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A 13-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl are the two new Covid-19 cases in the community reported by the Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday. Both patients had last been at their respective schools on Oct 2. They were both quarantined from Oct 3, and were swabbed on that day but tested negative, MOH said in […]

Singapore households used on average more electricity and gas each month between April and July, compared with the same period last year. Their electricity consumption rose 16 per cent while that of gas went up 34 per cent, as people spent more time at home during the circuit breaker and the early stages of Singapore’s […]

Continued diplomatic ties between Singapore and Hungary for 50 years now have been underpinned by “mutual respect”, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, who noted there has been a practical side to the cooperation as well in an interview with The Straits Times yesterday. “We represent a similar kind of approach when it comes […]

A “Right to Disconnect” law would help employees have protected time to rest and recharge, said labour MP Melvin Yong (Radin Mas) yesterday, adding that it would help address issues such as burnout and lead to safer workplaces. Speaking during the debate on the Government’s strategy to emerge stronger from the Covid-19 pandemic, he cited […]

LOS ANGELES, CA., Oct 15, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – For many companies, the COVID-19 crisis has had a devastating impact. However, despite 2020’s unfavorable circumstances, CBD manufacturer Green Care Solutions is not only staying afloat, but thriving with record sales throughout the duration of the pandemic. C.E.O. Freddy Rashid attributed the company’s success to […]

SINGAPORE – A 13-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl are the two new Covid-19 cases in the community reported by the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Wednesday (Oct 14). Both patients are school students and had last been at their respective schools on Oct 2. They were both quarantined from Oct 3, and were swabbed […]

HONG KONG, Oct 14, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Tianyun International Holdings Limited (“Tianyun International”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”, Stock code: 6836.HK), a leading seller and manufacturer of processed fruits products in China, is pleased to announce that Shandong Tiantong Food Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and Tiantong Food (Yichang) […]

SINGAPORE – As Covid-19 continues to batter economies and decimate jobs, governments around the world are seeking to share the fruits of labour more widely, and ensure that their citizens are not exposed to unbearable losses. One strategy some societies have adopted to safeguard workers’ welfare is a minimum wage, calls for which surfaced in […]

SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Raffles Education Corp (REC) substantial shareholder Oei Hong Leong has discontinued his latest legal action against the company in relation to its plan to raise its stake in a Chinese property firm. In a statement to the bourse, the mainboard-listed REC announced that Mr Oei and his firm Oei Hong […]

SINGAPORE – A specialised children’s agency and beefed-up counselling resources were some of the proposals to help vulnerable individuals put forth by MPs on Wednesday (Oct 14). Mr Don Wee (Chua Chu Kang GRC) called for an equivalent of the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) – which supports seniors and their caregivers – to supervise, […]

SINGAPORE – The plan to have 28,000 charging points for electric vehicles by 2030 is “not ideal”, said Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung on Wednesday (Oct 14), when he announced that commercial entities could be roped in to help build up this infrastructure. Currently, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) is working with various agencies to […]

