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Heroic-Faith raised NT$ 1.2 Billion for COVID-19 Unprecedented Need of Remote Patient Monitoring

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TAIPEI, Taiwan, July 25, 2020 — Heroic-Faith uses deep learning and other forms of AI to develop algorithms that assist in the identification of normal and adventitious lung sounds, such as inhalation, exhalation, wheeze, stridor and crackles. The technology is also able to respond to excessive respiratory rate, slow respiratory rate, respiratory cessation and respiratory disorders such as chronic lung obstruction, asthma, pneumonia and pulmonary edema.

Heroic-Faith breaks the limits of the traditional stethoscope, for continuous, remote, and smart lung sound monitoring.
Heroic-Faith breaks the limits of the traditional stethoscope, for continuous, remote, and smart lung sound monitoring.

 

As a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the need for remote monitoring and evaluating respiratory function, Heroic-Faith has been able to collect over 500,000 breath sounds from multiple medical centers in Taiwan for labeling and analysis over the last 6-month period. This is as they maintain focus on constantly improving the AI continuous respiratory monitoring and expanding the AI-oriented assisted application.

Heroic-Faith has developed a mobile application that can function on a stand-alone machine, which can be used for respiratory monitoring in the areas of anesthesia, apnea alert, intensive care units, isolation wards, and even continuous breath monitoring at home.

Last November, the product was clinically used for non-intubation anesthesia surgery and examination at different medical centers in Taiwan. It has been identified that life-threatening symptoms can be found one minute earlier than traditional respiratory monitoring methods, which is incredibly valuable for patient outcomes.

The multichannel continuous respiratory monitoring system designed by Heroic-Faith has been used on patients with COVID-19, in a bid to eliminate the traditional method of auscultation that rendered challenging due to PPE, isolation protocols and the increase burden of infection that is placed on medical personnel.

Arthur Chen, the Executive Director of BE Capital, an early financial backer said, “Heroic Faith’s medical AI product has a wide range of clinical needs. They are one of the few smart medical equipment teams in the world that focuses on “breath sound”. Applying their continuous AI breathing detection system, it not only allows the doctors to examine the patient’s condition at a long distance when diagnosing COVID19, but also reduces the risk of respiratory system damage (Respiratory Compromise), caused by careless monitoring, during the sleep anesthesia or non-intubation anesthesia operation.”Heroic-Faith continues to extend their presence in the US, by cooperating with the Sleep Clinical Center of Stanford University to advance sleep medical research. They also continue to look for relationships with US based partners and venture firms by attending events such as the CES 2020 Smart Medical Highlights Team Exhibition.

Heroic-Faith Medical Science Co., Ltd., a developer of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions designed to assist physicians, patients and healthcare facilities in the identification and management of abnormal breathing sounds, announced the close of its first financing round. Spurred on by the current COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent need for remote patient monitoring, particularly respiratory function, the Taiwan-based company secured investment for US$4 million. The investment was led by the Integral Group, a financial services company that is focused on high growth startups. The round also saw investment from AmTRAN, a world leader in LCD manufacturing, Top Taiwan Venture Capital, one of the largest VC firm in Taiwan and TAYA Venture Capital, the venture arm of the TAYA Electric Wire & Cable Group. For more information, visit https://heroic-faith.com/.

Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) is a landmark initiative led by Taiwan’s Ministry of Science & Technology (MoST) to build a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem in Taiwan. TTA provides a gateway for startup networks around the world to engage with Taiwan’s technology resources and organizations. By encouraging innovation and the fusion of startup cultures, TTA hopes to create a self-sustaining environment for tech startups in Taiwan while providing a voice for Taiwan on the global stage.

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FUJIFILM Sonosite Launches New Point-Of-Care Ultrasound System With Adaptable Form Factor, Embedded Workflow, And The Most Advanced Image Clarity Sonosite Has Ever Offered

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BROOKVALE, New South Wales, July 24, 2020 — FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc., specialists in developing cutting-edge point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) solutions, and part of the larger Fujifilm Healthcare portfolio, has announced the launch of the new Sonosite PX ultrasound system. Sonosite PX is the next generation in Sonosite POCUS, with the most advanced image clarity ever seen in a Sonosite system, a suite of workflow efficiency features, and an adaptable form factor. 

