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The Need for Standardization and CDISC: Insights from The University of Alabama, The University of Utah & CDISC, Upcoming Webinar Hosted by Xtalks

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022
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TORONTO, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) compliance is now mandatory for clinical trial submissions to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA). And for many academic institutions, this is now a condition of their grant funding. However, adopting CDISC standards isn't just a necessity. It's an important investment that enables more meaningful research, and easier data analysis, with deeper insights.

Key Points: 
  • In this free webinar, learn about the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), and how to adopt and use CDISC standards.
  • Attendees will hear how the University of Alabama (UAB) and the University of Utah are tackling CDISC compliance and embracing the benefits of standardization.
  • Register to learn about the need for standardization and hear from CDISC themselves, including their guidance and approach to standards adoption.
  • For more information, or to register for this event, visit The Need for Standardization and CDISC: Insights from The University of Alabama, The University of Utah & CDISC .

GlobalBlock Launches New Crypto Portfolio Product GB10; Announces Leadership Transition

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Monday, October 17, 2022
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GB10 allows instant investment into a diversified portfolio of the top 10 cryptocurrencies weighted by market cap that are then rebalanced at the start of each month.

Key Points: 
  • GB10 allows instant investment into a diversified portfolio of the top 10 cryptocurrencies weighted by market cap that are then rebalanced at the start of each month.
  • Our decision to create this product was in response to demand from existing clients, and the realisation that many investors entering or currently in the crypto space want a product that gives a broad entry point to the most established crypto projects.
  • The GB10 product is the first of a few products we are looking to bring to market, so it is great to have this first one launched."
  • The Company continues to see strong popularity of its new mobile app with download numbers exceeding expectations and as a result several leadership changes have taken place.

Honda Provides $2 Million in Grants to Advance Teen Driver Safety

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022
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With nearly one-third of annual traffic fatalities in the U.S. involving drivers under the age of 25, Honda invited organizations to propose ideas to improve teen safety during National Teen Driver Safety Week in Oct. 2021 .Ultimately, Honda selected 25 organizations that are working to advance driver education and safety awareness in their communities supported by the funding from Honda.

Key Points: 
  • With nearly one-third of annual traffic fatalities in the U.S. involving drivers under the age of 25, Honda invited organizations to propose ideas to improve teen safety during National Teen Driver Safety Week in Oct. 2021 .Ultimately, Honda selected 25 organizations that are working to advance driver education and safety awareness in their communities supported by the funding from Honda.
  • The teen driver safety initiative builds on Honda's longstanding " Safety for Everyone " approach, a commitment to advance safety for everyone sharing the road.
  • Honda also has added information on teen safety to the safety education section of its consumer website .
  • The foundation's Elevating Individuals Through Excellence (ELITE) program includes curriculum focusing on teen driver safety and education from pre-permit to post license.

Viewpoint Segment Features Lindamood-Bell

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Friday, October 7, 2022
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lindamood-Bellis featured in a new segment from Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid.

Key Points: 
  • SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lindamood-Bellis featured in a new segment from Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid.
  • The segment can be found here: https://bit.ly/3Eiufx7 .
  • While the common perspective is that one can only compensate for these challenges, years of modern brain research have shown that this is not true.
  • Lindamood-Bell helps children and adults to learn to their potential by developing the underlying sensory-cognitive functions to support learning.

Viewpoint Segment Features Lindamood-Bell, hosted by Dennis Quaid

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Friday, October 7, 2022
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MIAMI, Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Hundreds of thousands of individuals are impacted by learning challenges. While the common perspective is that one can only compensate for these challenges, years of modern brain research have shown that this is not true. Conditions like dyslexia can be overcome. This is featured in a new segment of the educational program.

Key Points: 
  • Lindamood-Bell is featured in a new segment from Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid.
  • MIAMI, Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Hundreds of thousands of individuals are impacted by learning challenges.
  • While the common perspective is that one can only compensate for these challenges, years of modern brain research have shown that this is not true.
  • Development Division, Viewpoint with host Dennis Quaid, 561-244-7620, [email protected]

Gradalis to Host Key Opinion Leader Webinar on Unmet Medical Needs in Ovarian Cancer and the Company’s Immuno-Oncology Treatment, Vigil®

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022
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DALLAS, Sept. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gradalis, a privately-held, late-stage biotechnology company developing immunotherapies for ovarian and other cancers, today announced that it will host a key opinion leader (KOL) webinar on the current treatment landscape for ovarian cancer and Vigil®, the company’s fully personalized, patient-specific cancer immunotherapy, on Monday, October 3, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. ET.

Key Points: 
  • Gradalis Chief Scientific Officer John Nemunaitis, M.D., will review results from VITAL, a Phase 2b clinical trial evaluating Vigil as maintenance therapy for ovarian cancer patients and the clinical development path forward.
  • Gradalis is preparing to initiate a Phase 3 trial designed for product registration of Vigil in patients with ovarian cancer.
  • His research interests include genetic/molecular determinants of racial healthcare disparities in gynecologic malignancies as well as understanding the molecular mechanisms of chemoresistance in ovarian cancer.
  • The company is preparing to initiate a clinical trial intended for product registration in patients with the HRP subtype ovarian cancer.

