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Clover Appoints LiongHo Chua as President of Greater China

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

SHANGHAI, China, April 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Clover Biopharmaceuticals, Ltd. (Clover; HKEX: 02197), a global clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel vaccines and biologic therapeutic candidates, today announced the appointment of Mr. LiongHo Chua as President of Greater China.

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  • SHANGHAI, China, April 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Clover Biopharmaceuticals, Ltd. (Clover; HKEX: 02197), a global clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel vaccines and biologic therapeutic candidates, today announced the appointment of Mr. LiongHo Chua as President of Greater China.
  • "I am grateful for the opportunity to join Clover and advance the important efforts to potentially commercialize our differentiated, protein-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate in China, where we believe we can make a significant impact in the fight against the ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks, said LiongHo Chua, President of Greater China of Clover.
  • Prior to joining Clover, Mr. Chua served as the Executive President and Chief Strategy Officer for AIM Vaccine, a leading vaccines manufacturer in China.
  • Earlier in his career, Mr. Chua was the General Manager for Sanofi Pasteur China.

Get Active This Summer: Philips Sound Announces Latest GO Sports Line

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TPV USA – the company responsible for the sales and marketing of Philips Sound products – is launching the latest additions to the Philips GO range of dedicated sports headphones and speakers. Designed for active lifestyles thanks to an innovative combination of comfort, ruggedness, and water resistance, the Philips GO line delivers best-in-class sound, whether you're on a solo run or hosting friends for a backyard yoga session.

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  • Designed for active lifestyles thanks to an innovative combination of comfort, ruggedness, and water resistance, the Philips GO line delivers best-in-class sound, whether you're on a solo run or hosting friends for a backyard yoga session.
  • First up, debuting in April 2022 and available now on Amazon for pre-sale is the Philips GO S4807 Bluetooth Speaker.
  • The A6606 Bone Conduction Bluetooth Sports Headphones tap into the latest bone conduction technology, allowing you to hear ambient noise around you while still delivering quality Philips sound resulting in a safer fitness experience outdoors.
  • Also launching later this summer is the latest addition to the Philips Party Speaker line, built to deliver rich, quality sound even outside.

Global Men's Grooming Appliance Market to 2027 - Featuring Andis, Conair and Panasonic Among Others - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

The global men's grooming appliances market is segmented based on type and distribution channel.

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  • The global men's grooming appliances market is segmented based on type and distribution channel.
  • Based on distribution channel, the men's grooming appliances market is segmented into supermarkets, speciality stores, online stores, and others.
  • Analysis of regional regulations and other government policies impacting the global men's grooming appliances market.
  • Insights about market determinants that are stimulating the global men's grooming appliances market.

Legend Capital Portfolio: Korean Medical AI Company Lunit to List on KOSDAQ in 2Q2022

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

According to Korean media reports, Lunit is considered one of the most promising medical AI IPOs in Korea in the first half of 2022.

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  • According to Korean media reports, Lunit is considered one of the most promising medical AI IPOs in Korea in the first half of 2022.
  • Brandon Suh, CEO of Lunit, said: "Lunit is the first deep learning-based medical AI company in Korea with a specialized AI research team and medical team, developing AI solutions for cancer diagnosis and treatment.
  • Closely following the deep integration of medical and health industry and technology, Legend Capital has built a solid portfolio in medical AI sector in recent years.
  • In addition to Lunit, Legend Capital also invested in a number of other leading medical AI companies, such as Xbiome, an AI-based microbiome drug development company, StoneWise, an AI technology-driven innovative drug R&D platform company, Deepwise Healthcare, an AI medical imaging company, Deep Informatics++, an AI medical pathological diagnosis company, Genome Wisdom, a genomic big data company, and Ayshealth Technology, an AI medical chronic disease management system company.

Philips Speech Teams Up With Sembly AI to Launch a Brand-new Speech Technology Solution for Meetings

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Sembly goes beyond simple speech recognition and offers users instant searchable meeting transcripts, highlights key discussion moments, and creates summaries.

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  • Sembly goes beyond simple speech recognition and offers users instant searchable meeting transcripts, highlights key discussion moments, and creates summaries.
  • We are pleased to say, that the cooperation with Sembly AI gives us new market opportunities by offering best of both worlds.
  • The Philips products seamlessly integrate with the included Sembly SaaS to provide more value to our end customers continues Gil Makleff, CEO and Co-founder of Sembly AI.
  • Sembly AI is a voice and conversation analytics technology company, focused on bringing the power of natural language processing to professional meeting environments.

