Darmstadt, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - Primary endpoint met in SPARK study: significant increase in phenylalanine tolerance demonstrated after 26 weeks of the study in children less than 4 years of age with phenylketonuria and responsive to Kuvan treated with Kuvan plus a phenylalanine-restricted diet, versus diet alone - SPARK study was conducted as a post-authorization measure and results will be submitted to EMA this ...
Lyon, France (ots/PRNewswire) - - Sanofi Pasteur works with global partners to make available unparalleled quantities of affordable Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) - Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi , announced today its further commitment to the international community's efforts to complete polio ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Everybody needs to drink water to keep sufficiently hydrated to deal with their day either at work for adults or for children at school. It is important to get into the habit of drinking a glass of water several times during the day and to teach children the healthy habit to drink water during their breaks at school. To view the Multimedia News ...
Coalition of Physicians for Social Justice
Montreal (ots/PRNewswire) - As Belgium prepares to become the first country in the world to enact a law permitting euthanasia of children, Jessica Saba, 4, of Lachine, Quebec Canada asks the King of Belgium to refuse to sign the legislation. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140202/667550 ) "For the sake ...
Coalition of Physicians for Social Justice
Montreal (ots/PRNewswire) - As Belgium prepares to become the first country in the world to enact a law permitting euthanasia for children, Jessica Saba, 4, of Lachine, Quebec, Canada asks the King of Belgium to refuse to sign the legislation. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140202/667550 ) "For the sake ...
Zurich (ots) - - - The 2013 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize goes to Professor Greg J. Duncan of the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine. - Receiving the 2013 Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize is Germany's ELTERN-AG organization. The Jacobs Foundation, a Zurich-based foundation that is active ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Sanofi announced today at the 49th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Barcelona, the CE Mark of JuniorSTAR(R), a new halfunit insulin reusable pen that can be used with Lantus(R) (insulin glargine), Apidra(R) (insulin glulisine) or Insuman(R) ...
Lyon, France (ots/PRNewswire) - Germany first market in Europe to use innovative 6-in-1 paediatric vaccine Two month old baby Ben from Mönchengladbach, Germany, is the first infant in Europe to receive the new 6-in-1 paediatric vaccine Hexyon(R) from Sanofi Pasteur MSD. Hexyon is the only fully liquid, ready-to-use, 6-in-1 vaccine to protect infants against six priority diseases: diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, ...
Hellerup, Denmark (ots/PRNewswire) - Saxo Bank, the online trading and investment specialist, has donated a Saxo-Tinkoff Tour de France 2013 cycling jersey (signed by Alberto Contador) to Team Rynkeby, a Nordic charity cycling team. Moreover, Saxo Bank has also asked the eight other riders on the Saxo-Tinkoff Tour de France 2013 team to each sign their original Tour de ...
Children's Investment Fund Foundation
London (ots/PRNewswire) - - Largest single investment to eradicate under-nutrition by a private foundation - Hundreds of millions of children and families to benefit worldwide - Donors at Nutrition for Growth high level meeting secure new commitments of up to $4.15 billion to tackle under-nutrition up to 2020 The ...
Oslo, Sweden (ots/PRNewswire) - Making Tripp Trapp(R) into the perfect chair for your newborn ! At Stokke, we love to innovate and to challenge modern perceptions, but more than anything else we love to create products that enhance your experiences as a family It's all about connection. To view the Multimedia News Release, please click: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/58698-stokke-tripp-trapp-newborn-chair Tripp Trapp(R) ...
Lyon, France (ots/PRNewswire) - Hexyon is Europe's only fully liquid, ready-to-use hexavalent paediatric vaccine Sanofi Pasteur MSD, the joint venture between MSD and Sanofi Pasteur in Europe, announced today that the European Commission has granted a community marketing authorisation for Hexyon[TM], an innovative new 6-in-1 paediatric vaccine. Hexyon[TM] is the only fully liquid, ready-to-use 6-in-1 vaccine to protect ...
