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Early Pulmonary Fibrosis Detection Holds the Key to Better Health Outcomes for Canadians Living with COVID-19 and Rheumatoid Arthritis

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星期三, 二月 28, 2024
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Canadians who have had COVID-19, and other chronic diseases, are experiencing Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF) at significantly higher rates than others, seemingly providing a causal link that researchers are investigating.

Key Points: 
  • Research is shedding light on the growing rate of pulmonary fibrosis (PF) being found in people suffering from long-term COVID-19.
  • One study, Post COVID-19 pulmonary fibrosis; a meta-analysis study , found that almost 45% (44.9%) of study participants began suffering from PF after contracting COVID-19.
  • Canadians suffering from long COVID are encouraged to watch for the early signs of pulmonary fibrosis, a disease that is growing in this population.
  • Dr. Janet Pope's webinar includes explanations for both physicians and thousands of people living with connective tissue diseases of what pulmonary fibrosis symptoms to watch for.

Wildfire Smoke Provides Stark Reminder of Challenges Faced by Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients

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星期一, 九月 18, 2023
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Many of Canada's 30,000 PF patients who struggle to breathe, can't get the oxygen they need.

Key Points: 
  • Pulmonary fibrosis looms large over the lives of patients and their families, killing more than 3,000 Canadians annually, with more than 14,000 new patients expected to be diagnosed in 2023.
  • Calgary resident Stan Hendriksen explains how excruciating it is for PF patients to breathe every day.
  • More than 30,000 Canadians with pulmonary fibrosis understand and relate to the first-hand accounts of these PF patients.
  • Check out the Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation web site or contact [email protected] .

Parsons Continues Delivering Engineering Support for the Missile Defense Agency’s Modern, Sustainable Infrastructure Under $104 Million Contract

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星期三, 九月 28, 2022
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The contract contains a three-year base period with two option period years, and one six-month option.

Key Points: 
  • The contract contains a three-year base period with two option period years, and one six-month option.
  • For nearly a half century, Parsons has sourced and dedicated industry-leading expertise to protect our nations warfighters in the ever-evolving all domain battlespace, said Kurt Tripp, Parsons senior vice president of integrated air and missile defense.
  • We are proud to continue modernizing and improving the sustainability of MDAs infrastructure that started in 1975 with the U.S. Army Missile Command Safeguard Center.
  • Parsons (NYSE: PSN) is a leading disruptive technology provider in the national security and critical infrastructure markets, with capabilities across cybersecurity, missile defense, space, C5ISR, transportation, environmental remediation, and water/wastewater treatment.

Boehringer Ingelheim Canada and the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) complete negotiations for OFEV® (nintedanib) for PF-ILD

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星期二, 二月 15, 2022
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"This is encouraging news for the CPFF community across Canada," says Sharon Lee, executive director of the Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (CPFF).

Key Points: 
  • "This is encouraging news for the CPFF community across Canada," says Sharon Lee, executive director of the Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (CPFF).
  • Founded in 1885 and family-owned ever since Boehringer Ingelheim takes a long-term perspective.
  • The Canadian headquarters of Boehringer Ingelheim was established in 1972 in Montreal, Quebec and is now located in Burlington, Ontario.
  • Boehringer Ingelheim employs approximately 600 people across Canada.

New York Fed Selects Bancroft Capital as a Counterparty to Support Commercial Paper Funding Facility

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星期一, 二月 8, 2021
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Bancroft Capital, certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Institutional Broker-Dealer and Investment Advisor, has been selected by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to support the Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF).

Key Points: 
  • Bancroft Capital, certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Institutional Broker-Dealer and Investment Advisor, has been selected by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to support the Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF).
  • Bancroft is honored to serve the New York Fed to support CPFF with such an esteemed group of banks," stated Cauldon D. Quinn, Founder & CEO of Bancroft Capital.
  • Approved firms for the CPFF counterparty program have been selected based on eligibility requirements, including size restrictions, transaction capabilities, financial condition, compliance controls, and equal opportunity and diversity efforts.
  • Bancroft Capital provides institutional clients with services including: Public Finance, Cash Management, Fixed Income, Equity Trading, Investment Banking, Capital Markets, 401(k) Consulting, and Asset Management.

Leidos Awarded Task Order to Support the Office of the Secretary of Defense

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星期五, 九月 18, 2020
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Through this task order, Leidos will support energetics research and development for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OUSD) and the Combat Capability Development Command Armament Center (CCDC-AC).

Key Points: 
  • Through this task order, Leidos will support energetics research and development for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OUSD) and the Combat Capability Development Command Armament Center (CCDC-AC).
  • The single award, Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) task order falls under the Air Force's Information Analysis Center Multiple Award Contract (IAC MAC).
  • Through this task order, Leidos will provide research and development focused on designing, synthesizing and scaling up energetic materials.
  • Leidos will also transition developed processes to Government Owned Contractor Operated (GOCO) or commercial facilities for scale up.The task order includes a five year period of performance.

AFP Urges Fed to Include Tier 2 Commercial Paper in New Facilities

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星期二, 三月 24, 2020
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BETHESDA, Md., March 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) is requesting that the Federal Reserve consider expanding new facilities intended to support commercial paper (CP) and money market funds (MMFs) to include Tier 2 CP issuers.

Key Points: 
  • BETHESDA, Md., March 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) is requesting that the Federal Reserve consider expanding new facilities intended to support commercial paper (CP) and money market funds (MMFs) to include Tier 2 CP issuers.
  • AFP sent letters to the Fed and the Department of the Treasury , voicing its support for the establishment of the Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF) and the Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility (MMLF).
  • However, AFP also requested that the CPFF be extended to Tier 2 CP issuers, and that the MMLF include Tier 2 CP as eligible collateral.
  • The Tier 2 CP market is approximately $90 billion in size and includes many public utilities and other critical industries.