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IHH reports highest ever quarterly revenue in Q1 2024, with double-digit growth across key metrics, on outstanding performance across all markets

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Mittwoch, Mai 29, 2024

Highest ever quarterly revenue; revenue and EBITDA saw double-digit growth from sustained patient volume and taking on more acute, complex cases.

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  • Highest ever quarterly revenue; revenue and EBITDA saw double-digit growth from sustained patient volume and taking on more acute, complex cases.
  • PATMI excluding exceptional items (“PATMI (ex EI)”) was up 22% on the strong operational performance.
  • Balance sheet remained strong: net cash generated from operating activities at RM831.3 million; overall cash balance at RM2.2 billion.
  • 1 The Group’s headline performance includes the application of the MFRS 129 accounting standard (Financial Reporting in Hyperinflationary Economies) relating to its entities in Türkiye.

Aligos Therapeutics Announces the Completion of Enrollment in the ALG-055009 Phase 2a HERALD Study for the Treatment of MASH

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Dienstag, Mai 21, 2024

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aligos Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALGS, “Aligos”), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapeutics to address unmet medical needs in liver and viral diseases, today announced that it has completed enrollment in the ALG-055009 Phase 2a HERALD study for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) with topline safety and efficacy data anticipated in early Q4 2024. The company also announced that Dr. Rohit Loomba will serve as Principal Investigator for the study.

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  • The company also announced that Dr. Rohit Loomba will serve as Principal Investigator for the study.
  • “Completing enrollment in our first Phase 2a trial is a tremendous accomplishment for the Aligos team,” said Lawrence Blatt, Ph.D., MBA, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer at Aligos Therapeutics.
  • In addition, I’d like to welcome Dr. Rohit Loomba as our Principal Investigator for the HERALD study.
  • “The excellent potency and PK profile makes ALG-055009 a compelling potential treatment option for MASH patients.

Plug Signs 3 GW BEDP Contract with Allied Green Ammonia for Electrolyzer Project in Australia

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Donnerstag, Mai 16, 2024

The FID for AGA’s hydrogen-to-ammonia facility, with a capacity of 2,700 metric ton-per-day (TPD) green ammonia, is planned for Q4 2025.

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  • The FID for AGA’s hydrogen-to-ammonia facility, with a capacity of 2,700 metric ton-per-day (TPD) green ammonia, is planned for Q4 2025.
  • “Moving this major green hydrogen-to-ammonia project to the BEDP phase is a sign of its maturity in the development process,” noted Plug CEO Andy Marsh.
  • This BEDP agreement is a significant milestone in the development of Allied Green’s facility, which will be one of the most efficient green hydrogen and green ammonia projects globally.
  • This announcement follows Plug’s recently announced BEDP contracts totaling 4.5 GW, bringing Plug’s total BEDP contracts to 7.5 GW to date spanning across the United States, Europe and Australia.

IHH Spearheads Cancer Care Leadership in Asia With Official Launch of Region’s First Private Proton Therapy Centre

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Mittwoch, Mai 15, 2024

Centre has already treated more than 100 patients from 16 countries, ranging in ages from 18 months to 85 years.

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  • Centre has already treated more than 100 patients from 16 countries, ranging in ages from 18 months to 85 years.
  • SINGAPORE, May 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  IHH Healthcare, a world-leading integrated healthcare provider, has reinforced its position as Asia’s leading cancer care provider with the official opening of the Mount Elizabeth Proton Therapy Centre in Singapore.
  • Located in Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, the centre makes IHH the first private healthcare provider in the region and in Singapore to offer proton therapy, providing patients unprecedented access to this advanced and highly specialised cancer treatment.
  • IHH Healthcare Singapore’s investment in proton therapy demonstrates our unwavering resolve to provide our patients with the best care,” said Dr Peter Chow, Chief Executive Officer, IHH Healthcare Singapore.

Xspray to present data at ASCO highlighting frequent comedication of PPIs with TKIs in CML-patients and greater than expected negative effects on the bioavailability of crystalline dasatinib

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Donnerstag, Mai 23, 2024

Of those prescribed a PPI, 66% of the prescriptions were by a different healthcare provider.

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  • Of those prescribed a PPI, 66% of the prescriptions were by a different healthcare provider.
  • Further, the presentation provides new information on the bioavailability of crystalline dasatinib when comedicated with a PPI, demonstrating a substantially higher than previously reported impact of PPIs on the bioavailability of crystalline dasatinib, with Cmax and AUC24 being reduced by 96% and 88% respectively.
  • “Consistent absorption and bioavailability of dasatinib are critical for adequate disease control and patient outcomes, this is however often overlooked in clinical practice as our data demonstrates,” said Per Andersson, CEO of Xspray.
  • Frequency of Comedication of Proton Pump Inhibitors with Crystalline Dasatinib in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia and Effects on TKI-Bioavailability.

