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Six Laureates in Taiwan for the 5th Tang Prize Award Ceremony

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onsdag, augusti 2, 2023
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TAIPEI, Aug. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The 5th Tang Prize Award Ceremony was held at 14:30 (GMT+8) on August 1 in the Howard Civil Service International House in Taipei.

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  • TAIPEI, Aug. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The 5th Tang Prize Award Ceremony was held at 14:30 (GMT+8) on August 1 in the Howard Civil Service International House in Taipei.
  • Prominent attendees included six 2022 Tang Prize laureates, who flew to Taiwan from different parts of the world for this memorable occasion.
  • The 2022 Tang Prize laureates are Professor Jeffrey Sachs for Sustainable Development, Drs.
  • President of the Tang Prize Selection Committee Dr. Shu Chien spoke via video link and offered the six laureates his warmest congratulations.

The Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF) Launches Conquest Trial Platform to Address Critical Issues in Clinical Development and Enable Advances in Scleroderma Therapeutics

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tisdag, augusti 1, 2023
General Health, Foundation, Health, Philanthropy, Scleroderma Research Foundation, Drug development, University, Therapy, Atmosphere, Clinical trial, Cancer, British Lung Foundation, ILD, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Research, FVC, CONQUEST, Autoimmunity, Fibrosis, Vital capacity, SRF, Imperial College London, MD, Patient, Autoimmune disease, Vascular disease, Rheumatology, Disease, Frederick, Knowledge, Ecosystem, Respiratory Medicine, British, Pharmaceutical industry, Vaccine, Medicine, Scleroderma, Sanofi

This groundbreaking effort, conceived and led by the SRF, will enroll patients across more than 130 centers in more than 22 countries. CONQUEST offers advantages to all stakeholders -- patients, physician, and drug innovators -- and provides for a seamless transition to a global Phase 3 trial, investigation of a drug’s activity in a wide range of genetic backgrounds, as well as rapid patient enrollment. By assembling a global network of high-performing centers that are dedicated to treating scleroderma, the SRF and its pharmaceutical partners expect to make enduring contributions to the scleroderma community by creating an ecosystem designed to enable success in new drug development.

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  • The Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF), the nation’s largest non-profit funder of scleroderma research, today announced that Sanofi will contribute the first experimental agent to CONQUEST, a highly innovative clinical trial platform created by the SRF.
  • In the future, the CONQUEST platform will be expanded to address other manifestations of scleroderma.
  • Luke Evnin, Ph.D., Chairman of the Scleroderma Research Foundation, commented, “Our commitment to innovation in scleroderma spans basic, translational, and clinical research.
  • The initial run of CONQUEST is expected to enroll approximately 400 patients and trial initiation is targeted for Q4 2023.

Six Laureates to be in Taiwan for the 5th Tang Prize Week Beginning August 1

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onsdag, juli 26, 2023
Rule of law, Vaccine, Cullis, Paris, Travel, Paris Agreement, Sustainable Development Goals, COVID-19, British, Special, DRS, Negotiation, Messenger, Kariko, Tue, UN, Sinology, Sustainable development, Entertainment

TAIPEI, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The biennial Tang Prize Award Ceremony will be held for the 5th time at 14:30 (GMT+8) on August 1 (Tue.)

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  • TAIPEI, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The biennial Tang Prize Award Ceremony will be held for the 5th time at 14:30 (GMT+8) on August 1 (Tue.)
  • Six 2022 laureates, Jeffrey Sachs for Sustainable Development, Katalin Kariko, Drew Weissman, and Pieter Cullis for Biopharmaceutical Science, Jessica Rawson for Sinology, and Cheryl Saunders for Rule of Law, will travel to Taiwan to attend the ceremony and other Tang Prize Week events in person.
  • CEO of the Tang Prize Foundation Dr. Jenn-Chuan Chern pointed out that all six laureates are renowned scholars who have made notable contributions to the world.
  • Another important event, the Tang Prize Laureate's Lecture series, is scheduled for August 2 (Wed.), from 9:30 (GMT+8) to 17:20 (GMT+8).

Six Laureates to be in Taiwan for the 5th Tang Prize Week Beginning August 1

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onsdag, juli 26, 2023
Rule of law, Vaccine, Cullis, Paris, Travel, Paris Agreement, Sustainable Development Goals, COVID-19, British, Special, DRS, Negotiation, Messenger, Kariko, Tue, UN, Sinology, Sustainable development, Entertainment

TAIPEI, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The biennial Tang Prize Award Ceremony will be held for the 5th time at 14:30 (GMT+8) on August 1 (Tue.)

