RoosterBio, Sartorius collaborate to advance cell, gene therapy manufacturing

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 -- Privately-held cell manufacturing platform technology company, RoosterBio Inc has announced signing a strategic collaboration with Sartorius to advance cell and gene therapy manufacturing.

RoosterBio is a leading supplier of human mesenchymal stem/stromal cell (hMSC) working cell banks, highly engineered media and hMSC bioprocess systems, while Sartorius is a leading international partner of life science research and the biopharmaceutical industry.

The collaboration aims to advance scale-up of hMSC manufacturing for regenerative medicine by leveraging best-in-class solutions of both companies to significantly reduce process development efforts, industrialise supply chain and accelerate development and commercialisation of groundbreaking cell-based regenerative cures.

RoosterBio and Sartorius will create a set of GMP-compatible, customer-centric protocols using RoosterBio’s hMSC and media systems, alongside Sartorius’s single use manufacturing technologies, process control software and cell analysis tools of hMSC final product manufacturing.

According to a statement, cell expansion will be rapidly optimised using Sartorius’s benchtop Ambr® system and MODDE® design of experiment software, allowing the technical team to compare cultures in identically sized, multi-parallel bioreactors to gain process information and optimised conditions in a short timeline.

This joint effort will simplify multiple steps in therapeutic development by providing robust, streamlined, end-to-end platform technologies and protocols that can be implemented for rapid scale up of manufacturing processes, allowing product developers to significantly speed up their development timelines.

Both companies aim to use the data from this collaboration to provide co-learning and development opportunities to support the growing cell and gene therapy industry.

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Cloudflare Innovation Leader in 2020 Frost & Sullivan Frost Radar™: Global Holistic Web Protection Market Report

 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 -- Cloudflare Inc, the security, performance and reliability company has been named the Innovation Leader in the 2020 Frost & Sullivan Frost Radar™: Global Holistic Web Protection Market Report.

The global analyst firm cites Cloudflare's network scale, continued growth and ability to secure customer infrastructure without performance tradeoffs as key success factors for the company.

Cloudflare SVP and Chief Product Officer, Jen Taylor said the recognition was validation of the company’s approach and reflection of its commitment to keeping customers' web properties safe and secure online.

“In the past years, Cloudflare has demonstrated a commitment to not only bettering the technology behind its Holistic Web Protection suite but also simplifying the end-user experience with their products,” said Frost & Sullivan Information & Communication Technologies Research Analyst, Mikita Hanets.

According to a statement, Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis of the Global Holistic Web Protection Market, finds that holistic web protection is rapidly gaining popularity worldwide.

Holistic web protection solutions — an emerging category of security solutions — integrates three key security technologies: distributed denial-of-service mitigation, web application firewall, and bot risk management.

According to Frost & Sullivan, the holistic web protection market addresses organisations’ demand for consolidated, single-pane-of-glass solutions, which reduce the security gap of legacy products and provide simplified management capabilities.

More details at www.cloudflare.com.

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Maiden City I&T Grand Challenge eyes innovative solutions for new normal smart living

 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 -- Organised by the Innovation and Technology Commission, together with the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, the first City I&T Grand Challenge was launched.

In light of the new normal under the epidemic, this year's competition themed ‘Innovating for Hong Kong’s New Normal’ invites all sectors of the community to put forward innovation and technology (I&T) solutions focusing on two issues: environmental sustainability and social connectivity, to tackle problems facing the city and people in their daily lives.

According to a statement, a series of workshops and other activities will also be held to create an I&T atmosphere in the whole community.

In his video speech for the launch of the event, the Financial Secretary, Paul Chan believed that the City I&T Grand Challenge would draw creative ideas from all sectors for developing I&T and smart living proposals to help people live as usual and even in a better way in the new normal during and after the epidemic.

Meanwhile, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation Chief Executive Officer, Albert Wong, said the City I&T Grand Challenge offered invaluable opportunity for the public to apply creativity and develop smart solutions catering to the new normal under the epidemic for community benefit.

The City I&T Grand Challenge is open for application until April 24. Target participants range from primary and secondary school students to local and non-local tertiary students, technology enterprises, R&D teams and entrepreneurs.

Winners will be awarded cash prize and a trophy, while University and Open categories winners will also have a chance to receive R&D resources and training for refining their I&T solutions for trying at a designated venue such as government department or public organisation.

The website of the City I&T Grand Challenge has been launched for the public to submit applications. A host of workshops, seminars and training activities will also be organised to introduce knowledge on technologies and entrepreneurship as well as topical daily life issues.

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Azbil unveils Early Warning System software globally

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 -- Azbil Corporation has announced the global launch of the English and Chinese versions of its Early Warning System for Time Series Data (Early Warning System) in markets including Southeast Asia, China and Korea.

According to a statement, the Early Warning System, launched in Japan in 2013, is a software package that constantly monitors changes in time series data trends.

It is for important process variables like temperature, pressure, flow rate, and liquid level in order to alert operators to potential deviation from control values at an early stage. 

Compared with alarm monitoring by a distributed control system (DCS), the Early Warning System’s predictive alarms have the advantage of early recognition, before control values are reached or safety devices operate.

In an emergency when something goes wrong with equipment and many DCS alarms activate, missed alarms or other human error may occur, leading to accidents.

The Early Warning System, however, is independent of the DCS and complements ordinary alarms with predictive ones.

In Japan, the system is used mainly by oil and chemical companies highly conscious of plant safety and security, and willing to utilise IoT technology but recently, it has also been used at water supply facilities to monitor distribution reservoirs, water quality, and drainage facilities to ensure stable tap water supply.