"Every aspect of Sonosite PX was designed specifically for the clinicians on the front lines of medicine. We designed Sonosite PX as a tool to help clinicians in all fields of medicine to treat patients more effectively where it matters most – at the point of care." said Rich Fabian, President and Chief Operating Officer of FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc. "To optimize clinician ergonomics and improve efficiency, the system has an innovative and adaptable work surface that can be used in a horizontal or vertical position based on the situational needs of the exam. The exceptional image clarity is the result of a new proprietary imaging technology – seeing anatomy more clearly with Sonosite PX provides an unparalleled level of confidence for diagnostic and procedural applications."

As with all Sonosite POCUS systems, Sonosite PX is built to the legendary durability, reliability, and ease of use standards that clinicians around the world depend upon. The ultrasound system and the new family of transducers are drop-tested to one meter and the work surface is sealed to the edge for simplified cleaning and disinfection.  When mounted on the specialized stand, Sonosite PX has an adaptable work surface position for optimal clinician ergonomics while a small footprint and adjustable height allows for closer bedside access. Information essential to completing an exam including patient information, reports, and worksheets, is intuitively placed in one location, saving clinicians time and effort when navigating the ultrasound system user interface.

Diku Mandavia, MD, FACEP, FRCPC, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc. explained, "Clinicians are continually expanding their use of ultrasound. With Sonosite PX, they can use one ultrasound system for different workflows because it adapts to fit their diverse needs." The Sonosite PX user interface is simplified to show most-used controls, calculations, and annotations. Dr. Mandavia continued, "The system has two cardiac options that allow clinicians to choose between gathering targeted information about the heart to determine overall patient well-being, or investigate specific cardiac conditions with more comprehensive calculations that provide detailed analysis of the structure and function of the heart. This allows clinicians to select the cardiac exam type that best fits their individual workflow needs. Furthermore in keeping with our commitment to education, we have greatly expanded our 3D animation educational videos which are very important to new users. Sonosite PX has more than 100 onboard scan-along education tutorials; the most expansive library in any point-of-care system."

Recognizing the importance of efficient documentation to the electronic health record (EHR), Sonosite PX has been designed for onboard documentation of ultrasound findings at the bedside. Sonosite PX integrates seamlessly with the company’s Sonosite Synchronicity solution, a workflow manager for POCUS that supports seamless credentialing, quality assurance, and billing across departments and institutions.

Learn more about Sonosite PX by contacting your Sonosite sales representative, or visit https://showcase.sonosite.com/au.

About Fujifilm Sonosite

FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc. is the innovator in bedside and point-of-care ultrasound, and an industry leader in ultra high-frequency micro-ultrasound technology. Headquartered near Seattle, the company is represented by a global distribution network in over 100 countries. Sonosite’s portable, compact systems are expanding the use of ultrasound across the clinical spectrum by cost-effectively bringing high-performance ultrasound to the point of patient care. For more information, please visit www.sonosite.com.

FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, brings cutting edge solutions to a broad range of global industries by leveraging its depth of knowledge and fundamental technologies developed in its relentless pursuit of innovation. Its proprietary core technologies contribute to the various fields including healthcare, graphic systems, highly functional materials, optical devices, digital imaging and document products. These products and services are based on its extensive portfolio of chemical, mechanical, optical, electronic and imaging technologies. For the year ended March 31, 2020, the company had global revenues of $21 billion, at an exchange rate of 109 yen to the dollar. Fujifilm is committed to responsible environmental stewardship and good corporate citizenship. For more information, please visit: www.fujifilmholdings.com.

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Komodo Health Lauded by Frost & Sullivan for Empowering Healthcare Stakeholders with Dynamic Real-world Evidence Solutions

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Komodo Health provides a powerful spectrum of data analysis software to cross-link the patient’s care pathway data with other medical and healthcare datasets to better understand and predict disease

SANTA CLARA, California, July 23, 2020 — Based on its recent analysis of the North American real-world evidence (RWE) solutions market in healthcare, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Komodo Health, Inc. with the 2020 North American Company of the Year Award. Komodo’s comprehensive, real-time Healthcare Map platform facilitates access to unified, longitudinal patient encounters. Built on this platform, the company’s software solutions enable partners to analyze data dynamically to identify unmet needs across the healthcare value chain, serving payers, providers, and pharmaceutical enterprises to help them achieve better outcomes.

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Komodo Health

"Komodo differentiates itself with its data expertise, digital technology capability, and focus on delivering value for the customer," said Koustav Chatterjee Principal Analyst. "Its Healthcare Map links more than 150 comprehensive payer datasets and aggregates 65 billion clinical encounters, with 15 million newly-identified patient encounters added daily and in near real-time. Leveraging AI, Komodo de-identifies and links information from over 320 million patients in the US across thousands of siloed data sources while reconstructing visits from various streams. This approach makes any patient-level insight actionable."

