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Global Fund Partnership Has Saved 38 Million Lives - but COVID-19 Could Wipe Out Progress

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Sunday, September 13, 2020

According to the report released today, the Global Fund partnership has saved 38 million lives since 2002, including 6 million in 2019 alone.

Key Points: 
  • According to the report released today, the Global Fund partnership has saved 38 million lives since 2002, including 6 million in 2019 alone.
  • However, the Results Report 2020 shows that much of that progress could now be lost due to the knock-on effects of COVID-19.
  • The Global Fund is a partnership designed to accelerate the end of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as epidemics.
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Laureate Education To Sell Brazilian Operations to Ser Educacional

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Sunday, September 13, 2020

BALTIMORE, Sept. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Laureate Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAUR) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Ser Educacional S.A.(B3: SEER3) for the sale of its Brazilian operations.

Key Points: 
  • BALTIMORE, Sept. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Laureate Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAUR) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Ser Educacional S.A.(B3: SEER3) for the sale of its Brazilian operations.
  • Ser Educacional is a respected network of educational institutions in Brazil, united by a commitment to the personal and professional growth of all of its students.
  • Upon the closing of the transaction, Laureate will own approximately 44% of the shares of Ser Educacional, which will be subject to certain voting restrictions.
  • In connection with the transaction, Ser Educacional will seek to list American Depositary Shares (ADS) on a U.S. securities exchange.

AIM Appoints New Manufacturers' Representative for Brazil

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Sunday, September 13, 2020

MANAUS, Brazil, Sept. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --AIM Solder, a leading global manufacturer of solder assembly materials for the electronics industry, is pleased to announce the signing of DM Consultoria e Representao Comercial as a new representative for its complete line of solder assembly materials.

Key Points: 
  • MANAUS, Brazil, Sept. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --AIM Solder, a leading global manufacturer of solder assembly materials for the electronics industry, is pleased to announce the signing of DM Consultoria e Representao Comercial as a new representative for its complete line of solder assembly materials.
  • DM Consultoria e Representao Comercial provides customers with high quality solutions for production, production processes and maintenance centered on reliability.
  • Daniel Souza will be the primary contact for AIM customers in Brazil.
  • Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, AIM Solder is a leading global manufacturer of assembly materials for the electronics industry with manufacturing, distribution and support facilities located throughout the world.

Brazilian fintech SUPERSIM raises debt financing to fund rapid loan book growth

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Friday, September 11, 2020

("SUPERSIM"), a leading Brazilian fintech startup with a focus on promoting technology-enabled financial inclusion for the working class, recently announced a securitized debt facility of up to 30MM BRL (approximately 6 million USD).

Key Points: 
  • ("SUPERSIM"), a leading Brazilian fintech startup with a focus on promoting technology-enabled financial inclusion for the working class, recently announced a securitized debt facility of up to 30MM BRL (approximately 6 million USD).
  • This financing will allow SUPERSIM to finance its rapidly growing loan book of secured and unsecured micro loans.
  • This was SUPERSIM's first debt financing, with a Series A equity raise planned for next year.
  • In order to accelerate its growth during the crisis, SUPERSIM fast-tracked the development of a secured loan product utilizing a customer's mobile phone as collateral.

RDIF and Brazil's Bahia state agree to supply up to 50 million doses of Sputnik V to Brazil

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Friday, September 11, 2020

The agreement will also enable the parties to distribute the vaccine across Brazil in the future.

Key Points: 
  • The agreement will also enable the parties to distribute the vaccine across Brazil in the future.
  • On September 9, RDIF and the pharmaceutical company Landsteiner Scientific announced an agreement for the supply of 32 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine to Mexico, which would help vaccinate 25% of the population.
  • Phase I and Phase II trials demonstrated no serious adverse events and a stable immune response in 100% of participants.
  • RDIF has established joint strategic partnerships with leading international co-investors from more than 18 countries that total more than $40 bn.

Sai Life Sciences expands suite of cellular analysis platforms in Cambridge, MA

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Friday, September 11, 2020

and HYDERABAD, India, Sept. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sai Life Sciences, one of India's fastest growing Contract Development & Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs) , today announced the addition of state-of-the-art cellular analysis platforms at its Discovery Biology facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA .

