conditions, please visit https://www.drgo.com.hk/terms-and-conditions/index.html.

2. Required to subscribe to a designated service plan. Terms & Conditions apply. Please contact shop staff for details.

About FWD Hong Kong & Macau

FWD Hong Kong & Macau is part of the FWD Group, the primary insurance business of investment group, Pacific Century Group. FWD Group spans Hong Kong SAR & Macau SAR, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan and Malaysia, offering life and medical insurance, general insurance, employee benefits, Shariah and family takaful products across a number of its markets.

FWD Hong Kong has been assigned strong financial ratings by international agencies. It offers life and medical insurance, general insurance, employee benefits, and financial planning. FWD Macau provides a suite of life and medical insurance.

By creating fresh customer experiences with easy-to-understand products supported by digital technology, FWD aims to become a leading pan-Asian insurer that changes the way people feel about insurance.

For more information about FWD Hong Kong & Macau please visit www.fwd.com.hk and www.fwd.com.mo.

About FWD MAX


FWD MAX is an online-to-offline engagement platform aiming to encourage Hong Kong people to ignite their passions for life and pursue their aspirations. Every Hong Kong people, including FWD customers, can be a MAX member. Simply by sharing and participating in the platform’s diverse activities, users can earn MAX points to redeem life-enriching experiences and live life to the max. Please visit https://fwdmax.fwd.com.hk/#/.

About HKT


HKT (SEHK: 6823) HKT Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider and a leading innovator. Its fixed-line, broadband, mobile communication and media entertainment services offer a unique quadruple-play experience. HKT meets the needs of the Hong Kong public and local and international businesses with a wide range of services including local telephony, local data and broadband, international telecommunications, mobile, media entertainment, enterprise solutions and other telecommunications businesses such as customer premises equipment sales, outsourcing, consulting and contact centers.

HKT is the first local mobile operator to launch a true 5G network with differentiated value-added services. Backed by its substantial holding of 5G spectrum across all bands and a robust and extensive fiber backhaul infrastructure, HKT is committed to providing comprehensive 5G network coverage across the city.

HKT delivers end-to-end integrated solutions employing emerging technologies such as 5G, cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate the digital transformation of enterprises and contribute to Hong Kong’s development into a smart city.

Riding on its massive loyal customer base, HKT has also built a digital ecosystem integrating its loyalty program, e-commerce, travel, insurance, FinTech and HealthTech services. The ecosystem deepens HKT’s relationship with its customers thereby enhancing customer retention and engagement.

For more information, please visit www.hkt.com.

About DrGo


DrGo is a brand new end-to-end app-based platform connecting users with Hong Kong registered doctors who will provide medical consultation services and advice via video consultation on mobile device. Any prescribed medicine will be delivered to the user’s designated address. DrGo is the first HealthTech platform pioneered by HKT, offering convenient telemedicine services via on an end-to-end app-based platform developed and managed locally by HKT professionals. With HKT’s advanced technologies, the entire consultation journey including service registration, appointment booking, video consultation and payment will take place with encryption, aiming at protecting users’ privacy.

DrGo users in Hong Kong can get access to a one-stop medical consultation via their mobile devices. They can speak to a doctor from their home or workplace without the need to making a physical visit or queuing at a hospital or clinic. Remote consultation provides sense of ease and convenience, which is particularly important at a time when social distancing is critical during the current pandemic.

This press release is distributed by HKT and FWD Insurance.

HKT Limited is a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability.

FWD Life Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited is a company incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability.

Government of Laos Dissolves Ministry of Science and Technology

Ministry of Science and Technology

The government of Laos has dissolved the Ministry of Science and Technology, transferring its departments to various different ministries.

First Phase of Sithandone SEZ Development Project Underway

Khonephapheng SEZ

When completed, the first phase of the Sithandone Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is expected to be valued at some USD 600 million.