Komodo’s robust spectrum of software solutions include Aperture, Pulse, and Prism, which are all built on the company’s Healthcare Map. While Aperture empowers life sciences teams with deep, AI-driven insights to identify and respond to disease burden patterns, Pulse provides alerts that enable optimal provider engagement based on new patient signals. Supplementing these solutions, Prism is a population health analysis software that offers the flexibility to tap into the company’s proprietary Healthcare Map to study and analyze patient cohorts, quickly generating powerful insights to inform market intelligence and product surveillance.

One of the unique elements of Komodo’s performance is that the company sources data through a vast array of relationships with commercial payer entities. Through its extensive access to payer-complete data, Komodo provides higher-resolution and richer insights into the patient journey, including clinical encounters that are typically missed by traditional "pill-tracking" data aggregators. In addition, Komodo partners with leading companies, such as Veradigm, an ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) provider, creating the largest linked EHR and claims dataset for life sciences research. Komodo partners with Datavant to expand its Healthcare Map further and to connect thousands of de-identified patient datasets.

"With COVID-19 placing significant pressures on the US healthcare system, Komodo’s software solutions have proven invaluable in creating a comprehensive understanding of individual patient’s journeys. Today, Komodo works with most leading pharmaceutical companies in North America while partnering with payers, providers and government entities," noted Chatterjee. "Its best-in-class solutions along with comprehensive support and service for partners have made it the ideal RWE solution provider to the healthcare industry."

Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents a Company of the Year award to the organization that demonstrates excellence in terms of growth strategy and implementation in its field. The award recognizes a high degree of innovation with products and technologies and the resulting leadership in terms of customer value and market penetration.

Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analyses, and extensive secondary research to identify best practices in the industry.

About Frost & Sullivan
For over five decades, Frost & Sullivan has become world-renowned for its role in helping investors, corporate leaders, and governments navigate economic changes and identify disruptive technologies, Mega Trends, new business models, and companies to action, resulting in a continuous flow of growth opportunities to drive future success. Contact us: Start the discussion.

About Komodo Health, Inc.
Komodo Health believes that data and analytics are the foundation for reducing disease burden. We apply artificial intelligence and other advanced analytical techniques to our first-of-its-kind Healthcare Map, which tracks the unique patient journeys of over 320 million patients. As a result, we empower a multitude of healthcare stakeholders — life science companies, healthcare payers and providers, patient advocacy groups, and others — to create a more cost-effective, value-driven healthcare system. For more information, visit komodohealth.com.

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VectraCor and GS GmbH (Corpuls) Form Licensing Agreement to Incorporate VectraCor’s 22-Lead ECG and CEB® (Cardiac Electrical Biomarker) Technology in Corpuls Defibrillators

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Both Companies Committed to Bringing the Best Cardiac Care to the Healthcare Workers and Patients that Need It

TOTOWA, New Jersey, July 17, 2020 — GS Elektromedizinische Geraete G. Stemple GmbH, marketing defibrillators under the corpuls brand, and VectraCor Inc., announced today that they have concluded a licensing agreement allowing corpuls to incorporate VectraCor’s cloud-based version of VectraCor’s derived 22-Lead ECG and CEB® (Cardiac Electrical Biomarker) technology into corpuls devices. This will help corpuls’ customers obtain a faster ECG and even more clinically important cardiac data while helping their patients in the most urgent medical situations. VectraCor currently has this technology integrated into their VectraplexECG System, used mainly in Emergency Departments, Urgent Cares and Doctor’s Offices. The VectraplexECG System has approval in the United States (FDA), Europe (CE Mark), Taiwan and Australia and is patented worldwide.

Dr. Christian Klimmer, CEO of corpuls said, “In 1991 corpuls was the first medical device company in the field of multi-parameter / defibrillators introducing the 12-lead ECG to the market. A little revolution back then, standard worldwide as of today. With the introduction of the 22-lead ECG and the CEB® together with VectraCor we will again set the new standard in diagnosing cardiovascular disease, in particular in EMS. We deeply believe that our customers are very interested in more advanced diagnostics regarding acute coronary syndromes especially if this doesn’t come with the price of more time on scene. This will hopefully enable a higher diagnostic accuracy, earlier treatment and an easier choice of the most appropriate hospital where the patient is transported to. For the receiving hospital to know exactly what to expect we have created the possibility to send all 22-Leads as well as the CEB® ahead as a pdf or, in even more detail as part of our corpuls.misson Telemedicine solution.” 

