Category Archives: Denmark

Press Releases & News from Denmark distributed via EuropaWire

Lundbeck to further optimize its commercial structure to improve its ability to launch new medicines

Posted on 21, June 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Lundbeck aims to further improve its ability to launch new medicines through a new commercial structure. The initiative could lead to a reduction of around 50-55 positions in Europe. Valby, 21-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — H. Lundbeck A/S (Lundbeck) plans to further … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Denmark, Healthcare, Management, Pharma & Biotech

Tagged Lundbeck, medicines, Ole Chrintz, restructure, restructuring plans, Valby

Vestas secured 4-year service contract renewal from We Energies of Wisconsin, USA

Posted on 21, June 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

21-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Vestas has secured a four-year service and maintenance renewal from We Energies for a combined 180 wind turbines at three wind power plants in Wisconsin, USA. The renewal contract, which begins near the end of 2013, covers … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Technology

Tagged Allen Leverett, Blue Sky Green Field, Byron, Chris Brown, Glacier Hills, Milwaukee, USA, Vestas, We Energies, wind power plant, wind turbines, Wisconsin, Wisconsin wind power plants

EC Vice-President Joaquín Almunia comments on Lundbeck anticompetitive agreements case

Posted on 21, June 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Commission fines Lundbeck and other pharma companies for delaying market entry of generic medicines: statement by Vice-President Almunia Joaquín Almunia – Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy Press conference, Brussels, 21-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today the European Commission has found … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Business, Denmark, European Union, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Law, Pharma & Biotech, Politics

Tagged anticompetitive agreements, ANTITRUST, antitrust rules, fines, generic medicines, Lundbeck, Lundbeck case, pharma companies, Vice-President Almunia

EC to investigate Sweden and Denmark public support measure to Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)

Posted on 20, June 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 20-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to verify whether a public support measure granted in 2012 by Sweden and Denmark to Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is in line with EU state aid rules. The Commission has … Read the full press release →

Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Belgium, Denmark, European Union, Financial, Government, Law, Norway, Sweden, Transportation & Logistics, Travel

Tagged air carrier, EU state aid rules, Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation, revolving credit facility, SAS, Scandinavia, state aid, The European Commission

H. Lundbeck A/S disappointed and strongly disagrees with EC decision and intends to appeal

Posted on 20, June 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

The European Commission has decided that Lundbeck’s agreements concluded with four generic competitors concerning citalopram violated competition law The decision includes fining Lundbeck EUR 93 million Lundbeck’s financial guidance for 2013 is maintained excluding costs connected to the fine Lundbeck is … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Business, Denmark, European Union, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Law, Pharma & Biotech

Tagged citalopram, Competition, competition law, Copenhagen, European Patent Office, fine, Lundbeck, patent rights, The European Commission, Valby

Vestas to supply 14 V90-3.0 MW turbines to Obrovac Zelengrad wind power plant in Croatia

Posted on 20, June 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

20-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Vestas has received a firm and unconditional order for 42 MW. The 14 V90-3.0 MW turbines will be installed in the province of Obrovac, Croatia. The first turbine delivery is planned for the first quarter of 2014 … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Croatia, Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Investment, Technology

Tagged Alastair Hammond, clean energy projects, CROATIA, Eko Energija d.o.o., EnerCap Capital Partners, EnerCap Power Funds, investments in clean energy, Obrovac Zelengrad, Obrovac Zelengrad wind power plant, private equity investments, Thomas Richterich, V90-3.0 MW turbine, Vestas, wind power plant

EC fines Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck over anticompetitive agreements

Posted on 20, June 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Brussels, 20-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has imposed a fine of € 93,8 million on Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck and fines totalling € 52,2 million on several producers of generic medicines. In 2002, Lundbeck agreed with each of these … Read the full press release →

Posted in Belgium, Business, Denmark, European Union, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Law, Pharma & Biotech, Society

Tagged anticompetitive agreements, antidepressant medicine, ANTITRUST, blockbuster antidepressant, citalopram, citalopram molecule, EU antitrust rules, fine, generic medicines, Generics UK, Joaquin Almunia, lump sums, Lundbeck, medicines, Merck KGaA, Patents, pharmaceutical company, Ranbaxy, Zoetis