Ohmium Selected to Provide 10MW PEM Electrolyzers for First Green Hydrogen Project in Croatia

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Montag, Mai 20, 2024

Ohmium International (“Ohmium”), a leading green hydrogen company that designs, manufactures, and deploys advanced Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzers, is pleased to announce that it was selected to equip the first green hydrogen project in Croatia.

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  • Ohmium International (“Ohmium”), a leading green hydrogen company that designs, manufactures, and deploys advanced Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzers, is pleased to announce that it was selected to equip the first green hydrogen project in Croatia.
  • Ohmium was selected to serve as the PEM electrolyzer supplier for IVICOM, a leading Croatian engineering and construction company, on a project to build a 10MW green hydrogen plant at the INA Rijeka Refinery.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240520820657/en/
    INA Rijeka Refinery in Kostrena, Croatia (Photo: Business Wire)
    The project will pair Ohmium’s PEM electrolyzers with a new solar power plant to produce green hydrogen to help decarbonize INA’s Rijeka Refinery and supply sustainable fuel for Croatia’s growing transportation market.
  • “This partnership is in line with our company vision of prioritizing green projects and green hydrogen innovation for a sustainable future.”
    “The green hydrogen installation at the Rijeka Refinery will be a premier example of the green transition in Europe,” said Arne Ballantine, Ohmium CEO.

Ohmium Collaborates with HYGRO for 5.4MW Green Hydrogen and Wind Turbine Pilot Project in the Netherlands

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Mittwoch, Mai 15, 2024

Ohmium International (“Ohmium”), a leading green hydrogen company that designs, manufactures, and deploys advanced Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzers, is launching a collaboration with HYGRO, a Dutch provider of green hydrogen, beginning with a new hydrogen production and distribution project in North Holland.

Key Points: 
  • Ohmium International (“Ohmium”), a leading green hydrogen company that designs, manufactures, and deploys advanced Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzers, is launching a collaboration with HYGRO, a Dutch provider of green hydrogen, beginning with a new hydrogen production and distribution project in North Holland.
  • The innovative pilot project will pair Ohmium PEM electrolyzers with HYGRO wind turbines at the EWEF Wind Park in Wieringerwerf, producing green hydrogen for distribution to fueling stations throughout the region.
  • Co-locating the PEM electrolyzers with the wind turbines enables stable, consistent and reliable electricity supply to the grid, despite fluctuating wind conditions.
  • “Ohmium shares HYGRO’s vision for an integrated green hydrogen supply chain to foster a sustainable and fossil free future,” said Arne Ballantine, Ohmium CEO.

GIST Researchers Develop Nanotechnology for Creating Wafer-Scale Nanoparticle Monolayers in Seconds

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Mittwoch, Mai 8, 2024

The unique abilities of nanoparticles make them lucrative materials for a wide range of applications both for research and industrial purposes.

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  • The unique abilities of nanoparticles make them lucrative materials for a wide range of applications both for research and industrial purposes.
  • While artificial methods struggle with these drawbacks, underwater adhesion processes found in nature have evolved into unique strategies to overcome this problem.
  • The researchers engineered the electrostatic surface potential for both the target surface and the nanoparticles, driven by proton dynamics.
  • The researchers further found that the charge-sensitive nature of the underlying process enables deterministic "healing" of monolayer films and "pick-and-place" nanopatterning at the wafer scale.

EQS-News: SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES - Innovative PVD sputtering systems for the production of bipolar plates for fuel cells and electrolyzes

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Freitag, Mai 3, 2024

SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES is already successfully coating bipolar plates on a pilot scale with industrial and research partners.

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  • SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES is already successfully coating bipolar plates on a pilot scale with industrial and research partners.
  • With its inline coating systems, SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES offers significant advantages over batch systems and thus enables cost-effective production of bipolar plates suitable for series production as demand increases.
  • An outstanding feature of the PVD systems from Singulus TECHNOLOGIES is the company's extensive process knowledge.
  • The modular GENERIS PVD inline sputtering system from SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES enables the variable deposition of different layers systems and, with a flexible substrate carrier system, offers the possibility of coating bipolar plates in all common sizes.

Plug Signs Additional BEDP Contracts for a Total of 4.5GW of Electrolyzers Across Europe and the United States

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Donnerstag, April 25, 2024

These agreements enhance Plug’s overall BEDP portfolio, bringing the company’s total amount of global BEDP contracts to 4.5 gigawatts (GW).

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  • These agreements enhance Plug’s overall BEDP portfolio, bringing the company’s total amount of global BEDP contracts to 4.5 gigawatts (GW).
  • Earlier this year, Plug finalized a 500MW contract in Europe, and with the addition of this 350MW contract, the company has now closed 850MW of BEDP contracts in just four months.
  • "Within just three years, we've significantly scaled our business and have successfully shipped and deployed electrolyzers across five continents.
  • Over the course of 2024, it plans to deliver an additional 40 systems for a cumulated total of 189MW.