FPG

Pfizer Announces Topline Phase 2b Results of Oral GLP-1R Agonist, Danuglipron, in Adults with Obesity

Retrieved on: 
Friday, December 1, 2023
Research, Diabetes, Clinical Trials, Biotechnology, Health, Pharmaceutical, General Health, Other Science, Science, Vomiting, Safety, NYSE, PFE, FPG, Fasting, Incidence, Plasma, Liver, Metformin, Patient, Journal, Nature, American Medical Association, Extrapyramidal system, Obesity, Diarrhea, Nausea, Pfizer, Human, Inc., Pharmaceutical industry, Glycated hemoglobin

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced topline data from the Phase 2b clinical trial ( NCT04707313 ) investigating its oral Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) candidate, danuglipron (PF-06882961), in adults with obesity and without type 2 diabetes.

Key Points: 
  • Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced topline data from the Phase 2b clinical trial ( NCT04707313 ) investigating its oral Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) candidate, danuglipron (PF-06882961), in adults with obesity and without type 2 diabetes.
  • The study met its primary endpoint demonstrating statistically significant change in body weight from baseline.
  • Placebo-adjusted reductions in mean body weight ranged from -8% to -13% at 32 weeks and -5% to -9.5% at 26 weeks.
  • In both populations, danuglipron demonstrated a safety and tolerability profile consistent with the mechanism of action.

Qualus Acquires Ferreira Power Group Adding to its Grid Modernization, Reliability, and Resiliency Resources

Retrieved on: 
Monday, August 14, 2023
Other Energy, Utilities, Oil, Gas, Coal, Alternative Energy, Energy, Nuclear, Corporation, FPG, Engineering, Culture, Renewable energy

Qualus Corporation, a leading power engineering and technical services firm announced today that it has acquired Ferreira Power Group (FPG), adding to its resources in distribution engineering in support of the grid modernization, reliability, resiliency, and the broader energy transition.

Key Points: 
  • Qualus Corporation, a leading power engineering and technical services firm announced today that it has acquired Ferreira Power Group (FPG), adding to its resources in distribution engineering in support of the grid modernization, reliability, resiliency, and the broader energy transition.
  • FPG checked all those boxes for us,” said Dr. Hisham Mahmoud, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Qualus.
  • The combination will also expand Qualus’ client base and geographic coverage.
  • “Our leadership team and people are particularly impressed with Qualus’ culture and its focus on people development through Qualus University - its institutional grade, in-house training organization.” Kevin and FPG’s leadership team will remain with Qualus.

Fractyl Health Reports Durable Improvement in Glucose Control, Weight Loss, and Insulin Reduction in T2D Patients Using Revita® in Open Label Phase of Revitalize 1 Pivotal Study at the American Diabetes Association 83rd Scientific Sessions

Retrieved on: 
Monday, June 26, 2023
Health, Diabetes, Other Health, Managed Care, Clinical Trials, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Glycated hemoglobin, Insulin, Therapy, Duodenum, SGLT2, Patient, American Diabetes Association, Glas, FPG, Human, Glucose, Safety, Disease, Pharmaceutical industry, T2D

The study explored the safety and efficacy of Revita®, an endoscopic procedure using hydrothermal ablation to target the duodenum in conjunction with empagliflozin.

Key Points: 
  • The study explored the safety and efficacy of Revita®, an endoscopic procedure using hydrothermal ablation to target the duodenum in conjunction with empagliflozin.
  • In subjects enrolled in the study thus far, treatment with Revita has shown rare and mild device-related adverse events.
  • The Revitalize 1 pivotal study is ongoing, with Fractyl Health set to complete enrollment in the first half of 2024.
  • These promising results bring us closer to our goal at Fractyl Health, which is to control and, ultimately, eradicate T2D.

ReShape Lifesciences® to Present Data on its Proprietary Diabetes Bloc-Stim Neuromodulation™ Device at the Keystone Symposia on Type 2 Diabetes

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, April 27, 2023
Insulin, Road, Type 2 diabetes, Vagus nerve, Glucose, Weight loss, Pancreas, Lung compliance, T2DM, Prediabetes, Alloxan, Animal, Patient, SAN, Type, Liver, Poster, Research, Driver, Therapy, Pig, FPG, NIH, Pharmaceutical industry, Diabetes, Zucker

While lifestyle changes are often recommended to patients at this stage, there is a high degree of non-compliance.

