Life Sciences
Genecast Biotechnology Co. Ltd, headquartered in Beijing, has reportedly announced a strategic partnership agreement with Illumina, which is a global leader in array-based technologies and DNA sequencing. Using Illumina’s next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology, Genecast will purportedly seek to advance cancer diagnosis in China, sources familiar …
Life Sciences
The European Union, through its Horizon 2020 research funding program, has reportedly granted €10 million in funding to the PRIMAGE (PRedictive In-silico Multiscale Analytics for supporting cancer personalized diaGnosis & prognosis, Empowered by imaging biomarkers) project. Citing reliable sources, €640,000 out of these funds will …
Power & Energy
Malaysia’s integrated oil and gas services firm, Sapura Energy recently entered into a Head of Agreement (HoA) with Austria’s OMV Aktiengesellschaft (OMV) to form a strategic partnership and to dispose of 50% stakes of the company’s wholly-owned oil and gas exploration arm, Sapura Upstream for USD …
Technology
Network for Electronic Transfers of Singapore (Nets) has signed an agreement with the Chinese financial services company, UnionPay, for allowing customers to pay for purchases at 7.5 million participating merchants globally. NetsPay app, updated with a new wallet function, now enables users to scan a …
Manufacturing & Construction
Malaysia’s RAPID (Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development) project, a joint venture between reputed oil and gas giants, Saudi Aramco and Petronas, is reportedly seeking commitments from banks. The JV has been requesting for a 15-year loan amounting to USD 9.7 billion for financing its upcoming …
Technology
Renowned German home energy storage systems manufacturer Sonnen GmbH has reportedly announced that it plans to manufacture around 10,000 energy storage units out of an old Holden factory in Adelaide. Reportedly, the announcement comes a day after the Australian government revealed the details of the …
Consumer Goods
American tech giant, Apple has reportedly acquired global rights for a feature-length documentary ‘The Elephant Queen,’ and an animated movie ‘Windwalkers’ which the company plans to introduce in its forthcoming video streaming service in March 2019. According to AppleInsider, the acquisition has come to fruition …
Consumer Goods
UK’s leading catalogue retailer, Argos, has reportedly launched a voice shopping service that would let people reserve desired products in a local store by using an application on the Google Home smart speakers. Argos is apparently the first retailer in the U.K. to offer shopping …
Chemicals & Materials
Carlsberg, the leading Danish brewer is about to set new standards in the liquor industry as the global beer giant recently announced that it will be replacing traditional can holders with new technology that will hold cans together while cutting down on plastic use. Reliable …