HONG KONG, Oct 14, 2020 – (亚太商讯) – 肺部疾病精准介入治疗技术引领者堃博（Broncus）公司日前宣布，已完成数千万美元的C轮融资。本轮融资由清池资本领投，百度资本、济时资本、信银投资、德弘资本、启明创投跟投。本轮融资所得将主要用于巩固和扩张堃博旗下肺部疾病诊疗核心产品线，加速新产品的研发、临床研究、注册审批以及多元化的全球市场布局，帮助堃博持续领跑肺部疾病精准介入治疗领域。堃博此前获得启明创投、Intuitive Surgical等全球知名风险投资机构以及产业巨擘的持续投资。 肺癌、慢阻肺患者人群巨大，疾病危害严重。以肺癌为例，肺癌是全球范围内发病率和死亡率最高的恶性肿瘤，世界卫生组织（WHO）在2018年发布的全球癌症报告中指出，肺癌是2018年全球发病率最高的癌症，占到当年新发癌症总病例数量的11.6%。仅在中国就约有1亿肺小结节携带者，每年新发肺癌患者近80万例，其中70-80%患者在发现肺癌时已属晚期。早期肺癌的五年生存率约为90%，6倍于晚期肺癌。早诊断早治疗，是延长肺癌患者生存时间最有效的手段。但通过低剂量螺旋CT发现的结节因为大小和位置，大部分难以在早期进行组织活检并完成病理分析。 临床医生一直渴望能以精准、微创的介入手术来诊治肺癌、慢阻肺等肺部恶疾，由于肺部解剖结构和病灶位置等原因，病灶难以准确定位和精准到达，阻碍了介入手术在肺部疾病诊疗中的广泛应用。全肺病灶抵达的导航平台推出，是实现肺部疾病介入诊疗至关重要的技术突破。 堃博旗下的LungPro®系统是全球唯一实现全肺抵达的导航系统，拥有全球唯一经支气管出气道导航技术专利保护，该系统使临床医生第一次经气道入路在整个肺部实施介入手术，已获得美国FDA、欧洲CE以及中国NMPA认证，在全球范围内已经获得超过100 项专利授权。此外，InterVapor®热蒸汽治疗肺气肿系统、FleXNeedle®活检针、BioStar®一次性内窥镜吸引活检针、调可达™可调弯鞘管等介入耗材已经在不同国家和地区获批上市，射频消融治疗肺癌等项目也进入上市前临床试验阶段，为呼吸介入治疗带来全套解决方案。 堃博CEO湛国威表示：「近年来，包括美敦力、强生、奥林巴斯等国际巨头在内的不同领域国际器械企业在肺部领域深度布局，验证了Broncus领先于市场在介入呼吸领域发力的前瞻视野，来自业界顶尖企业、医生、投资者的认可和支持也夯实了堃博的先锋地位。对比其他产品而言，LungPoint®和LungPro®系统优势明显，堃博以全肺导航为平台，正进一步加速微创、精准的介入诊治技术的开发和商业化应用，不断为医生和患者提供各种肺部恶疾的创新诊治方案。」 本轮领投方清池资本创始人李彬博士表示：「堃博是清池资本今年在医疗器械领域的又一重大投资布局。在全球范围内，肺部疾病的介入诊疗存在着巨大的医学缺口。堃博拥有全球领先的肺部导航系统，丰厚的数据积累以及尖端的分析技术，并以此为基础搭载相关介入活检耗材和治疗工具的应用。我们相信，作为肺部疾病诊疗领域的全球领先技术公司，堃博导航平台所积累的关于检测和介入治疗的海量数据将帮助国内外的临床医生更有效地为病患提供创伤小、个性化的诊断与治疗，造福全球庞大的肺病患者群体。」 关于堃博堃博是一家专注于肺部疾病诊疗技术研发和生产的高新技术企业，旗下拥有美国Broncus Medical, Inc.，Uptake Medical Technology, Inc.和杭州堃博生物科技有限公司三家研发生产型企业，聚焦肺癌、慢阻肺等肺部疾病精准微创介入诊疗产品，对肺部疾病诊疗模式进行颠覆性变革，提高肺疾患者生存率，缩短诊疗周期，节省医疗资源。堃博与Intuitive Surgical、Olympus Europa在不同领域建立了战略合作关系。堃博全部技术为公司内部研发团队自主开发，其核心技术在包括美国、欧洲和中国在内的全球主要市场拥有超过100项专利授权。其中堃博在肺部导航技术及肺部介入诊疗技术拥有核心知识产权，在全球范围内已经获得超过70 项专利。 关于清池资本立足于中国香港和上海，清池资本 (www.lakebleu-cap.com ) 是一家专注于医疗医药领域的投资平台。清池资本旗下的二级市场美元基金，是亚洲地区规模最大的二级市场医疗医药基金之一，其凭借优异的投资业绩多次被权威机构评选为亚洲地区最佳医疗医药基金。清池资本同时亦活跃于国内医疗医药私募股权投资中后期，已成功投资近30家处于成长期的优秀企业，并为被投企业在资本运作和业务合作等方面保驾护航，提供多样化的增值服务。 传媒垂询:堃博邓雪蕊 电邮：shirley.deng@dnamedtech.com Copyright 2020 亚太商讯. All rights reserved. www.acnnewswire.com

SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Sovereign wealth fund GIC will integrate climate change into its investment portfolio, a report noted today (Oct 14). This will involve evaluating the way long-term capital market assumptions are affected by climate change drivers and under different climate change scenarios. GIC is also ensuring that its investment teams integrate climate […]

HONG KONG, Oct 14, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Broncus Holding Company (“Broncus”), a global leader in diagnostic and therapeutic technology for lung diseases, today announced the closing of a Series C round of funding led by Lake Bleu Capital, and including Baidu Capital, the venture arm of one of the world’s largest Internet and […]

SINGAPORE, Oct 14, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Moonstake today announced that it has successfully closed its seed round funding and has raised over $1.04 Million (approximately JPY 110 Million). Partnerships with more than 10 public blockchains such as Emurgo (one of Cardano’s constituent corporations) and advanced products centered on staking wallets attracted a great […]