Key Points: 
  • and HYDERABAD, India, Sept. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sai Life Sciences, one of India's fastest growing Contract Development & Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs) , today announced the addition of state-of-the-art cellular analysis platforms at its Discovery Biology facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA .
  • Sai Life Sciences is a full-service CDMO driven by a vision to support the launch of 25 new medicines by 2025.
  • A pure-play CDMO, Sai Life Sciences has served a diverse set of NCE development programs, consistently delivering value based on its quality and responsiveness.
  • Sai Life Sciences is privately held and backed by global investors, TPG Capital and HBM Healthcare Investments.

Poor home hygiene contributing to antibiotic resistance, warn global hygiene experts

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Friday, September 11, 2020

In a new Position Paper developed by the GHC and published in the September edition of the American Journal of Infection Control,the experts set out the evidence showing that better hygiene in our homes and everyday lives plays an essential part in tackling antibiotic resistance.

Key Points: 
  • In a new Position Paper developed by the GHC and published in the September edition of the American Journal of Infection Control,the experts set out the evidence showing that better hygiene in our homes and everyday lives plays an essential part in tackling antibiotic resistance.
  • Good hygiene contributes to the fight against AMR in two ways, by preventing infection, thereby reducing the need for antibiotic prescribing and preventing person to person spread of infections which are antibiotic resistant.
  • The paper reviews evidence that to minimise the spread of infections in home and community settings, a more focused approach to hygiene based on risk assessment is needed.
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Poor home hygiene contributing to antibiotic resistance, warn global hygiene experts

Retrieved on: 
Friday, September 11, 2020

In a new Position Paper developed by the GHC and published in the September edition of the American Journal of Infection Control,the experts set out the evidence showing that better hygiene in our homes and everyday lives plays an essential part in tackling antibiotic resistance.

Key Points: 
  • In a new Position Paper developed by the GHC and published in the September edition of the American Journal of Infection Control,the experts set out the evidence showing that better hygiene in our homes and everyday lives plays an essential part in tackling antibiotic resistance.
  • Good hygiene contributes to the fight against AMR in two ways, by preventing infection, thereby reducing the need for antibiotic prescribing and preventing person to person spread of infections which are antibiotic resistant.
  • The paper reviews evidence that to minimise the spread of infections in home and community settings, a more focused approach to hygiene based on risk assessment is needed.
  • For example, removing infection-spreading germs from high-risk surfaces and hands at critical times, such as when preparing food and using the toilet, has been proven to minimise the spread of infections from person to person.

Sai Life Sciences expands suite of cellular analysis platforms in Cambridge, MA

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Thursday, September 10, 2020

and HYDERABAD, India, Sept. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sai Life Sciences, one of India's fastest growing Contract Development & Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs) , today announced the addition of state-of-the-art cellular analysis platforms at its Discovery Biology facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA .

Key Points: 
  • and HYDERABAD, India, Sept. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sai Life Sciences, one of India's fastest growing Contract Development & Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs) , today announced the addition of state-of-the-art cellular analysis platforms at its Discovery Biology facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA .
  • Sai Life Sciences is a full-service CDMO driven by a vision to support the launch of 25 new medicines by 2025.
  • A pure-play CDMO, Sai Life Sciences has served a diverse set of NCE development programs, consistently delivering value based on its quality and responsiveness.
  • Sai Life Sciences is privately held and backed by global investors, TPG Capital and HBM Healthcare Investments.

Vedacit Boosts Innovation With Savings From Switching Its Oracle JD Edwards and Database Software to Rimini Street Support

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Thursday, September 10, 2020

Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products and a Salesforce partner, today announced that Vedacit, a leading manufacturer of construction products based in Brazil, switched to Rimini Street for support of its Oracle JD Edwards and Database software.

Key Points: 
  • Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products and a Salesforce partner, today announced that Vedacit, a leading manufacturer of construction products based in Brazil, switched to Rimini Street for support of its Oracle JD Edwards and Database software.
  • By switching to Rimini Street Support, Vedacit was able to free up significant IT budget to drive innovation projects and support its corporate initiative to double revenue by 2023.
  • We opted to switch to Rimini Street Support to fund investments to achieve our growth target of doubling our revenue by 2023.
  • Since working with Rimini Street, we reduced our software support fees by 50% freeing up funds, time, and personnel for innovation projects within Vedacit Labs and internal IT projects.