Key Points: 
  • While lifestyle changes are often recommended to patients at this stage, there is a high degree of non-compliance.
  • Hypothesizing that a barrier to utilizing this therapy, for diabetic patients, would be the willingness to have a device implanted.
  • “The compelling data on our proprietary DBSN™ device, presented at the Keystone Symposia on Type 2 Diabetes, further validates the market potential of this technology,” stated Paul F. Hickey, President and Chief Executive Officer of ReShape Lifesciences.
  • If approved for commercial use, the DBSN™ device will further enhance our differentiated medical device offerings.”

FICO and FPG Technologies & Solutions LTD Partner to Help West African Firms Accelerate Digital Transformation

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Banking, Software, General Health, Professional Services, Oil, Gas, Data Management, Energy, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Security, Finance, Health, Telecommunications, FPG, Algorithm, FICO, Forrester, Partnership, Multimedia, Retail, Risk management

Global analytics software provider FICO today announced a partnership with FPG Technologies & Solutions LTD, a member of FlexiP Group, to bring advanced decision management and analytics tools to companies across West Africa.

Key Points: 
  • Global analytics software provider FICO today announced a partnership with FPG Technologies & Solutions LTD, a member of FlexiP Group, to bring advanced decision management and analytics tools to companies across West Africa.
  • “Across all industries, it’s critical to be able to automate more decisions, to change strategies faster, and to increase efficiency.
  • FICO® Xpress Optimization allows businesses to easily build, deploy and use optimization solutions that crunch through millions of potential scenarios to find the ideal solution.
  • FICO was named Best Technology Provider for Data Analytics at the 2022 Credit Awards, and a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Digital Decisions Platforms.

Simplicity Welcomes Lauren Wright and Justin Wright to the Partnership with the Acquisition of Financial Professionals Group

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Growth, Justin, Insurance, Long-term care, FPG, RIAS, Acquisition, Longevity, Financial adviser, Simplicity

With the successful closing of this transaction, Simplicity welcomes Lauren Wright and Justin Wright as partners, both of whom will continue to lead their office and serve their clients while adding Simplicity's extensive resources to their offering.

Key Points: 
  • With the successful closing of this transaction, Simplicity welcomes Lauren Wright and Justin Wright as partners, both of whom will continue to lead their office and serve their clients while adding Simplicity's extensive resources to their offering.
  • "The FPG team will immediately benefit from Simplicity's extensive marketing programs and technology solutions, and we welcome them to Simplicity."
  • "Partnering with Simplicity as we continue to support and empower agents and advisors – and, by extension, their clients – was a natural choice for FPG," said Lauren Wright.
  • "FPG has been supporting financial advisors, RIAs, and insurance professionals for more than two decades, and we are excited to expand our reach with the support and resources of Simplicity," said Justin Wright.

Floating Point Group earns SOC 2 certification and engages Certik for cybersecurity audit

Retrieved on: 
Friday, December 16, 2022
FPG, SOC 2, Eye, Certification, SOC, Audit, Cryptocurrency

HOBOKEN, N.J., Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Floating Point Group "FPG", a cryptocurrency prime brokerage, has engaged outside auditors for a series of cybersecurity audits and penetration testing and has successfully earned a SOC 2 certification.

Key Points: 
  • HOBOKEN, N.J., Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Floating Point Group "FPG", a cryptocurrency prime brokerage, has engaged outside auditors for a series of cybersecurity audits and penetration testing and has successfully earned a SOC 2 certification.
  • Amid turbulent industry conditions, FPG has doubled down on the importance of rigorous internal and external focus on critical security functions.
  • FPG is announced today the receipt of a SOC 2 Type 1 certification, following an extensive audit by Prescient Assurance .
  • FPG has also engaged CertiK , a pioneer in blockchain security, for an extensive cybersecurity audit of FPG's FlowVault platform.

Floating Point Group and ML Tech Partner to Deliver Advance Crypto Trading Strategies for Institutional Traders

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, October 13, 2022
Risk management, API, Insurance, VASP, SMA, Cayman Islands, 24/7 service, Entrepreneurship, Partnership, Automation, FAST, AngelList, FPG, Ownership, Naval Ravikant, Cryptocurrency, Financial services, Calendar

HOBOKEN, N.J., Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Floating Point Group (FPG), a cryptocurrency prime brokerage, is partnering with ML Tech , a non-custodial investment management and trading platform.