Brad S. Schreck, President & CEO of VectraCor Inc. said, “We are very excited about this partnership with corpuls and to begin to license our patented technology so it can get into the hands of more of the brave life-saving medical professionals that need it. The corpuls product line is used widely and highly respected throughout the world, so naturally, we feel like they are an ideal partner to showcase our technology. We are also very pleased that corpuls sees the important clinical benefit of deriving a full 22-lead ECG which gives the provider more clinically relevant views of the heart, right-sided, posterior, and vectorcardiogram which can have isolated issues when the 12-Lead ECG looks ‘normal’. The reduced electrode placement also saves money and patient prep-time along with helping avoiding potential electrode misplacement.” 

Schreck continued, “Our ECG technology may now help healthcare workers more quickly detect cardiac disease in real-time and non-invasively, in the form of VectraCor’s easy-to-read, color-coded, CEB® number. This could lead to a potentially faster treatment to save heart muscle and lives. After many years of published studies and presentations from prestigious institutions at medical congresses around the world such as ESC, ACC, ACEP, etc., which validated the clinical effectiveness of our technology, we are ready to take the company and healthcare to the next level. This will include licensing the CEB® and derivation technology and putting it into various multi-parameter monitors and other cardiac devices like stress tests, Holter/event monitors, mobile consumer devices and telemedicine platforms.”

On the strategic aspect of the partnership, Schreck said, “The defibrillator and EMS market has always been of major interest to us after VectraCor won the Top EMS Innovation Award at EMS World Expo a few years back. So partnering with corpuls, a major player in that market, fits right into our strategy and vision.” He added, “This is only the beginning in our fight against the number one disease state, and killer, in the world, cardiovascular disease.”  

About GS Elektromedizinische Geraete G. Stemple GmbH 
For close to 40 years, GS Elektromedizinische Geraete G. Stemple GmbH, a successful international family business, has been developing innovative medical devices for the emergency and intensive care medicine and manufacturers. Worldwide professional emergency services rely on the corpuls’ brand of robust and reliable medical products. For more information, visit www.corpuls.world  info@corpuls.com  +49 8191 657220 

About VectraCor Inc.
VectraCor is a medical device company based in Totowa, NJ focused in the cardio-pulmonary space. Their patented technologies, the CEB® (Cardiac Electrical Biomarker), and a derived 22-lead ECG technology using only 5 electrodes (V2 & limbs), has the potential to be the new standard of care in ECGs and cardiac monitoring worldwide.  VectraCor also produces a portable Orbit™ spirometer (lung function test) that is used widely by everyone from General Practitioners to Respiratory Therapists worldwide. For more information please visit VectraCor at www.VectraCor.com  Info@Vectracor.com  1.973.904.0444 ext. 2

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Mexico Telecommunication Giant, Alestra, Deploys Bright Pattern Contact Center Software for CENACED’s Telehealth Services During COVID-19

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Alestra, deploys Bright Pattern Contact Center for nonprofit, CENACED, to offer remote psychological teleassistance services during the pandemic

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 15, 2020 — CENACED, a non-profit healthcare organization, has deployed Bright Pattern as their cloud-based contact center software provider amid the COVID-19 pandemic. CENACED uses Bright Pattern to offer free telehealth services to help citizens in Mexico dealing with stress during the quarantine. They have also moved agents and counselors to a remote model to protect the safety of their employees during the pandemic.

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A recent poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that the pandemic has negatively affected the mental health of 56 percent of adults. In April, texts to a US federal emergency mental-health line were up 1,000 percent from the year before. The situation is particularly dire for certain vulnerable groups—health-care workers, COVID-19 patients with severe cases, and people who have lost loved ones. CENACED is working with Bright Pattern, Alestra, and Bright Pattern partner, Call It Once, to bring telehealth counseling services to impacted people in Mexico to help people deal with the current health crisis.

