Rolle, Switzerland (ots) - ADM chairman, CEO serves as co-chair of World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, highlighting the role of agricultural investment in global economic recovery Investment in agriculture and infrastructure can play a vital role in the general economic recovery and in the broader, long ...
Lugano/Tokyo, Japan (ots) - The second generation 5-HT3 receptor antagonist palonosetron available in more than 50 countries worldwide, including US, EU and Japan Today, Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Japanese licensee of Helsinn's second generation 5-HT3 receptor antagonist palonosetron, gained marketing approval in Japan for this drug indicated for the ...
Zurich (ots) - Telio, a leading European Internet communications provider, has entered the Swiss market. Telio offers an Internet based telephony service, which enables customers to replace their traditional fixed line with a more affordable solution. For a low monthly fee, Telio offers unlimited free calls with normal telephone sets to the Swiss fixed line network, and to the fixed line networks of over 30 ...
Lugano (ots) - Giorgio Calderari promoted to Group General Manager, responsible for Corporate, Business Development, R&D, Technical Affairs, Commercial, and Manufacturing functions Riccardo Braglia has been confirmed as CEO of the Helsinn Group. His role will focus on the Group's fundamental strategic tasks, including internal and external growth, and new market opening. Riccardo Braglia will also directly ...
Saint-Prex, Switzerland (ots) - Results from a phase III pivotal study sub-analyses reported in European Urology show that prostate cancer patients who received Firmagon® (degarelix) in the study have a statistically significant greater probability of PSA (prostate-specific-antigen) recurrence-free survival ...
Dublin, Ireland (ots) - Helsinn, the Swiss pharmaceutical group, announced today that its Dublin plant, Helsinn Birex Pharmaceuticals (HBP), has been awarded the Irish 2009 Responsible Care® Award for Waste Management by PharmaChemical Ireland, the industry association representing the Irish chemical and pharmaceutical sector. "Environmental protection is ...
Zug (ots) - The Swiss biopharmaceuticals company AmVac AG in Zug has joined forces with the long-term strategic investor V+ GmbH & Co Fonds 2 KG. The private equity company based in Dresden has invested CHF 1,500,000 in AmVac AG since the first half of 2009. Last week V+ GmbH & Co Fonds 2 KG announced their intention of acquiring further shares in AmVac AG to the sum of CHF 3,000,000.00. Michael Vogel, spokesman of the investment board: "We agree with boosting ...
Berne (ots) - The Swiss people decided at the weekend to ban the building of minarets in the country. swissinfo.ch has for months been closely following and reporting on the process leading up to acceptance of the people?s initiative. Switzerland?s direct democracy means that it is citizens who have the last word on important political decisions. At the weekend Swiss voted, with a majority of 58 per cent, to ...
Paudex, Switzerland (ots) - Expert Debate on Real Farmer Income(TM) concept charts course toward a sustainable highest quality coffee supply. Nestlé Nespresso SA, the worldwide pioneer and market leader in highest-quality premium portioned coffee, has concluded its Third AAA Sustainable Quality(TM) Coffee ...
coldblack® a schoeller technology
Sevelen (ots) - On 6 November Schoeller Technologies has been awarded with the Textile Design Award 2009 for research and development in textile sector. coldblack® is the result of a close cooperation between Schoeller and Clariant International. "coldblack® represents a practically invisible but ...
La Chaux-de-Fonds (ots) - Legendary Swiss watchmaker, TAG Heuer ( http://www.tagheuer.com ), has always kept up with the times and embraced the latest technological advances in order to maintain their "avant-garde" status. In this age of social media, TAG Heuer is continuing its pursuit of excellence through its Internet strategy which has been labelled as ...
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG
Kilchberg (ots) - Premium chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprüngli is partnering with Swiss tennis champion Roger Federer in a long term deal to serve as the global brand ambassador for his favorite LINDT chocolate. Lindt & Sprüngli is delighted with this opportunity to associate with the most successful tennis player of all time. The contract details of ...
Zurich (ots) - The first business year following the management buyout of the business unit "Engineering and Innovative Products EIP" from Siemens Switzerland AG to Albis Technologies AG was characterized by continuity, quality, and productivity. Customers continued to trust in the experience and know-how of both management and employees. And more than ever ...
Ras al Khaimah, U.A.E. (ots) - WISeKey was part of the Swiss delegation of Mr. Pierre-François Unger, Minister of Economy and Health, State and Republic of Geneva, that visited Masdar City near Abu Dhabi in the U.A.E. this week. During the visit, WISeKey confirmed its intention to be among the first tenants to move into the Swiss Village in Masdar City. ...
Dublin, Ireland (ots) - Helsinn announces the completion of its state of the art Stability Centre at its Helsinn Birex Pharmaceuticals facility in, Dublin, Ireland. The new facility which has a total storage capacity of 24 cu meters, contains a range of stability chambers which will operate at ICH ...
Lausanne (ots) - SmallRivers, specialized in the development of distributed web services, just launched its new service. It allows content editors and bloggers to clip an intelligent micro-code on their content, providing their viewers with immediate access to related content and blog discussions published ...
Geneva, Switzerland (ots) - The SwissQuantum testbed network was set up in Geneva by the University of Geneva, the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland and the company id Quantique in order to demonstrate long-term operation of quantum cryptography technology in a meshed network setting. Contrary to quantum networks previously deployed, it is used to carry real traffic and is independently ...
Rolle (ots) - Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) announced today the expansion of its European oilseed processing capabilities with the acquisition of ViaChem Group's oilseed processing assets in Olomouc, Czech Republic. This facility, in the Eastern part of the Czech Republic, consists of an oilseed crushing, refining and biodiesel plant that produces oil and meal for the food, feed and energy markets. "This acquisition will allow ADM to expand further ...
Nyon (ots) - A union makes the difference between low-quality, high-risk, isolating jobs and a secure, fulfilling career in the world's call centres, said UNI Global Union today. October is Call Centre Action Month and UNI and its affiliates around the world will be calling on one company in particular, Telefonica, to give its workers the chance to have a ...
Orascom Development Holding AG
Altdorf/Cairo (ots) - Orascom Development Holding AG (Orascom Development) today held its ground-breaking ceremony marking the start of construction of the Andermatt resort, the first integrated holiday resort in the alps. During this first development phase, the Chedi hotel, basic infrastructure as well as ...
Lugano (ots) - The Swiss pharmaceutical group Helsinn and Eisai Italy, subsidiary of the Japanese pharmaceutical company, have signed a licensing agreement for the commercialization of the medical device Gelclair in Italy. Helsinn is the worldwide licensor of Gelclair, a viscous, concentrated, bioadherent oral gel with a mechanical protective action, which relieves pain by adhering to the mucosal surface of ...
Neuhausen am Rheinfall / Switzerland and Chicago / USA (ots) - LifeWatch AG's (SIX Swiss Exchange: LIFE) American subsidiary LifeWatch Services, Inc., the leading provider of wireless telemedicine services in the U.S., announced the launch of its Stroke Patient Care program for monitoring patients who have experienced a Transient Ischemic Attacks(TIA)/Stroke of unknown origin (cryptogenic). Stroke is the third ...