Zurich (ots) - The Jacobs Foundation is issuing a call for nominations for the 2013 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize. This prize, which comes with a cash award of one million Swiss francs, recognizes the work of scholars in any discipline devoted to promoting the successful development and life chances of children and adolescents. Professional organizations and experts all over the world who are engaged in research on ...
Zurich (ots) - - - The 2012 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize is awarded to Prof. Dante Cicchetti, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. - The Off Road Kids Foundation in Germany will receive the 2012 Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize. The Jacobs Foundation, a Zurich-based foundation ...
Lyon, France (ots/PRNewswire) - Vaccine submitted to European Medicines Agency for licence review Sanofi Pasteur MSD plans to licence and commercialise an innovative 6-in-1 paediatric vaccine in its European territories. The new hexavalent vaccine, developed by Sanofi Pasteur, is the only fully liquid, ready to use ...
Shire Pharmaceuticals Group Plc
Nyon, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - Significantly lower proportion of subjects experiencing treatment failure whilst receiving LDX in the randomised withdrawal period, compared to those subjects receiving placebo.[1] Today, at the EUNETHYDIS 2nd International ADHD Conference, Shire AG , the global specialty ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - With already thousands of members from 20 different countries, WILBY.TV today officially launched its English version in Europe. "The Universe of WILBY(TM)" is a fun, educational and 100% safe online social universe for children and their family, available free at http://www.wilby.tv ABOUT THE UNIVERSE OF WILBY(TM) Founded by three entrepreneurs and fathers concerned about Internet use among ...
Stockholm (ots/PRNewswire) - A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 494 children showed that supplementation of Lactobacillus reuteri Protectis significantly reduced episodes of diarrhoea. Lactobacillus reuteri Protectis was particularly effective in children with lower nutritional status. Another probiotic strain, which was also tested, was without effect. Study design The six month long double-blind, ...
JTI Japan Tobacco International AG
Toronto (ots/PRNewswire) - GlassPuppy.com Launches Magic Keyhole - WORLD Multi-platform interactive app educates and entertains Long car trips with kids just got a whole lot less stressful. Magic Keyhole - WORLD is the first in a series of educational apps for children from Glass Puppy Inc. available for iPad, Kindle Fire, Android tablets, Mac and PC. Designed for pre-readers, young learner, and early readers, it combines the best qualities of classic kids' books with the ...
Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - Business Leaders, European Schoolnet and the European Commission launch EUR8.3mn initiative to encourage teenagers to study science and maths European business leaders and education policy makers have launched today an EUR8.3mn initiative to inspire students to study science at university - a much needed skill set if the region's economy is to recover and flourish by 2020. InGenious is a new ...
Geneva (ots) - WISeKey announces the launch of the Spy Kids 4 mobile app, available on iTunes. The Spy Kids app-built in collaboration with the Dimension Films and Troublemaker Studios-features WISeKey's encryption technology to create "secret messages". A text message entered into the app will be encrypted and sent to a friend's mobile device, and only those with the Spy Kids app will be able to decode the message. Spy ...
Lausanne (ots) - IMD, one of the world's top business schools, announces that its Zurich Alumni Club and Accenture Zürich, a leading worldwide strategy consultancy, have successfully completed a pro bono consulting project with UNICEF Switzerland (Baumackerstrasse 24, 8050 Zürich), world-renowned supporter of children's causes in the United Nations member ...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (ots) - Visa International, a worldwide partner and the official payment system of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games, today announced the sixth "Visa Olympics of the Imagination" international youth art competition that will send 30 children from 16 participating countries to the ATHENS 2004 Olympic ...
Crèche for the children of employees of Orange Lausanne (ots) - Having managed the project to set up a crèche for the children of employees in Lausanne, Orange Communications SA opened its doors on 19th August to take in some 44 small children. To celebrate the event and to see the place for themselves, the canton and municipal authorities, as well as the parents and children, have been invited this Saturday 9th ...
The Business Humanitarian Forum
Geneva (ots) - Under the aegis of The Business Humanitarian Forum, representatives from businesses, United Nations system agencies, and foundations gathered this afternoon for a workshop entitled "Combating the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Africa: Mother to Child Transmission Prevention". The participants discussed ...