CENACED offers free psychological telecare to people who have symptoms of stress derived from quarantine and with Bright Pattern’s virtual call center technology are now handling 120 cases per hour and serving almost 50,000 people per month. Alestra, Bright Pattern, and Call It Once joined CENACED in this critical initiative, enabling a teleassistance contact center in the cloud as shown in this video showing the solution in action. Per CENACED this cloud contact center was deployed in “record time” and is “a technology initiative that changes lives”:

“Bright Pattern has helped global companies during the pandemic by providing a 100% virtual platform allowing customers to seamlessly transition to remote teams,” said Michael McCloskey, CEO of Bright Pattern. “Countries in both Asia and Europe have also used Bright Pattern to help with COVID contact tracing but this is the first Bright Pattern powered contact center that is helping offer telehealth services during the pandemic as well.”

“Today, the world is facing challenging times. People and companies are taking the lead in collaborating in a more personalized way leveraging innovative technology,” said Ana Llano, Regional Manager, Latin America, Bright Pattern. “With our help, CENACED was able to deploy a hybrid contact center with onsite and remote agents quickly thanks to the ease-of-use of the Bright Pattern platform. Agents were ready to provide personalized virtual counseling services and psychological teleassistance to Mexican citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic. At Bright Pattern, we are proud to collaborate with our partners and help CENACED with this innovative use of technology focused on helping people and keeping agents safe at home.”

Bright Pattern Virtual Call Center
Bright Pattern’s cloud-based virtual call center solution for remote agents delivers all of the benefits of a traditional contact center solution while providing the additional benefits of the flexibility gained through the use of remote workers. Our virtual contact center software solution allows your organization to “flex” during peak or low times, recruit talent from any geography, and deliver a complete omnichannel customer experience. In addition, Bright Pattern provides a powerful omnichannel quality management solution that allows you to score 100% of all customer interactions and manage agent performance to better manage remote workers. This combination of advanced omnichannel virtual contact center software with embedded quality management makes Bright Pattern the clear choice for delivering the best customer and agent experience.

Bright Pattern Cloud Contact Center Features:

  • Business Continuity – Keep your business going no matter what interruptions local offices or business settings face. Bright Pattern has a robust system designed to ensure uninterrupted continuity in the case of a local disaster or facility interruption.
  • Scalability – Bright Pattern cloud call center software allows you to easily supplement your existing workforce with additional remote agents in minimal time.
  • Deploy in Days – Bright Pattern was rated by G2 Crowd for quickest time to deploy out of all CCaaS vendors in the industry with the highest ROI and ROI payback time. Bright Pattern Cloud Contact Center can be deployed in days instead of the weeks it takes most CCaaS vendors.
  • Geographic flexibility – allow agents to access the exact same information that they would typically access in their offices from anywhere with a stable internet connection.
  • Maintain voice quality across geographies – Bright Pattern’s Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) software routes callers to the optimal agent.
  • Built in Quality Assurance – Monitor 100% of interactions regardless of channel with AI-powered quality management with sentiment and speech analytics for automated quality assurance in real-time across the globe.
  • Data Privacy – Fully compliant with international regulations including PCI DSS, HIPAA, DGPR, TCPA, and SOC.

If you are experiencing a spike in calls as a result of the outbreak or need to deploy a remote workforce, Bright Pattern is prepared to deliver consultations and cloud services to existing and new customers. Please contact us at marketing@brightpattern.com, call 925-548-0532, or request a demo.

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About Bright Pattern
Bright Pattern provides the simplest and most powerful AI-powered omnichannel contact center software for innovative midsize and enterprise companies. With the purpose of making customer service brighter, easier, and faster than ever before, Bright Pattern offers the only true omnichannel cloud platform with embedded AI that can be deployed quickly and nimbly by business users—without costly professional services. Bright Pattern allows companies to offer an effortless and personal customer experience across channels like voice, text, chat, email, video, messengers, and bots. Bright Pattern also allows companies to measure and act on every interaction on every channel via embedded AI omnichannel quality management. The company was founded by a team of industry veterans who pioneered the leading contact center solutions and today are delivering an architecture for the future with an advanced cloud-first approach. Bright Pattern’s cloud contact center solution is used globally in over 26 countries and 12 languages.

About Alestra
Alestra is a Mexican IT Services company headquartered in San Pedro Garza García, in Greater Monterrey, Mexico.It is a subsidiary of the Mexican conglomerate Alfa and provides IT solutions for the corporate sector in Mexico. Alestra reported revenues of $415 million for 2014.

About CENACED
CENACED is a non-profit, plural, autonomous, and inclusive civil society organization, with no political or religious aims and always open to anyone who wants to join efforts to improve the living conditions of the population in vulnerable conditions. CENACED is dedicated to  promoting and strengthening a greater culture of prevention, health self-care, and self-protection in cases of disasters and epidemiological contingencies.