The system’s use has also expanded to include maintaining the quality of medical and pharmaceutical products as required by regulations.

More details at https://www.azbil.com/.

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MILREM ROBOTICS ROLLS OUT ITS NEW TYPE-X RCV

 

^{The Type-X by Milrem Robotics will become an intelligent wingman to main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles and will be capable of taking on the most dangerous tasks and positions, resulting in lower lethality risks. (Photo: Business Wire)}


TALLINN, Estonia, Jan 13 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- The medium class Type-X Robotic Combat Vehicle by the European leading robotics and autonomous systems developer Milrem Robotics passed its initial mobility tests.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210112005037/en/
 

The Type-X will become an intelligent wingman to main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles and will be capable of taking on the most dangerous tasks and positions, resulting in lower lethality risks.

“The Type-X will provide equal or overmatching firepower and tactical usage to a unit equipped with Infantry Fighting vehicles. It provides means to breach enemy defensive positions with minimal risk for own troops and replacing a lost RCV is purely a logistical nuance,” said Kuldar Väärsi, CEO of Milrem Robotics.

The Type-X can be fitted with a cannon up to 50 mm. With up to a 30 mm cannon the RCV is airdroppable - the C-130J and the KC-390 can carry one, an A400M two and a C-17 five.

“The vehicle will be equipped with intelligent functions such as follow-me, waypoint navigation and obstacle detection with Artificial Intelligence being part of the algorithms,” Väärsi said. “Also, our software developers have taken a totally new and innovative approach to allow remote controlled operations on higher speeds.”

With a weight of 12 tons and efficient power management the vehicle has superior terrain capabilities. Its height of 2.2 m and a rear engine provide low visual and heat signature.

The Type-X is three to four times lighter and its cost significantly lower than that of a conventional IFV. It has been designed with intelligent predictive maintenance combined with a Health and Usage Monitoring System and Line Replacement Unit principle to ensure a low Through Lifecycle Cost and logistic footprint. Its hybrid powertrain and rubber tracks reduce lifecycle costs significantly.

To create the Type-X Milrem Robotics utilized its knowledge gained from developing its THeMIS Unmanned Ground Vehicle, intended to support dismounted troops, that has been acquired by ten countries, including seven NATO members: France, Norway, the UK, the US, Germany, the Netherlands and Estonia.

Milrem Robotics is the European leading robotics and autonomous systems developer with two offices in Estonia, one in Sweden and Finland and shortly one in the Netherlands.

The company leads a consortium that was awarded 30,6 MEUR from the European Commission’s European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) to develop a European standardized unmanned ground system.

Watch the Type-X video: https://youtu.be/34-NWYQ0L0c

View source version on businesswire.com: 
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210112005037/en/

Contact

Gert Hankewitz
Export Director
Gert.hankewitz@milrem.com

Source : Milrem Robotics

Sweeter world with SweeGen unveiling Bestevia® Reb N successful scale-up

 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 -- SweeGen is making possible a healthier, more guilt-free, and sweeter world with the commercialisation of Bestevia® Rebaudioside N (Reb N), a special zero-calorie, highly sought-after natural stevia sweetener.

Reb N is a naturally occurring sweetener found in stevia leaves, according to a statement.

The unique sensory profile of Bestevia Reb N makes it especially attractive for beverage applications, which is an application space that has already been exclusively licensed out. With its unique functionality, Reb N also works very well in a variety of foods.

Following SweeGen’s commercial announcements of Bestevia Rebs B and I this year, and with the addition of Reb N, the company’s portfolio of sugar reduction solutions is the broadest available in the industry for tackling sugar reduction challenges.

SweeGen’s entire proprietary portfolio of natural stevia sweeteners are classified as next generation non-GMO, high-purity, and clean tasting.

The Bestevia portfolio includes Rebs B, D, E, I, M, and now Reb N. These Rebs translate to highly-relevant, clean-label, sustainable, natural sweeteners that consumers are seeking in finished products.

SweeGen’s Bestevia Reb N is now accessible because it is produced by a patented bioconversion technology, which starts with sustainably-sourced stevia leaf, and results in great tasting, pure molecules that are found in nature.

This process was developed by Conagen, a biotech innovator of sustainable ingredients.

Sweegen provides sweet taste solutions for food and beverage manufacturers worldwide. More details at www.sweegen.com.

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PCCW Media chooses ContentWise to rebuild Now TV’s personalisation

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 -- ContentWise’s digital experience automation and personalisation software has been selected by PCCW Media Limited (PCCW Media) to revamp its IPTV and app user experience personalisation infrastructure.

A leading fully integrated multimedia and entertainment company headquartered in Hong Kong, PCCW Media and ContentWise collaborated to build the next generation of Now TV’s services on set-top box and connected apps.

PCCW Media’s goal with this new design is to create a one-to-one, personalised relationship with its subscribers, with a particular focus on enhancing the on-screen user experience, simplifying customers’ access to content and boosting viewer engagement.

“I am pleased PCCW Media ultimately decided to work with ContentWise. I am confident we can help PCCW Media in its transition to a bespoke customer experience better than anyone else in the market,” said ContentWise Chief Executive Officer, Paolo Bozzola.

According to a statement, the implementation involves the integration with ContentWise UX Engine and ContentWise Analytics. UX Engine’s machine learning-powered platform enables PCCW Media to expand the range of Now TV’s personalisation and discovery features.

More importantly, it establishes a new user experience paradigm, where the dynamic interplay of data driven personalisation and assisted editorial input adapts to each subscriber’s intent and tastes.

ContentWise is the AI-powered customer experience company that provides leading video operators, digital publishers and online retailers with the software and expertise they need to create rich, personal and smart CX at every digital touchpoint.

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