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Additional Interim Data for Mercks Investigational Anti-PD-1 Immunotherapy, MK-3475, Shows Estimated Overall Survival Rate of 81 Percent at One Year in Patients with Advanced Melanoma
2013-11-18 18:00:00| Merck.com - Research & Development News
Dateline City: WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced additional data for MK-3475, an investigational anti-PD-1 immunotherapy, in patients with advanced melanoma that showed an estimated overall survival rate of 81 percent at one year across all MK-3475 monotherapy doses evaluated. Language: English Contact: MerckMedia:Ian McConnell, 908-423-3046orClaire Mulhearn, 908-423-7425orInvestors:Carol Ferguson, 908-423-4465orJustin Holko, 908-423-5088 Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more
Altice to increase Numericable stake to 40 percent
2013-11-18 14:17:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Investment fund Altice announced that it has entered into an agreement with certain funds affiliated with Cinven and an entity affiliated with Carlyle to buy additional shares in French cable operator Numericable to increase its stake to 40 percent. The operation, which will give Altice a majority of votes on Numericable's board of directors, is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2014. No financial details of the deal were disclosed. The acquisition is subject to antitrust approval and a waiver granted by French financial market authority AMF to file a mandatory tender offer. Under French law, a shareholder would normally be required to launch a bid for all of a company's shares after exceeding a 30 percent shareholding. Altice said that after the acquisition Numericable would continue to provide quarterly reports and public disclosure to its other shareholders.
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25 Percent Cost of Test Improvement - Mercury Contactor Outperforms Competition
2013-11-18 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Rosenheim, Germany – Multitest, a designer and manufacturer of final test handlers, contactors and load boards used by integrated device manufacturers (IDMs) and final test subcontractors worldwide, announces that its Mercury 040 Spring Probe Contactor has successfully passed more than five months of evaluation for a strip test application at a SEA high-volume production site. The substantial cost of test improvement of 25 percent is based on the very competitive pricing as well as the ...This story is related to the following:Test and Measuring InstrumentsSearch for suppliers of: Printed Circuit Contacts | Test Probes | Probes
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Deforestation in Brazil up 28 Percent on the Year
2013-11-16 14:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: New data indicate that the deforestation rate in Brazil has risen by 28 percent this year, marking an about-face after four consecutive years of declining deforestation, the Brazilian government announced Thursday. Environmental activists linked the increase in deforestation to a recent loosening of Brazilian environmental law, but the annual deforestation rate was still the second lowest Brazil has seen in the past quarter century. "The government can't be surprised by this increase in deforestation,...
Cell Therapeutics soars 24 percent after drug deal with Baxter
2013-11-16 09:10:33| Biotech - Topix.net
The two companies agreed to jointly develop and market the drug, which is being tested in a late-stage trial, in a deal that could fetch Cell Therapeutics' up to $362 million, including an equity investment by Baxter.
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