About Call IT Once
Call IT Once is made up of highly experienced professionals for contact center management and the continuous improvement of contact center processes and strategies.

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TCL Fight Against COVID-19 Alongside UN Habitat Headquarters

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NAIROBI, Kenya, July 14, 2020 — In July, the anti-epidemic materials donated by TCL to UN Habitat headquarters arrived in Nairobi. After the completion of customs clearance, the materials were delivered to UN Habitat headquarters.

The aid supplies arrived at the UN Compound in Nairobi
The aid supplies arrived at the UN Compound in Nairobi

 

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By July 2020, the number of new cases of COVID-19 in Africa has reached 500,000, Africa is facing severe problems such as shortages of medical equipment and insufficiency of professional medical personnel. To cope with the epidemic situation, African countries urgently adopted prevention measures, and searched for the essential medical products in other markets.

TCL Charity Foundation immediately responded after recognizing the urgent needs for epidemic prevention materials at UN Habitat headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. As a global enterprise, TCL has actively undertaken social responsibilities and contributes to the fight against the COVID-19 across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania.

TCL Technology Corporation

TCL Technology focuses on the semi-conductor display and materials industry, also setting foot in industrial finance & investment and venture capital investment. With the vision of “becoming a global leading intelligent technology company”, TCL Technology pursues a business strategy of clear technological leadership, efficiency, global operations, and groundbreaking reformations. As a subsidiary of TCL Technology, TCL CSOT ranked third globally in market share of TV panel in 2019 and second globally in market share for LTPS mobile phone panel.

 
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Vela Diagnostics receives CE-IVD approval and Provisional Authorisation from the Health Sciences Authority in Singapore for automated COVID-19 detection test

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SINGAPORE, July 13, 2020 — Vela Diagnostics announced today that an automated version of its COVID-19 detection test, the ViroKey™ SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Test v2.0, has received the CE mark for in vitro diagnostic use as well as Provisional Authorisation from the Health Sciences Authority in Singapore.

The ViroKey™ SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Test v2.0 is a probe-based reverse transcription PCR Test that detects SARS-CoV-2 by targeting conserved regions of the SARS-CoV-2 genome, specifically the ORF1a and N genes. The automated test is optimized for a workflow consisting of the Sentosa™ SX101 instrument, in conjunction with the Sentosa™ SA201 instrument or the ABI 7500 Fast Dx. The automated workflow enables high throughput testing with significantly reduced hands-on time. Up to 48 tests, including controls, can be performed in a single run. “Receiving CE certification and Provisional Authorisation from the Health Sciences Authority in Singapore for our automated test facilitates efficient testing of SARS-CoV-2 in patients suspected of COVID-19 in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia, where there is an urgent need to identify individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 for effective management of the global pandemic,” said Managing Director, Andreas Goertz.

In April this year, an earlier version of the test, the ViroKey™ SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Test, also received the CE mark and Provisional Authorisation from the Health Sciences Authority in Singapore.

About Vela Diagnostics

Vela Diagnostics is a leading provider for integrated IVD system solutions, from sample to result. VELA’s test solutions utilize the automated Sentosa™ platform, providing the unique ability to leverage one system for NGS and PCR testing in infectious disease and oncology.

All Sentosa™ products listed above are by Vela Diagnostics. For more information, visit www.veladx.com.

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United Imaging Announces New Technology That Advances Molecular Imaging, Hints at a Series of New Announcements

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Company is sponsoring its second SNMMI Annual Meeting.

HOUSTON, July 11, 2020 — United Imaging, a global leader in advanced medical imaging and radiotherapy equipment, continues to set a new standard in molecular imaging and redefine nuclear medicine. The company has begun unveiling new technology that showcases more of its all-digital platform and its significant commitment to U.S. market growth. United Imaging will host a virtual booth at the 2020 SNMMI Annual Meeting and will meet with customers in that environment and through its own virtual meeting technology.

“United Imaging is taking a unique look at this industry,” said Jeffrey M. Bundy, Ph.D., CEO, United Imaging Healthcare Solutions in the U.S. “We built a company that from the ground up is designed for modern solutions, to address needs American healthcare providers wanted addressed. In just one short year since the last SNMMI meeting, we’ve moved fast. I think when people chat with us this year, although there is no in-person conference to physically see and touch our booth, they’ll learn that we’ve done exactly what we set out to do.”

