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Tilia Homes and Hopkins Homes announce 'Zero Bills' partnership with Octopus Energy

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

SOLIHULL, England, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tilia Homes and Hopkins Homes have today announced they have joined Octopus Energy's 'Zero Bills' proposition on an exclusive number of properties.

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  • SOLIHULL, England, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tilia Homes and Hopkins Homes have today announced they have joined Octopus Energy's 'Zero Bills' proposition on an exclusive number of properties.
  • Simon Gabbitas, Group ESG Director for Tilia Homes and Hopkins Homes, said: "As the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite, we are delighted to join forces with Octopus Energy to offer drastically reduced home running costs for our customers.
  • "At Tilia Homes and Hopkins Homes, we are committed to reducing carbon emissions and exploring new ways to incorporate cutting-edge technology, materials, and designs into our developments to boost energy efficiency.
  • With our 'Zero Bills' smart proposition, Tilia Homes and Hopkins Homes homeowners can enjoy not only energy bill-free homes, but also a genuine shift towards sustainable living.

Tilia Homes and Hopkins Homes announce 'Zero Bills' partnership with Octopus Energy

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, April 2, 2024

SOLIHULL, England, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tilia Homes and Hopkins Homes have today announced they have joined Octopus Energy's 'Zero Bills' proposition on an exclusive number of properties.

Key Points: 
  • SOLIHULL, England, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tilia Homes and Hopkins Homes have today announced they have joined Octopus Energy's 'Zero Bills' proposition on an exclusive number of properties.
  • Simon Gabbitas, Group ESG Director for Tilia Homes and Hopkins Homes, said: "As the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite, we are delighted to join forces with Octopus Energy to offer drastically reduced home running costs for our customers.
  • "At Tilia Homes and Hopkins Homes, we are committed to reducing carbon emissions and exploring new ways to incorporate cutting-edge technology, materials, and designs into our developments to boost energy efficiency.
  • With our 'Zero Bills' smart proposition, Tilia Homes and Hopkins Homes homeowners can enjoy not only energy bill-free homes, but also a genuine shift towards sustainable living.

MHI Group Presents "Best Innovation 2023" Awards for Activities that Contribute to Protecting the Environment

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Through this in-house program, the Company aims to raise environmental awareness and encourage further innovation among its groupwide employees.

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  • Through this in-house program, the Company aims to raise environmental awareness and encourage further innovation among its groupwide employees.
  • An anchorless construction method enables easy equipment installation and layout changes-, a feature that has brought accolades from multi-tenant warehouse owners.
  • By utilizing knowledge and expertise of MHI group, a "liquefied CO2 handling system" enabling transport of liquefied CO2 in large volumes is being developed.
  • In these ways, MHI Group has been making its initiatives toward realizing a carbon neutral society widely known.

MiNA Therapeutics Presents New Data for its HbF Program at the Keystone Symposia’s Delivery of Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Conference

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

MiNA Therapeutics Limited, the pioneer in small activating RNA (RNAa) therapeutics, announced today that it will present new pre-clinical data for its lead RNA activation program targeting fetal hemoglobin (HbF) at the Keystone Symposia’s Delivery of Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Conference in Banff, Alberta, Canada.

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  • MiNA Therapeutics Limited, the pioneer in small activating RNA (RNAa) therapeutics, announced today that it will present new pre-clinical data for its lead RNA activation program targeting fetal hemoglobin (HbF) at the Keystone Symposia’s Delivery of Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Conference in Banff, Alberta, Canada.
  • The data will be presented on January 24, 2024, at 7:30 pm MST during a poster presentation.
  • MiNA’s HbF program is designed to increase transcription of the gamma globin (HBG) gene, enabling patients with beta-hemoglobinopathies to produce enhanced levels of HbF.
  • MiNA anticipates advancing its HbF program, the first program to emerge from its genetic medicine portfolio, into pre-clinical development in 2024.

Beam Therapeutics Highlights Progress Across Base Editing Portfolio and Outlines 2024 Anticipated Milestones

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Monday, January 8, 2024

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Beam Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAM), a biotechnology company developing precision genetic medicines through base editing, today reported progress across the company’s hematology and genetic disease portfolios and provided updates on anticipated upcoming milestones.

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  • “Our vision is to establish Beam as a sustainable, fully integrated company pioneering a new class of genetic medicines with base editing.
  • Preclinical models suggest base editing could lead to improved HbF induction and lower residual disease-causing hemoglobin S compared to existing gene therapy options.
  • The company is on-track to report initial data on multiple patients from the BEACON trial in the second half of 2024.
  • Beam expects to report an initial clinical dataset for BEAM-201 in the second half of 2024.

Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Casgevy, Exagamglogene autotemcel, Status: Opinion

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Casgevy, Exagamglogene autotemcel, Status: Opinion

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Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Casgevy, Exagamglogene autotemcel, Status: Opinion

FDA Approves First Gene Therapies to Treat Patients with Sickle Cell Disease

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Friday, December 8, 2023

Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited blood disorders affecting approximately 100,000 people in the U.S.

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  • Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited blood disorders affecting approximately 100,000 people in the U.S.
  • The primary problem in sickle cell disease is a mutation in hemoglobin, a protein found in red blood cells that delivers oxygen to the body's tissues.
  • Casgevy, a cell-based gene therapy, is approved for the treatment of sickle cell disease in patients 12 years of age and older with recurrent vaso-occlusive crises.
  • In patients with sickle cell disease, increased levels of HbF prevent the sickling of red blood cells.

Revolutionary Satellite Communication Antenna Offers Unprecedented Flexibility for Military Applications

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

Traditionally, satellite ground terminals have been designed to operate in a dedicated fashion on a specific communication satellite or network.

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  • Traditionally, satellite ground terminals have been designed to operate in a dedicated fashion on a specific communication satellite or network.
  • The phased array antenna is utilized as the feed for the parabolic reflector when operating on a GEO satellite and as a standalone antenna when operating on a LEO or MEO satellite.
  • This configuration also allows MONDO to function concurrently as a traditional parabolic antenna on a GEO satellite and as a traditional ESA on a LEO/MEO satellite.
  • PathFinder intends to license this innovative antenna design to antenna manufacturers," said Roger McGarrahan, CEO of PathFinder Digital.

FDA Lifts Clinical Hold on Fulcrum Therapeutics’ FTX-6058 for Sickle Cell Disease

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023

“We are pleased with the FDA’s decision to lift the clinical hold and are eager to advance FTX-6058 through clinical development to address the significant unmet need in the sickle cell disease community,” said Alex C. Sapir, Fulcrum’s president and chief executive officer.

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  • “We are pleased with the FDA’s decision to lift the clinical hold and are eager to advance FTX-6058 through clinical development to address the significant unmet need in the sickle cell disease community,” said Alex C. Sapir, Fulcrum’s president and chief executive officer.
  • We look forward to building on these results with plans to resume enrollment for patients with SCD.”
    On February 23, 2023, the FDA placed the IND for FTX-6058 on clinical hold.
  • In its communication, the Agency noted preclinical data previously submitted in April, October and December 2022, and non-clinical and clinical evidence of hematological malignancies observed with other inhibitors of polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2).
  • In connection with the clinical hold, Fulcrum suspended dosing in the Phase 1b trial of FTX-6058 and worked diligently with the Agency to resolve the hold.