GlobalBlock Provides Business and Trading App Update

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Thursday, September 22, 2022
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London, United Kingdom and Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 22, 2022) -  GlobalBlock Digital Asset Trading Limited (TSXV: BLOK) (OTC Pink: BLVDF) (FSE: BD4) (the "Company" or "GlobalBlock"), is pleased to announce that the launch of its mobile trading app in late July 2022, on both Apple's App store and Google's Play store, has started to yield significant new client sign-ups for the Company's wholly-owned operating subsidiary, GlobalBlock Europe, UAB ("GBE"), a service led digital asset broker. Across both platforms and with a very targeted, cost-effective marketing spend, 1288 downloads were registered during August 2022. Accounting for bots and existing client downloads, GBE has doubled its existing client base and the progress for September 2022 so far, is equally encouraging. The Company notes that the conversion rate of people who downloaded and proceeded to fully KYC (Know Your Customer) completed clients is 9% and the rate of download to registration is 26%. The Company believes these conversion metrics are higher than comparable industry averages. GlobalBlock's mobile trading app was developed in house using a highly flexible and cost-effective technology team.

Key Points: 
  • GlobalBlock's mobile trading app was developed in house using a highly flexible and cost-effective technology team.
  • The Company has also significantly grown its intellectual property, through both the development of the mobile trading app and the development of a propriety data system, the 'GlobalBlock Engine'.
  • GlobalBlock Digital Asset Trading Limited is a publicly traded holding company (TSX Venture: BLOK) whose wholly-owned operating subsidiary, GlobalBlock Europe, UAB ( https://www.globalblock.eu ), is a European Union based digital asset broker that provides a personalised telephone brokerage service, trading platform and mobile app.
  • At this time, clients or customers based in Lithuania and the UK can be onboarded to its digital asset broker and trading services.

Hicuity Health to Host Forefront 2022: Provider-to-Provider Telemedicine Virtual Summit

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Thursday, September 15, 2022
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ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hicuity Health, the nation's leading provider of high-acuity telemedicine services, announced Forefront 2022, a virtual summit dedicated to exploring provider-to-provider telemedicine. The event, scheduled for October 12 at noon EDT, will bring together industry thought leaders, experts from across the healthcare spectrum and frontline telemedicine clinicians in a variety of panel discussions focused on current solutions and future opportunities in provider-to provider (P2P) telemedicine, with a primary goal of informing and engaging the innovators and healthcare leaders charged with implementing forward-looking improvements to patient care.

Key Points: 
  • ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hicuity Health , the nation's leading provider of high-acuity telemedicine services, announced Forefront 2022 , a virtual summit dedicated to exploring provider-to-provider telemedicine.
  • Forefront 2022 will highlight provider-to-provider telemedicine and explore a wide range of successful programs, drawing upon the insights of a broad range of hands-on experts.
  • Panelists will draw from direct experience in a range of telemedicine services, including tele-critical care, remote telemetry, remote patient monitoring, tele-acute care, virtual nursing, and virtual sitter.
  • "Hicuity Health developed Forefront 2022 as a platform for leadership and innovators from hospitals, health care systems, and other care delivery organizations to explore the benefits of and opportunities for provider-to-provider telemedicine," said Lou Silverman, CEO, Hicuity Health.

AI Metrics, an AI Medical Imaging Technology Startup, Selected by Innovate Alabama as an Inaugural Small Business Grant Recipient

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Wednesday, September 14, 2022
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sep. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- AI Metrics, an early stage radiology software company, announced that it has been selected to receive funding by Innovate Alabama. The Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grant Program awarded more than $4.5 million in funding to 30 companies that will utilize these funds to support and grow their businesses within the state -- benefiting local business owners who are commercializing modern technology as well as the state's regional and national economic footprint.

Key Points: 
  • BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sep. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- AI Metrics, an early stage radiology software company, announced that it has been selected to receive funding by Innovate Alabama .
  • "We are honored to be selected as a recipient and grateful to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey and the Innovate Alabama Board of Directors.
  • "The Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grant helps emerging innovators like AI Metrics improve the quality of life not only in Alabama, but around the globe."
  • "Investing in technology and talent will help keep Alabama competitive and attract other top companies that want to do business here."

Hudson Extends Retail Contract At Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport

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Thursday, September 1, 2022
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As part of a 7-year contract extension, Hudson transformed four of its existing retail spaces in BHM into locally-themed stores and introduced a new specialty brand Automated Retail unit.

Key Points: 
  • As part of a 7-year contract extension, Hudson transformed four of its existing retail spaces in BHM into locally-themed stores and introduced a new specialty brand Automated Retail unit.
  • Our partnership with Hudson has helped accomplish our goal of creating an airport experience that looks and feels like Birmingham, said Mathieu.
  • Automated Retail: Redefining the traditional vending experience, Automated Retail is a 24/7 specialty retail brand destination specifically tailored to the local market.
  • As Alabamas largest commercial airport, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport has served as a gateway to the sky for 90 years.