QVA149 improved lung function, breathlessness and health-related quality of life in moderate-to-severe COPD patients, according to EXPEDITION trial results[1]-[7] GEM 1 & 2 studies showed NVA237 provided significant and clinically meaningful improvements in lung function in moderate-to-severe COPD patients[8],[9] In … Read the full press release
BRUSSELS, 21-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Commission has adopted a new report providing the most comprehensive picture yet on the ‘State of Nature in the EU’. The findings show that the majority of birds have a secure status, and some … Read the full press release
BRUSSELS, 21-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (20 May 2015), members of the European Parliament adopted new rules to help fight money laundering and terrorist financing in the EU, one of the key actions in the European Security Agenda presented last … Read the full press release
June event will highlight innovations in plastic recycling and corporate sustainability Cascais, PORTUGAL and HONG KONG, 21-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Plasticity Forum will hold its 4th annual conference on June 8th and 9th in Cascais, Portugal. The forum will … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Environment, Management, News, Portugal, Science
Tagged Andrew Morlet, Cascais, Circularity, corporate sustainability, CSR, Doug Woodring, Dr. Carlos Carrerais, Dr. Mike Biddle, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Environment, Jeff Dillow, Marine Litter, MBA Polymers, ocean recovery alliance, plastic, plastic pollution, plastic recycling, plastic-to-fuel technologies, plasticity forum, Pousada de Cascais, Reaching Scale, Reverse Supply Chains, Steve Russell, sustainability, waste
Munich/Paris/Rome, 20-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Europe’s leading aerospace companies Airbus Defence and Space, Dassault Aviation and Finmeccanica have welcomed the agreement of France, Germany and Italy to conduct a definition study of a European developed unmanned aerial system. Under the … Read the full press release
Award-winning authors Michel Faber and David Mitchell will appear in Aberdeen as part of the May Festival. ABERDEEN, 20-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The pair are just two of the highlights of a packed Word strand at the Festival, which will celebrate the … Read the full press release
NEWCASTLE, 20-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — An intriguing hybrid of art gallery and touring peep show is set to get people talking at county shows and agricultural fairs across Northumberland this summer. Gallery of Wonders, curated by Newcastle University fine art lecturer … Read the full press release
We need to adapt how we live and work better with nature to solve the world’s ecological crisis – according to Dr Mick Collins from the University of East Anglia. NORFOLK, UK, 20-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — He will discuss his … Read the full press release
Western conservation groups are seeking stricter law enforcement to tackle a trade in endangered wildlife, but an Oxford University researcher warns that this is not a ‘silver bullet’ solution and highlights the case of the Bali Starling in an article … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Environment, Law, United Kingdom
Tagged Bali Starling, Dr Paul Jepson, endangered wildlife, Oxford University
New research from the University of East Anglia shows that an evolutionary force known as ‘sexual selection’ can explain the persistence of sex as a dominant mechanism for reproducing offspring. NORFOLK, UK, 19-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Biologists have long puzzled … Read the full press release
18 special flights to depart for the capital BERLIN, 19-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Champions fly with airberlin! Italian and Spanish football fans have every reason to be happy. airberlin is set to operate 18 special flights to take Barcelona and … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Sports, Travel
Tagged airberlin, Barcelona fans, Champions League cup final, flights, German capital, Juventus fans
PKP CARGO obtained consent of the Czech anti-trust office for acquisition of 80% of shares of the Advanced World Transport. Thus, the last condition necessary to finalize the contract, under which the AWT – second largest rail freight carrier in … Read the full press release
Fathers who want to be more involved with their newborn children feel held back by lack of support from health staff, government and society, a study by Oxford University researchers has shown. The team also identified other issues such as … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Anna Machin, first time fathers, newborn children, Oxford University
The Swiss Ice Hockey Federation is to host the event in a joint venture with Infront – with Zurich and Lausanne as intended venues Prague, Czech Republic, 19-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Switzerland is to host the 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. … Read the full press release
Swisscom is releasing its new Travel Voice option to coincide with the summer holidays. From 1 July onwards, this will enable customers to make phone calls and send text messages from around the globe for far less. The option, which … Read the full press release
Posted in Infrastructure & Utilities, Switzerland, Technology, Telecom
Tagged cost of phone calls, Roaming prices, Swisscom, text messages, Travel Voice option
SOUTHAMPTON, 19-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Patrick Sturgis, Professor of Research Methodology in Social Statistics and Demography at the University of Southampton, has been announced as Chair of an inquiry set up to examine errors in the pre-election opinion polls for the … Read the full press release
• Extra coaches planned on megabus.com routes to London, Manchester, Leeds, Cardiff • Scottish Citylink also to provide extra capacity north of the border • Customers can book coach travel at www.megabus.com and www.citylink.co.uk PERTH, UK, 19-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Transport group Stagecoach … Read the full press release
Research consortium can make the development of medicines faster, cheaper and safer Enschede, Netherlands, 19-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Nine research institutes and industrial partners today announced their intention to join forces in the field of organ-on-chip technology. The establishment of the hDMT … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Netherlands, Science, Technology
Tagged Albert van den Berg, Erasmus MC, Galapagos, Genmab, hDMT, Hubrecht Institute, Institute for human Organ and Disease Model technology, Leiden University, Leiden University Medical Center, organ-on-chip technology, TU Delft, TU Eindhoven, University of Twente, UT research institute MIRA
As of October 2015, dr. Mirjam Bult will be appointed as the new Vice President of the Executive Board of the University of Twente. She will succeed Kees van Ast, whose appointment period as a member of the Board ends … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Management, Netherlands
Tagged dr. Mirjam Bult, KPMG Management Consultants, University of Twente
A new Emmy Noether Research Group at LMU focuses on how we learn to pronounce the unfamiliar sounds in a foreign language, and why it is often difficult for us to avoid errors in pronunciation that we pounce on when … Read the full press release
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