Vestas launched global campaign to channel public support toward political action favouring wind energy

Posted on 19, June 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Vestas Group Senior Vice President Morten Albæk says, “The wind industry is being attacked by media-savvy and politically influential adversaries who often display a brazen disregard for factual information. The “Act on Facts” campaign is our way of fighting back.” … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Denmark, Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Marketing, Media, Society, Technology

Tagged Act on Facts campaign, actonfacts, anti-wind activity, anti-wind movement, clean energy, CO2 emissions, energy sector, Environment, Fiona Armstrong, Frank Brennan, Miles George, Morten Albæk, Simon Chapman, Simon Holmes à Court, Vestas, wind energy, wind energy players, wind industry, Wind markets, wind turbines

International researchers discovery could lead to new means to combat malaria

Posted on 14, June 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

14-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, the University of Oxford, NIMR Tanzania and Retrogenix LTD, have identified how malaria parasites growing inside red blood cells stick to the sides of … Read the full press release →

Posted in Denmark, Education, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, United Kingdom

Tagged Assistant Professor Louise Turner, Assistant Professor Thomas Lavstsen, blood vessels, combat malaria, DRUGS, endothelial, endothelial protein C, EPCR, malaria, Malaria parasites, malaria symptoms, NIMR Tanzania, parasite, parasite proteins, PfEMP1, regulating blood coagulation, Retrogenix LTD, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, University of Copenhagen, University of Oxford, vaccines

Saxo Bank launched Trade Navigator on TradingFloor.com

Posted on 30, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

30-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Saxo Bank, the multi-asset online trading and investment specialist, has launched Trade Navigator on TradingFloor.com, a new trading tool that provides daily technical insight into around 200 instruments. By amalgamating several known and widely used technical indicators … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Commodities, Denmark, Financial, Internet & Online, Investment

Tagged Average True Range, Bonds and Equities, CFDs, Commodities, derivatives, ETFs, Forex, Futures, FX, multi-asset online trading, Ole Sloth Hansen, Options, relative strength index, Saxo Bank, SaxoTrader, SaxoWebTrader, Stocks, Trade Navigator, trading insight, trading strategy, TradingFloor.com

Chr. Hansen introduces new culture to ensure the quality of your mozzarella cheese

Posted on 30, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

30-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Chr. Hansen introduces the next generation of its popular STI™ cheese cultures — the most dependable solution for mozzarella and other pasta filata type cheeses on the market. No longer should cheese manufacturers accept the cost of … Read the full press release →

Posted in Denmark, Food & Beverage, Science

Tagged cheeses, Chr. Hansen, Direct Vat Set, DVS® STI™ cultures, kashkaval, mozzarella, Pasta filata, pasta filata type cheeses, pizza cheese, provolone, STI™ cheese cultures, Streptococcus Thermophilus Italian, Ulf Mortensen

TDC A/S launches new strong organizational setup to strengthen brands and customer experience

Posted on 29, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

29-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Based on the group strategy presented in November 2012 TDC now launches a new, strong organizational setup. The new organization will further strengthen brands and customer experience across the group. The ambition to strengthen the multibrand approach … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Denmark, Management, Telecom

Tagged Anders Jensen, Carsten Dilling, organizational setup, TDC

Saxo Bank newly launched Saxo TV to be led by the former Bloomberg TV News anchor, Owen Thomas

Posted on 29, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

29-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Saxo Bank, the multi-asset online trading and investment specialist, has launched Saxo TV, led by the former Bloomberg TV News anchor, Owen Thomas, to provide on-demand business and financial analysis. Saxo TV is integrated with TradingFloor.com, Saxo … Read the full press release →

Posted in Banks, Business, Denmark, Financial, Media

Tagged Bloomberg TV News, Owen Thomas, Saxo Bank, Saxo TV, tv

New solution from Chr. Hansen targets the formation of holes in cooked whole muscle products