Key Points: 
  • TAIPEI, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The biennial Tang Prize Award Ceremony will be held for the 5th time at 14:30 (GMT+8) on August 1 (Tue.)
  • Six 2022 laureates, Jeffrey Sachs for Sustainable Development, Katalin Kariko, Drew Weissman, and Pieter Cullis for Biopharmaceutical Science, Jessica Rawson for Sinology, and Cheryl Saunders for Rule of Law, will travel to Taiwan to attend the ceremony and other Tang Prize Week events in person.
  • CEO of the Tang Prize Foundation Dr. Jenn-Chuan Chern pointed out that all six laureates are renowned scholars who have made notable contributions to the world.
  • Another important event, the Tang Prize Laureate's Lecture series, is scheduled for August 2 (Wed.), from 9:30 (GMT+8) to 17:20 (GMT+8).

Bees have appeared on coins for millennia, hinting at an age-old link between sweetness and value

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måndag, juli 24, 2023
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Around 2,400 years earlier, a mint in the kingdom of Macedon had the same idea, creating a silver obol coin with a bee stamped on one side.

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  • Around 2,400 years earlier, a mint in the kingdom of Macedon had the same idea, creating a silver obol coin with a bee stamped on one side.
  • Over the centuries between these two events, currency demonstrating a symbolic link between honey and money is surprisingly common.

What is currency and why is it important?

    • Currency is a physical manifestation of money, so coins are a durable representation of value.
    • A bee and honeycomb are shown on the 3 Mils coin, symbolising the fact that honey was used as currency in Ancient Malta.
    • The use of bees on ancient coins extended for many centuries including widely circulated bronze coins, and new varieties continue to be discovered.

Why we might like bees on coins

    • Our brain may thus be pre-adapted to liking bees due to their association with the sweet taste of honey.
    • Early usage of bees on coins may have been a functional illustration of the link between a known value (honey) and a new form of currency: coins as money.

The bee on modern coins

    • The use of bees as a design feature has persisted from ancient to modern times.
    • A honeybee visiting a flower is shown on a series of ten-centesimi bronze coins issued in Italy from 1919 to 1937.

Bees on coins, today and tomorrow

    • Public awareness of bees and environmental sustainability may well be factors in the current interest in bee coins.
    • The diversity of countries using bees as a design feature over the entire history of coins suggests people have valued the relationship with bees as essential to our own prosperity for a long time.

How the British Museum's new exhibition reveals China's Hidden Century through everyday lives

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torsdag, juli 13, 2023
Qianlong Emperor, Flower, Kangxi Emperor, Starvation, Exhibition, Life, Face, Culture, Pearl River, Delicate, Opium War, British, Clothing, History, Language, Pain, Empress Dowager Cixi, Gold, Museum, Map, Logic, Anomaly, Imagination, Death, Consciousness, Jewellery, Furniture, Film industry

The face of the British Museum’s big summer show, China’s Hidden Century, is that of an elderly woman wearing jade earrings, dressed in a blue robe with ornate gold embroidery decorating its collar.

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  • The face of the British Museum’s big summer show, China’s Hidden Century, is that of an elderly woman wearing jade earrings, dressed in a blue robe with ornate gold embroidery decorating its collar.
  • It is an image painted, we discover in the exhibition, by an unidentified artist in the Guangzhou area around 1876, as one of a pair.
  • The approach of China’s Hidden Century is to focus on details – on ornaments, clothes and artefacts – the sorts of things that figured in daily life in the 19th century.

A country in flux

    • The golden era of the three great Qing emperors – Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong – which lasted almost a century and a half, was over.
    • Under increasingly weak figures, (prominently portrayed at the start of the exhibition), China’s domestic and international situation deteriorated.
    • It experienced the horrific Taiping and Nian rebellions mid-century, starvation in the 1870s and violent encroachments by first the British and then other European and Asian countries.
    • This period is not, therefore, remotely “hidden” in the consciousness of modern China, but figures as a crucible of pain, humiliation and victimhood.

From imperial to global China

    • First, there is an indication of the sheer size of Qing China (1644-1912) – expanded to embrace today’s Mongolia and the annexed territories of Xinjiang and Tibet, through a map at the entrance.
    • After this comes coverage of the political culture – the grafting onto Chinese imperial power structures of Manchu habits and customs.
    • Finally, there is coverage of global China, and a small final room on its sudden, but not unexpected demise.
    • Delicate and understated, it is the sort of aesthetic statement that intrigued outsiders trying to familiarise themselves with Chinese culture.

