[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]GE Healthcare today announced the receipt of a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP). This opinion recommends the granting of a marketing authorisation for VIZAMYL™ (Flutemetamol F18 injection), a radiopharmaceutical medicinal product indicated for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging of beta amyloid neuritic plaque density in the brains of adult patients with cognitive impairment who are being evaluated for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other causes of cognitive impairment. VIZAMYL™ is for diagnos
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. and NASDAQ OMX (Nasdaq:NDAQ), have signed an agreement for NASDAQ OMX to deliver its industry-leading trading technology, X-stream Trading, to PSE. The new system will power PSE's trading platform, which currently trades equities and ETFs. X-stream Trading, which will replace the current platform, is expected to go live in mid-2015. “We are delighted to partner with NASDAQ OMX for this important undertaking,” said Hans B. Sicat, PSE President and CEO. “As the operator of the stock market, we need to ensure that we continue to provide th
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Toshiba Corporation (http://goo.gl/m782j) (TOKYO:6502) and GDF SUEZ (www.gdfsuez.com/en) have completed a deal that will boost development of the Moorside new nuclear power project on the West Cumbria coast in northwest England - the largest, single proposed nuclear power plant construction project in Europe. The agreement sees Toshiba acquiring a 60-percent stake and GDF SUEZ retaining a 40-percent holding in NuGeneration Ltd (NuGen), the U.K.-based nuclear energy company that plans to build three Westinghouse AP1000 reactors in West Cumbria. Each reactor will take appro
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today launched the 850 PRO, a new solid state drive (SSD) line-up featuring Samsung’s cutting-edge three-dimensional (3D) vertical NAND (V-NAND) flash memory technology. The new Samsung 850 PRO, unveiled at the 2014 Samsung SSD Global Summit in Seoul, offers a new breed of performance for solid state drives and will be available globally across 53 markets from this month. Based on Samsung’s proprietary V-NAND technology, the new 850 PRO is ideal for use in high-end PCs and workstations. Samsung
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]AhnLab, Inc. (www.ahnlab.com), a leading provider of information security products and services for enterprise, military and government organizations, and Synetcom Philippines, Inc., AhnLab’s strategic business partner, introduced AhnLab MDS, multi-layered security solutions against today’s advanced security threats at the CommunicAsia 2014 (Booth Number BB5-08, Basement Level), held on June 17-20, 2014 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. CommunicAsia 2014 is known to be the one of the largest and the most important event recognized by industry professionals in Singapore, con
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., today announced the Galaxy S5 Broadband LTE-A, a new smartphone featuring an advanced multimedia experience and the fastest download, web browsing, multimedia streaming and application loading speeds. As the world’s first, commercially available Broadband LTE-A (Cat.6) smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S5 Broadband LTE-A combines the technological innovations of the flagship Galaxy S5 with new, advanced features and triple the network speeds to produce an unparalleled multimedia experience. Samsung continuously proves its leadership in the indu
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]SR Labs, a leading provider of low latency market data and market access solutions for the financial industry, today announced it has agreed to acquire Wombat from Intercontinental Exchange. “We are excited to make this acquisition and believe that together SR Labs and Wombat will deliver significant increases in performance and value to our combined client base,” commented Srinivasan Ramiah, founder and CEO of SR Labs. “The merged company will be the first choice for market data and market access for financial firms globally. Our focus will continue to be product innovat
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Malwarebytes today announced the launch of Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit, a new technology designed to protect companies and home users from the growing threat of known and unknown zero-day exploits, which effectively bypass traditional security software. Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit is designed to protect against vulnerabilities in mass-market applications such as browsers, Java, document readers, media players and others. These vulnerabilities are increasingly targeted by malicious actors as part of Advanced Persistent Threats and used to breach corporations and target critica