SLINGSHOT 2022, Asia's premier deep tech startup competition, offers exclusive new Singapore immersion programme for top 50 global startups

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

SINGAPORE, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SLINGSHOT powered by Startup SG returns for its sixth year[1]. A new immersion programme for the top 50 global startups to explore growth opportunities in Singapore, as well as an exclusive collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) which offers access to cloud expertise, mentorship and its global community of potential customers, has been introduced for the competition. Organised by Enterprise Singapore (Enterprise SG), the SLINGSHOT grand finals will be held during the Singapore Week of Innovation & Technology[2] (SWITCH), from 25 to 28 October 2022.

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  • A new immersion programme for the top 50 global startups to explore growth opportunities in Singapore, as well as an exclusive collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) which offers access to cloud expertise, mentorship and its global community of potential customers, has been introduced for the competition.
  • Organised by Enterprise Singapore (Enterprise SG), the SLINGSHOT grand finals will be held during the Singapore Week of Innovation & Technology[2] (SWITCH), from 25 to 28 October 2022.
  • The startups will also go on site visits and lab crawls to research, innovation and corporate facilities.
  • SLINGSHOT is also collaborating with AWS for the first time, on its AWS Startup Ramp programme to support the top 50 finalists.

SLINGSHOT 2022, Asia's premier deep tech startup competition, offers exclusive new Singapore immersion programme for top 50 global startups

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

SINGAPORE, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SLINGSHOT powered by Startup SG returns for its sixth year[1]. A new immersion programme for the top 50 global startups to explore growth opportunities in Singapore, as well as an exclusive collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) which offers access to cloud expertise, mentorship and its global community of potential customers, has been introduced for the competition. Organised by Enterprise Singapore (Enterprise SG), the SLINGSHOT grand finals will be held during the Singapore Week of Innovation & Technology[2] (SWITCH), from 25 to 28 October 2022.

Key Points: 
  • A new immersion programme for the top 50 global startups to explore growth opportunities in Singapore, as well as an exclusive collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) which offers access to cloud expertise, mentorship and its global community of potential customers, has been introduced for the competition.
  • Organised by Enterprise Singapore (Enterprise SG), the SLINGSHOT grand finals will be held during the Singapore Week of Innovation & Technology[2] (SWITCH), from 25 to 28 October 2022.
  • The startups will also go on site visits and lab crawls to research, innovation and corporate facilities.
  • SLINGSHOT is also collaborating with AWS for the first time, on its AWS Startup Ramp programme to support the top 50 finalists.

Society for Information Display (SID) Announces Display Week 2022 Keynote Addresses by Top Executives from LG Display Co., Meta Reality Labs and BOE

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Monday, April 25, 2022

CAMPBELL, Calif., April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Display Week, the world's leading international technical event for electronic display innovation, today announces dynamic back-to-back keynote addresses by three prestigious visionary executives who lead display technologies and product innovation within their enterprises. Collectively these addresses will provide key insights, perspective and opportunities on the horizon for the assembled industry stakeholders, comprised of display creators, value-add suppliers, OEMs and end-users.

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  • On Wednesday, May 11, there will be a special speaker at the annual awards luncheon, starting at noon.
  • He is responsible for the development of next-generation displays as well as OLED technology.
  • Since joining LG Display in 2002, Yoon has led the development of various innovative technologies.
  • O'Keeffe, a serial entrepreneur, founded and was CEO of InfiniLED, an innovator of uLED display technology, which Facebook acquired in 2016.

Philips delivers Q1 sales of EUR 3.9 billion, with good demand driving 5% comparable order intake growth

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Monday, April 25, 2022

Comparable order intake growth for the Group amounted to 5%, driven by good growth across the Diagnosis & Treatment businesses, as well as Hospital Patient Monitoring and Connected Care Informatics.

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  • Comparable order intake growth for the Group amounted to 5%, driven by good growth across the Diagnosis & Treatment businesses, as well as Hospital Patient Monitoring and Connected Care Informatics.
  • The Diagnosis & Treatment businesses comparable sales decreased 2%, on the back of 9% comparable sales growth in Q1 2021.
  • Comparable order intake increased 7%, with double-digit growth in Image-Guided Therapy and mid-single-digit growth in Ultrasound and Diagnostic Imaging, reflecting robust traction for Philips very attractive offering.
  • Comparable order intake was in line with Q1 2021, with continued strong demand and share gains in Hospital Patient Monitoring and Connected Care Informatics.

Philips Respironics issues voluntary recall notification/field safety notice* for the V60 ventilator product family

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Friday, April 22, 2022

Philips Respironics projects an average of less than one silent shutdown among one million uses per year.

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  • Philips Respironics projects an average of less than one silent shutdown among one million uses per year.
  • In connection with this recall notification/field safety notice,* Philips has taken a provision in the fourth quarter of 2021.
  • * This is a voluntary recall notification for the U.S. only, and a field safety notice for the rest of the world.
  • In the US, the FDA has classified the recall notification as a Class 1 recall.