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Superfoods, robots and AI: innovation bursts onto the scene at Alimentaria & Hostelco

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

These products together with hundreds more were showcased during the event held in Barcelona (Spain) during March 18-21.

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  • These products together with hundreds more were showcased during the event held in Barcelona (Spain) during March 18-21.
  • The event that took place at Fira de Barcelona's Gran Via venue became a showcase for the food and hospitality industry of the future.
  • 3,200 companies exhibited their most innovative products, most of which were created in response to consumer concern for their health and well-being.
  • This edition, with more than 900 foreign companies, was the most international one held to date.

Superfoods, robots and AI: innovation bursts onto the scene at Alimentaria & Hostelco

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, April 2, 2024

These products together with hundreds more were showcased during the event held in Barcelona (Spain) during March 18-21.

Key Points: 
  • These products together with hundreds more were showcased during the event held in Barcelona (Spain) during March 18-21.
  • The event that took place at Fira de Barcelona's Gran Via venue became a showcase for the food and hospitality industry of the future.
  • 3,200 companies exhibited their most innovative products, most of which were created in response to consumer concern for their health and well-being.
  • This edition, with more than 900 foreign companies, was the most international one held to date.

NWAC demands that federal government provide Indigenous non-profit organizations with stable core funding after being forced to lay off half its staff

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

As a result of the termination of a key government skills-training program and other programs, NWAC has been forced to lay off more than 75 fixed-term and permanent members of its staff – roughly half its workforce.

Key Points: 
  • As a result of the termination of a key government skills-training program and other programs, NWAC has been forced to lay off more than 75 fixed-term and permanent members of its staff – roughly half its workforce.
  • “We hope to create additional employment opportunities when this organization secures further work in the service of Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit, transgender, and gender-diverse people.
  • The well-being of Indigenous people should not hinge on that kind of instability.”
    NWAC and other non-profit organizations have been lobbying for decades for secure, stable, core funding.
  • “The staff cuts that NWAC is currently being forced to make are directly tied to the uncertainties of living hand to mouth.

RC Show 2024 Release New & Innovative Product Showcase

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Since 2010, KEENON Robotics , driven by its slogan "Keen on robots, keen on the future," has led the robotics sector.

Key Points: 
  • Since 2010, KEENON Robotics , driven by its slogan "Keen on robots, keen on the future," has led the robotics sector.
  • With a comprehensive range including advertising, delivery, hotel, and the latest addition, cleaning robots, they cater to diverse commercial needs.
  • Diversey Canada Inc. has been a pivotal player in increasing operational efficiency for the industry and that continues in 2024.
  • You will find more of these innovative products and solutions all under one roof at RC Show 2024, taking place April 8-10, where the industry will come together, be inspired and learn how to LEVEL UP!

Orphan designation: Glycyl-L-2-methylprolyl-L-glutamic acid Treatment of fragile X syndrome, 28/07/2015 Positive

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Orphan designation: Glycyl-L-2-methylprolyl-L-glutamic acid Treatment of fragile X syndrome, 28/07/2015 Positive

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Orphan designation: Glycyl-L-2-methylprolyl-L-glutamic acid Treatment of fragile X syndrome, 28/07/2015 Positive

Orphan designation: Allogeneic cultured postnatal thymus-derived tissue Treatment of DiGeorge syndrome, 26/02/2019 Positive

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Overview

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  • Overview
    On 26 February 2019, orphan designation (EU/3/19/2135) was granted by the European Commission to Enzyvant Therapeutics Ireland Limited, Ireland, for allogeneic cultured postnatal thymus-derived tissue (also known as RVT-802) for the treatment of DiGeorge syndrome.
  • DiGeorge syndrome is a long-term debilitating condition that may be life-threatening particularly because of the heart problems and serious infections.
  • At the time of application for orphan designation, there was no satisfactory treatment for DiGeorge syndrome authorised in the EU.
  • Orphan designation of the medicine had been granted in the United States for treatment of patients with complete DiGeorge anomaly.

Orphan designation: (6aR,10aR)-3-(1,1-dimethylheptyl)-delta8-tetrahydro-cannabinol-9-carboxylic acid Treatment of dermatomyositis Withdrawn

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Orphan designation: (6aR,10aR)-3-(1,1-dimethylheptyl)-delta8-tetrahydro-cannabinol-9-carboxylic acid Treatment of dermatomyositis Withdrawn

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Orphan designation: (6aR,10aR)-3-(1,1-dimethylheptyl)-delta8-tetrahydro-cannabinol-9-carboxylic acid Treatment of dermatomyositis Withdrawn

Orphan designation: Eflornithine Treatment of neuroblastoma, 27/09/2011 Withdrawn

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Orphan designation: Eflornithine Treatment of neuroblastoma, 27/09/2011 Withdrawn

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Orphan designation: Eflornithine Treatment of neuroblastoma, 27/09/2011 Withdrawn

FTC Announces Winners of Voice Cloning Challenge

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission has chosen four winning submissions for its Voice Cloning Challenge to promote the development of ideas to protect consumers from the misuse of artificial intelligence-enabled voice cloning for fraud and other harms.

Key Points: 
  • The Federal Trade Commission has chosen four winning submissions for its Voice Cloning Challenge to promote the development of ideas to protect consumers from the misuse of artificial intelligence-enabled voice cloning for fraud and other harms.
  • “Tapping American ingenuity is critical to solving big abuses like deceptive voice cloning,” said Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.
  • “We’re recognizing people who are pushing science forward and proposing different options to ensure a robust landscape of solutions,” said Stephanie T. Nguyen, the FTC’s Chief Technologist.
  • The technology evaluates each incoming phone call or digital audio in two-second chunks and flags those that are potential deep fakes.
  • The four winning submissions demonstrate the potential for cutting edge technology to help mitigate risks of voice cloning in the marketplace.
  • Voice cloning technology offers potential benefits by, for example, providing new ways for those who have impaired speech to communicate in their own voice with the help of technology.
  • For example, scammers have used voice cloning technology to impersonate business executives in order to fraudulently obtain money or valuable information.