Posted on 29, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

29-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The world’s total meat supply keeps increasing. Sky-rocketing by 300% from 1961 to 284 million tons in 2007, the world meat consumption is expected to double once more by 2050 (source: The New York Times). Chr. Hansen’s … Read the full press release →

Posted in Denmark, Food & Beverage, Pharma & Biotech, Science

Tagged bioscience, Chr. Hansen, cooked ham, cooked meat segment, cooked whole muscle products, Hohenheim University in Stuttgart, ImPorous, John Jensen, meat consumption, meat supply, pores, Safepro, Safepro® ImPorous, spoilage bacteria

Bang & Olufsen and Universal Music deliver the best experience of sound and music with a limited edition version of the Les Misérables in Blu-Ray DVD

Posted on 29, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Bang & Olufsen celebrates the launch of its new surround sound speaker system, BeoLab 14, with a limited edition version of the Les Misérables in Blu-Ray DVD. The award-winning audio soundtrack comes to life in Bang & Olufsen showrooms around … Read the full press release →

Posted in Art & Culture, Denmark, Electronics & Machinery, Entertainment, Technology

Tagged audio soundtrack, Bang & Olufsen, Blu-Ray DVD, Copenhagen, Les Misérables, music, sound, Universal Music Group, Vivendi

Bang & Olufsen announced the all-new surround sound speaker system The BeoLab 14

Posted on 27, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Bang & Olufsen announces the launch of an all-new surround sound speaker system that combines compact aesthetics and outstanding acoustic innovation to deliver the thrill of high-end surround performance without filling up the home with boxy black speakers. The new … Read the full press release →

Posted in Denmark, Electronics & Machinery, Entertainment, Technology

Tagged Bang & Olufsen, BeoLab 14, outstanding acoustic innovation, quality surround sound, Struer, surround speaker system, Tue Mantoni

ISS Group reports Q1 2013 results

Posted on 24, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

Revenue for the first quarter of 2013 amounted to DKK 19.5 billion – driven by an organic growth of 2.7% Operating margin was 4.4% compared with 4.5% for the same period in 2012 Net profit was DKK 71 million compared … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Denmark, Financial, Technology

Tagged global outsourcing company, ISS Group, Jeff Gravenhorst, Net profit, Ole Andersen, Operating profit, Outsourcing, outsourcing company, Q1 2013 Results, revenue

The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals named ISS world’s best outsourcing company

Posted on 23, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

23-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals has ranked ISS as the #1 on its annual list of the world’s best outsourcing service providers – The Global Outsourcing 100. ISS, a leading global facility services provider, has been … Read the full press release →

Posted in Awards, Business, Denmark, Internet & Online, Technology

Tagged best outsourcing company, IAOP, International Association of Outsourcing Professionals, ISS, Jag Dalal, Michael Corbett, Outsourcing, outsourcing companies, Outsourcing Professionals, The Global Outsourcing 100

93,307 LEGO railway elements long enough to be awarded a Guinness World Record

Posted on 21, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

21-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — 93,307 LEGO elements. That’s what it took to build a LEGO railway long enough to be awarded a Guinness World Record for the longest plastic toy train track – precisely 4000.25 meters long. More than 80 LEGO enthusiasts … Read the full press release →

Posted in Awards, Denmark, Entertainment

Tagged Guinness World Record, LEGO, LEGO bricks, LEGO rails, LEGO train, LEGO® railway, plastic toy, plastic toy train track

The LEGO Group to become sole owner of LEGO® Education in North America as of January 1, 2014

Posted on 21, May 2013 by EuropaWire PR Editors

21-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Since forming the venture in 1997 Pitsco and LEGO Education have forged a strong partnership and achieved remarkable growth. The decision to acquire the business in full reflects a desire by The LEGO Group to continue to prioritize … Read the full press release →

Posted in Business, Denmark, Education

Tagged creative thinking, Jacob Kragh, K-12 business, Kansas, LEGO, LEGO Education, LEGO Education North America, Pitsco, Pittsburg, problem-solving, skills, Stephan Turnipseed, students, teachers, The LEGO Group