Love takes centre stage with Häagen-Dazs unveiling global 'Summer of Amour' experiences for Pierre Hermé collaboration

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torsdag, juli 6, 2023
Partnership, Joie de vivre, Culture, Ice cream, British, Love's Bus Service, Palais de Tokyo, Lovemap, NPD, Museum, Love, Studio Harcourt, Social media, Film industry, Nightclub, Primrose Hill

LONDON, July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Häagen-Dazs is moving into a summer of 'amour' to celebrate its collaboration with world renowned pastry chef, Pierre Hermé.

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  • LONDON, July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Häagen-Dazs is moving into a summer of 'amour' to celebrate its collaboration with world renowned pastry chef, Pierre Hermé.
  • Consumers had the opportunity to capture and share their love at the most enchanting spots in Paris.
  • These were then showcased with a specially developed 'Love filter' in an open-air street-style gallery at Place Stravinski.
  • With the Häagen-Dazs and Pierre Hermé collaboration at the forefront, this summer marked an extraordinary narrative in the biggest NPD launch of the iconic ice cream brand.

Love takes centre stage with Häagen-Dazs unveiling global 'Summer of Amour' experiences for Pierre Hermé collaboration

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torsdag, juli 6, 2023
Partnership, Joie de vivre, Culture, Ice cream, British, Love's Bus Service, Palais de Tokyo, Lovemap, NPD, Museum, Love, Studio Harcourt, Social media, Film industry, Nightclub, Primrose Hill

LONDON, July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Häagen-Dazs is moving into a summer of 'amour' to celebrate its collaboration with world renowned pastry chef, Pierre Hermé.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Häagen-Dazs is moving into a summer of 'amour' to celebrate its collaboration with world renowned pastry chef, Pierre Hermé.
  • Consumers had the opportunity to capture and share their love at the most enchanting spots in Paris.
  • These were then showcased with a specially developed 'Love filter' in an open-air street-style gallery at Place Stravinski.
  • With the Häagen-Dazs and Pierre Hermé collaboration at the forefront, this summer marked an extraordinary narrative in the biggest NPD launch of the iconic ice cream brand.

Cybin to Participate in PSYCH Symposium London 2023

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fredag, juni 30, 2023
Biotechnology, Alternative Medicine, Health, Mental Health, British, DNB, Inc., FDA, MBBS, Research, NYSE, NEO, Pharmaceutical industry, Medical device

Cybin Inc. (NEO:CYBN) (NYSE American:CYBN) (“Cybin” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to revolutionizing mental healthcare by developing new and innovative psychedelic-based treatment options, is pleased to announce that Amir Inamdar, MBBS, DNB (Psych), MFPM, Cybin’s Chief Medical Officer, will be participating in the upcoming PSYCH Symposium 2023 taking place Thursday, July 6, 2023 at the British Museum in London, UK.

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  • Cybin Inc. (NEO:CYBN) (NYSE American:CYBN) (“Cybin” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to revolutionizing mental healthcare by developing new and innovative psychedelic-based treatment options, is pleased to announce that Amir Inamdar, MBBS, DNB (Psych), MFPM, Cybin’s Chief Medical Officer, will be participating in the upcoming PSYCH Symposium 2023 taking place Thursday, July 6, 2023 at the British Museum in London, UK.
  • Dr. Inamdar will speak in a fireside chat titled “Challenges in Psychedelic Drug Development” at 10:20 a.m. GMT on Thursday, July 6, 2023.
  • “I look forward to speaking at the PSYCH Symposium, where we will discuss some of the key issues facing investigators and drug developers in the conduct of research with psychedelics,” said Amir Inamdar, Cybin’s Chief Medical Officer.
  • “As we continue to navigate these important conversations, we are encouraged by the recent FDA draft guidelines for psychedelic drug development, which are a step in the right direction in bringing these medicines to people who need them the most.”
    For additional information on the event, please visit PSYCH Symposium’s website.

Budweiser Global Celebrates 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup™ with the Return of #BringHomeTheBud

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fredag, juni 30, 2023
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View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230630907006/en/

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230630907006/en/
    Budweiser Global Celebrates 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup™ with the Return of #BringHomeTheBud (Photo: Business Wire)
    This summer, Budweiser will rally fans across the world to cheer on their favorite women’s football teams as they seize the opportunity for greatness and give their all for the title of World Cup champions.
  • The program is an extension of Budweiser’s long-term commitment to football and aims to shine a light on the talented women taking the pitch in July for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup™.
  • Throughout the tournament, Budweiser will again bring its iconic asset created during the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ - the Bring Home the Bud crates of beer.
  • “The World is Yours to Take” film was developed and produced by Wieden+Kennedy in collaboration with FIFA.