Bial, an innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company focused on neurosciences and rare diseases, announced today that the Phase 2b ACTIVATE study of BIA 28-6156 (pariceract) in patients with Parkinson’s who have a pathogenic variant in the GBA1 gene (GBA-PD) did not meet its primary, nor the key secondary efficacy endpoints, meaning that BIA 28-6156 failed to slow the progression of GBA-PD versus placebo. BIA 28-6156 proved to be generally well tolerated in the study, with no unexpected safety ...
Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR), an automated global broker, today announced the launch of Commission-Free ETFs within its Recurring Investment feature for eligible individual investors across the European Economic Area. Investors can now access more than 500 commission-free iShares ETFs from BlackRock spanning a broad range of asset classes and strategies, including bonds, equities, themes and sectors. The iShares ETFs available on the IBKR platform give individual investors an accessible...
monday.com (Nasdaq: MNDY), the AI work platform that turns strategy into execution at scale, today announced Ben Barnett’s appointment to General Manager (GM) of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, marking a major milestone in the company’s global expansion. Ben, who has been with monday.com for five years, brings a decade of experience in senior B2B sales roles at software companies and has overseen significant, sustained growth at monday.com in the UK and Ireland since joining in 2021. In...
Global technology corporation FPT and Amata Group, a leading industrial estate developer in Southeast Asia (SEA), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to advance AI-driven transformation across Amata’s industrial parks in Thailand, Vietnam, and the broader Southeast Asia region. The MoU exchange ceremony was witnessed by Thailand's Prime Minister, H.E. Anutin Charnvirakul. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/2026...
Icon Solutions – the UK fintech enabling banks to design and implement state-of-the-art payment systems – has released a reference implementation showing how banks can use the Icon Payments Framework (IPF) to accelerate support for payments processing using distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based digital assets. As IPF is agnostic to both the type of digital asset and the DLT network on which they are issued, the risk of fragmentation is reduced as adoption scales. There is growing momentum...
IFF (NYSE: IFF) — a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences — released its 2025 Do More Good Report, highlighting the company’s commitment to creating better products and experiences for people and the planet. IFF’s increasingly nature-based portfolio underscores the central role of sustainability and positions its innovation at the intersection of biology and chemistry. Through continued investment in R&D, expanded global innovation partnerships ...
Promega Corporation has received approval from the Science Based Targets initiative for its near-term emissions reduction targets, developed to reflect the current status of climate science. SBTi is a corporate climate organization that develops standards, tools and guidance for setting greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets in line with what is needed to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. “These goals aren’t just a commitment, they represent a verified plan with third-party acco...
OKX, a leading global fintech company and crypto trading platform, today launched 13 new X-Perp markets for traders across Europe, giving retail users direct access to futures on the "Magnificent 7" tech stocks, four major commodities and the world's biggest* indices. From today, OKX customers in Europe can trade futures on Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla, alongside Gold, Silver, WTI Crude Oil and Brent Crude Oil. SPY and QQQ X-Perps are also available, allowing Eur...
We 2 Stars, one of Ghana’s licensed international operators, together with BTS and ZIM Connections, today announced the launch of AkwaabaSIM, a travel eSIM solution for travelers to and from Ghana, across Africa, and worldwide. Akwaaba means “welcome” in a local Ghanaian language, reflecting the service’s goal of making travel connectivity easier and more accessible. AkwaabaSIM is now live and commercially available, allowing travelers to secure their eSIM before departure and stay connected ...
Scientist.com, the life science industry’s leading AI-enabled R&D orchestration platform and marketplace for scientific products and services, today announced the launch of its unified Innovation Hub®, a new digital destination that brings together scientific education, technical content, industry insights and access to Scientist.com’s global supplier network. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260609744014/en/Scient...