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Oct 14, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Hitachi ABB Power Grids, as part of its ongoing work with UK Power Networks Services to help manage existing traction power assets on High Speed 1 (HS1), has been awarded a contract worth around $6.6 million to upgrade the Static Var Compensator (SVC) Control systems and […]

HONG KONG, Oct 14, 2020 – (亚太商讯) – 中国领先的品牌加工水果产品销售商及制造商天韵国际控股有限公司（「天韵国际」及其附属公司统称「集团」，股份代号 : 6836.HK）欣然宣布，集团旗下全资附属山东天同食品有限公司（「天同食品」）及宜昌天同食品有限公司（「宜昌天同」）获邀参加于山东省济南市举办的2020年秋季全国糖酒会（「糖酒会」）。作为中国食品行业的「晴雨表」以及被业内人仕称为「天下第一会」，本届糖酒会吸引了近3,000家食品酒类企业参展，专业采购商多达15万人，是食品行业经销商采购产品的理想平台。 集团于糖酒会的展览区域、产品展示以及经销商代表于展区与集团代表洽谈中 于糖酒会上，集团凭借天然优质的产品以及多样化的包装形式，成功获得众多经销商的好评，重点展示了自家品牌「缤果时代」旗下的全新产品，连日来展销摊位人山人海，人流络绎不绝。是次参展有助促进集团与来自全国各地的经销商的直接沟通交流，为集团自家品牌销售的高速增长趋势奠定良好的基础。现时集团自家品牌产品销售覆盖全国27个省份、直辖市及自治区，品牌价值更首度跨越人民币15亿元大关。 集团主席兼行政总裁杨自远先生表示：「我们很荣幸再次参与此业界的盛事，并获得一众经销商的青睐。我们将继续为消费者带来不同类别及水果品种的新产品，积极参与各类展览会，完善销售网络的布局，以拓展自家品牌产品地域覆盖范围，带来自家品牌销售强劲的增长动力。同时，通过多形式的线下和在线营销模式，加强与消费者互动，提升销售及在线线下自家品牌的形象，推动自家品牌业务的发展，巩固集团的市场领导地位。」 关于天韵国际控股有限公司 (股份代号﹕6836.HK)天韵国际控股有限公司（「本公司」集团「统称（及其附属公司）」主要从事 (i) 生产及销售包装于金属罐、塑料杯，玻璃瓶及铝箔袋的加工水果产品及 (ii) 新鲜水果买卖。加工水果产品以自家品牌「缤果时代」、「果小懒」和「天同时代」及原厂委托制造代工方式出售。 集团致力于为客户提供健康安全的产品，作为国内外资质认证最为齐全的食品企业之一，时刻紧贴严格的国际生产标准，并就生产设施、质量监控及管理获授BRC(A)、IFS 食品（高级）、FDA（FSMA）、HALAL、 SC、KOSHER、BSCI 及ISO22000 等认证，集团还通过多个英国及美国超市内部的食品生产标准审核。 同时，集团作为中国「同线、同标、同质」工程出口食品企业，供应国内市场和供应国际市场的产品达到相同的质量水平。自2016 年起，集团自家品牌的优质加工水果产品继续获得市场的高度认可， 并获国家级机构颁授「中国罐头产品质量证明标志」的荣誉及资格，成为中国加工水果行业内能够在其产品贴上「零添加防腐剂」标志的首家水果加工商。 集团在2017 年分别被国际知名财经杂志《福布斯》评选为福布斯中国百强潜力上市公司及成为山东省临沂市荣获「2017 年度临沂市市长质量奖」荣誉的综合食品生产销售企业。集团全新自有研发及生产的纯水果休闲食品在2018 年也荣获中国国家知识产权局颁发「发明专利证书」。 集团及其「缤果时代」自家品牌于2019年分别被国家机构评为中国罐藏食品领先企业及领先品牌。 欲了解更多集团详情，请浏览集团网站 www.tianyuninternational.com Copyright 2020 亚太商讯. All rights reserved. www.acnnewswire.com

TOKYO, Oct 14, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has made a financial investment in HydrogenPro AS of Norway, a company engaged in the development and manufacture of electrolyzers, devices that produce hydrogen by the process of water electrolysis. MHI subscribed to newly issued shares placed by HydrogenPro in an initial […]

HONG KONG (REUTERS) – Huawei Technologies is in talks with Digital China Group and other suitors to sell parts of its Honor smartphone unit in a deal that could fetch up to 25 billion yuan (S$5.04 billion), people with knowledge of the matter said. Embattled Huawei is resetting its priorities in the face of US […]