For SNMMI, United Imaging announced that HYPER Iterative functionality is FDA cleared for its uMI 550 digital positron emission tomography (PET) / computed tomography (CT) scanner. This solidifies the company’s commitment to address the needs of the American patient. HYPER Iterative can achieve high image contrast and quantification accuracy while giving users the flexibility to reduce scan times and improve patient comfort.

In addition, United Imaging was the first in the U.S. to launch a mobile digital PET/CT unit, which will dramatically improve patient access to state-of-the-art imaging tests, including digital technology that was only available previously in fixed locations, and predominantly in large institutions or academic settings. The uMI 550 mobile scanner will hit the road to perform clinical scans this summer.

“This first-ever mobile digital PET/CT unit dramatically changes the game and makes research-level technology accessible to more people,” said Cheri Gottke, vice president of United Imaging’s molecular imaging portfolio in the U.S. “United Imaging has been leading in terms of achieving access, making this valuable — now mobile — digital PET/CT technology available to providers and patients in urban, suburban, and rural regions alike.”

Artificial intelligence (AI) remains the focus of substantial investment by the company. United Imaging also has announced the introduction of uAI technologies into key radiology systems with HYPER Deep Learning Reconstruction* in the routine PET/CT workflow of its uMI 550 and uMI 780 digital PET/CT systems to enhance image quality.

United Imaging also announced that more than 3,500 clinical patients have been scanned on its uEXPLORER® total-body PET/CT system. The average patient clinical total-body scan time is 1-3 minutes.

United Imaging developed uEXPLORER in partnership with the EXPLORER Consortium led by Simon Cherry, Ph.D., and Ramsey Badawi, Ph.D., from the University of California, Davis. The two were recently honored for that achievement with a 2020 Innovator of the Year Award from their university. uEXPLORER also received a Gold Award and a Silver Award in the 2020 American Business Awards.

“The core uEXPLORER technology is actually embedded in every product in our MI portfolio,” said Gottke. “Also, the MI portfolio — and in fact all of our modalities — features what we call our ‘all-in’ approach, meaning that our systems ship with every feature already included, so customers can simply implement them as their needs change.”

Learn more about United Imaging’s presence at SNMMI here.

* Pending 510(k), not available for sale in the United States.

ABOUT UNITED IMAGING

At United Imaging, we develop and produce advanced medical products, digital healthcare solutions, and intelligent solutions that cover the entire process of imaging diagnosis and treatment. Founded in 2011, our company has subsidiaries and R&D centers across the world. Our U.S. R&D facility opened in 2013 in Houston and was further established as the U.S. headquarters in 2018 with our service team and commercial organization in place. With a cutting-edge digital portfolio and a mission of broader access to healthcare for all, we help drive industry progress and bold change.

To learn more, visit united-imaging.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter @UnitedImagingHC.

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Welcome to NETX – Global Conglomerate Bellagraph Nova Group Launches Latest Technolgy Platform Focusing on AI + Robotics + Healthcare

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PARIS, July 10, 2020 — Headquartered in Paris, France, the Bellagraph Nova Group (BN Group), the multi-national conglomerate overseeing 31 business entities across 100 countries is the world’s fastest growing 360 degree lifestyle platform. 

The BN Group is proud to announce its latest project to its ever-increasing portfolio: NETX, an exciting new division focused on the development and application of robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. 

In December 2019, the three founders of the BN Group, Terence Loh, Nelson Loh, and Evangeline Shen hosted a closed door discussion session with Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America to discuss their views on how technology will bring about the next industrial revolution. The three founders passionately shared their vision where technological disruption is essential to bringing about positive change in our society. As a result of their historic meeting with Barack Obama, NETX was born … The rest as they say is history.

(L-R) Bellagraph Co-Founders Nelson Loh, Evangeline Shen, President Barack Obama and Terence Loh having an engaging discussion on how the BN Group wants to harness technology to benefit mankind
(L-R) Bellagraph Co-Founders Nelson Loh, Evangeline Shen, President Barack Obama and Terence Loh having an engaging discussion on how the BN Group wants to harness technology to benefit mankind

In President Obama’s own words, ” What we’re seeing here is the way that technology is changing not just how you do business, not just how you buy products, but also how you interact, how you organize politically, how you get involved in the community and how you solve problems. And all of that can support millions of new jobs.”