Key Points: 
  • HOBOKEN, N.J., Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Floating Point Group (FPG), a cryptocurrency prime brokerage, is partnering with ML Tech , a non-custodial investment management and trading platform.
  • FPG will provide seamless access and monitoring of ML Tech's Algorithmic Trading Strategies from within FlowVault, FPG's cryptocurrency settlement and transfers platform for exchange-based trading.
  • "Institutional investors are looking for new sources of uncorrelated alpha in crypto markets," said Leo Mindyuk, Co-Founder of ML Tech.
  • "Our partnership with Floating Point Group provides investors access to a curated selection of institutional-quality quantitative trading strategies managed by ML Tech within a secure FlowVault environment.

MetaMask Institutional Onboards Four New Institutional Custodians, Consolidating the ConsenSys Product’s Leadership as the Go-to Solution for Organizations Entering Web3

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Technology, Finance, Security, Professional Services, Digital Cash Management, Digital Assets, Software, Networks, Cryptocurrency, Web3, Liminal, Adoption, Decentralized finance, Carbon, NFT, Organization, Daos, EVM, MMI, Electricity, MetaMask, Solution, EMEA, Partnership, FPG, APAC, ConsenSys, Cryptocurrency, Ethereum

The latest onboarding brings the total number of custodians supported by MetaMask Institutional to eleven, further bolstering our position as the premier institutional wallet for Web3 and the only one to integrate with multiple trusted institutional custodians, said Liz Mathew, Global Head of Growth and Partnerships for MetaMask Institutional.

Key Points: 
  • The latest onboarding brings the total number of custodians supported by MetaMask Institutional to eleven, further bolstering our position as the premier institutional wallet for Web3 and the only one to integrate with multiple trusted institutional custodians, said Liz Mathew, Global Head of Growth and Partnerships for MetaMask Institutional.
  • MetaMask Institutional (MMI) launched in 2021 with the mission to offer all organizations across the globe a bridge to Web3.
  • Now, over 1,800 organizations have access to the MMI wallet, including crypto and DeFi native funds, traditional financial institutions, non-financial enterprises, and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs).
  • MetaMask Institutional is now primed to support incoming organizations with unparalleled access to DeFi and Web3 and a wide range of custody solutions to choose from.

Kapital DAO, The Leader in Web3 Gaming Asset Management Tech, Announces Funding Support From Web3 Leaders Including Polygon Ventures, Solana Foundation, and Algorand Foundation

Retrieved on: 
Friday, September 23, 2022
Das Kapital, Digital, DIG, Love, Organization, Contract, Acquisition, Life, Daos, Decentralized finance, YGG, CEO, GSR, Technology, NEAR, DAO, FPG, Cryptocurrency, Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kapital DAO announced today the close of its latest raise, with participation from Polygon Ventures, the Algorand Foundation, and the HBAR Foundation, with grants from the Solana Foundation and NEAR. Also involved were prominent investors such as Yield Guild Games (YGG), Samsung NEXT, GSR, Wintermute Ventures, Keyrock, and Portofino. Gaming strategic partners include Splinterlands, Shrapnel, and Blocklords. The Kapital DAO will also receive ongoing advisory from YGG and Floating Point Group (FPG) along with the leaders of Illuvium, Laguna Games, and Digital Insight Games (DIG). The DAO is expected to vote to drive the funding toward further development and scaling of its technology, which enables institutional-grade asset management for web3 gaming organizations. The Kapital DAO plans to deploy its technology closely with these strategic partners to increase the amount of institutional capital and players flowing through partnered ecosystems. This raise comes at a critical juncture as web3 gaming and large DAOs begin to focus on their key issues with scaling operations and security. 

Key Points: 
  • The Kapital DAO will also receive ongoing advisory from YGG and Floating Point Group (FPG) along with the leaders of Illuvium, Laguna Games, and Digital Insight Games (DIG).
  • The DAO is expected to vote to drive the funding toward further development and scaling of its technology, which enables institutional-grade asset management for web3 gaming organizations.
  • "We are excited to have the support of major leaders in the gaming and asset management spaces who can accelerate the Kapital DAO's ability to integrate large players into gaming more seamlessly with regard to asset management.
  • The Kapital DAO is the leading provider of gaming asset management tech, enabling fully trustless management of gaming assets in an institutional framework.