Those very own words of President Obama prompted the three founders’ subsequent quote: “Following our meeting with President Obama in Dec 2019, the three of us were greatly inspired by his vision. It resonated strongly with ours, so much so our exhilarated actions led to the launch of NETX.” Over the last 6 months, it has been a primary focal point of the BN Group to channel its energy and global resources into the development and commercialization of the rapidly growing global robotics market which is forecast to grow to over US$160 billion by 2025. Especially in light of the post COVID-19 pandemic, the global adoption of AI and robotics will be even faster and across all aspects of our lives.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, NETX already dispatched domestic service robots to support frontline healthcare workers worldwide, protecting over 80,000 patients and medical staff. NETX has also implemented AI in its Remote Access technology which has greatly reduced the risk of exposure in otherwise hazardous conditions. In seeing the successful applications of NETX’s robotics and AI technology, the BN Group is planning the distribution and implementation of NETX to the company’s worldwide network of hospitals, clinics, commercial and retail locations.

While many questions still remain unanswered regarding the world of robotics and how these machines will affect society, there should be no question of the Bellagraph Nova Group’s unwavering commitment to simply making our world a better place by investing in the future with its focus on the development and application of robotic technology in its latest exciting chapter, NETX.

ABOUT BELLAGRAPH NOVA GROUP

Sustainability, diversity and ethics, constitute the cornerstone of BN Group’s model and compliance policy for its executives, employees and stakeholders. Our emblem is the butterfly, the symbol par excellence of endurance and perennial metamorphosis.

The Group is headquartered in the famous 10 Place Vendôme in Paris, France. With 31 entities in over 100 countries, the combined US$12 billion revenue Bellagraph Nova Group is the world’s fastest growing 360 degree lifestyle platform.

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Carromex Unveils Pharma Leads, a Groundbreaking Cloud-based Platform for Rapid Drug Analysis and Discovery

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Mathematical Breakthrough by Australia-based Research Team Leads to a Shortening of Drug Discovery Times and Efficacy Analysis

SYDNEY and MELBOURNE, Australia, July 10, 2020 — Carromex, a mathematical research-based innovation company based in Australia, unveiled a new cloud-based pharmaceutical software platform called Pharma Leads https://carromex.com/products/pharma-leads/, that is set to significantly contribute to the advancement of the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry today. 

The platform provides pharmaceutical companies and researchers with two unique benefits: 

  • First, users can discover potential treatments by merely inputting the genetic sequence of the disease, dramatically reducing the time and costs associated with searching for new treatments.
  • Second, researchers and pharmaceutical companies can rapidly assess the safety and efficacy of the therapy by analyzing its genetic makeup to test if the combination will be harmful to the body.

The discovery was first made by Dr Burzin Bhavnagri while in pursuit of his Ph. D. at the University of Adelaide and is now available publicly for the first time. 

"Representational Consistency is an exciting and entirely new field of mathematics. In my thesis on the development of "Computer Vision using Shape Spaces" and my desire to apply the theory to a real-world example of cancer drug treatment, I discovered a formula which led to the creation of Pharma Leads", said Dr. Burzin.

From the Search for a Cure for Cancer to a Healthcare Breakthrough

In 2012, using his discovery of Representational Consistency, Dr Burzin began to research the 30 known definite carcinogens listed by the International Agency of Cancer Research (IARC), where he discovered a link between representational inconsistency and carcinogens, prompting the search for a cancer treatment using the theory. 

Dr Burzin then discovered that the same process could be used to dramatically reduce the research time and costs associated with drug development and discovery, leading to the creation of the Pharma Leads platform. 

Using Computer Vision to Revolutionize the Pharmaceutical Industry

Pharma Leads by Carromex is an interactive online program that works in silico without the need for a database which can systematically analyze a chemical structure or gene sequence. 

The revolutionary platform allows users to access a list of amino acids for a protein sequence or a list of nucleic acids for a gene sequence. The user can also enter the name of the medicines or their chemical structure to analyze a drugs safety and efficacy. 

"Users can choose from searching for a treatment or analyze how a chemical compound may interact with RNA or DNA, for instance, Acetaminophen," Dr Burzin explained further. 

Pharma Leads by Carromex is currently available on Google Cloud for users in the United States. 

For more information, please visit https://carromex.com/products/pharma-leads/ 

About Carromex and the Invention of Pharma leads 

Carromex was founded in the 1980s by the late Dr Nina Bhavnagri and her son Dr Burzin Bhavnagri. For the last eight years, the company has been focusing on mathematical research and program design. 

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