Новости за 05.04.2019

In January 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated a 2015 draft guidance on rare diseases.

There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them.

The Pennsylvania-based company disagrees with the FDA's analysis of its clinical data and will seek to work with the agency for approval.

The latest job cuts at Merrimack come about five months after the company culled 60 percent of its staff.

Sunrise on Friday declared itself in the vanguard of global 5G development, announcing the launch of its first 5G service. The Swiss telco clearly chose its launch date carefully, coming as it does alongside the arrival of 5G services from international big hitters Verizon…

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Norway will auction off mobile spectrum in the 700 MHz and 2.1 GHz bands in early June, it announced this week, and the government is willing to allow winning bidders to postpone the bulk of their payments if they agree to meet certain coverage targets…

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After a lull in proceedings earlier this week that led some to predict the end was in sight, bidding in the German 5G auction is once again happening apace, with close to &euro…

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A successful merger between Sprint and rival T-Mobile would help the US mitigate China's march towards 5G world dominance, according to the telco's tech chief, who this week took his turn to ensure that the pending deal is never out of the headlines. "China remains the clear leader in the race to 5G with a number of critical advantages…

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Vodafone this week launched its latest UK 5G trial, lighting up the technology at Birmingham's New Street station in what it claims is the first 5G test at a UK railway station…

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RMT to hold protest in London on Friday 26th April to mark 3 years of campaigning to keep the guard on Southern railway

Glasgow Prestwick Spaceport will receive a share of a GBP80 million (USD105 million) funding pot next year to potentially build two hangars and office and industrial facilities. Glasgow Prestwick wants to host space launch system providers that need a runway, either to air-launch their rocket from

Ruth Cairnie has been selected as the new chairperson of Babcock International, succeeding Mike Turner who will retire in July. Cairnie will act as non-executive director until the company’s annual general meeting on 18 July, at which point she will take over from Turner. Cairnie is

Elbit Systems of America has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Harris’ night vision business for USD350 million in cash. The sale is a condition of the planned merger between Harris and L3 Technologies who announced in October 2018 that they were pursuing an all-stock merger to

Australia has invested nearly AUD53 million (USD37 million) on a deployable computer network to improve information sharing during operations with the other four members of the ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence alliance, Minister for Defence Industry Linda Reynolds disclosed on 4 April.

GVC Holdings has said a strong performance from its online betting and gaming gaming assets has helped offset a flat performance from its UK retail operation in the first quarter of 2019.

Gaming platform and services provider Nektan has reported a 5.9% year-on-year increase in revenue for the third quarter of its financial year, though noted that performance in the period was impacted by a number of factors.

Happy Friday igamers! This week we predict further clampdowns on 'soft' gambling sites, ponder DFS's unpopularity, consider whether the HMRC has a few poker sharks and giggle at a videobomber

The Greek Government has submitted a list of reforms for the country’s online gaming market to the European Commission, an institution of the European Union (EU) responsible for proposing legislation and implementing decisions.

Kambi Group has moved to strengthen its executive management team with the appointment of Cecilia Wachtmeister as executive vice president for business and group functions.

State-owned gaming operator Svenska Spel’s lottery and gaming machine division has generated turnover of SEK906m (£74.6m/€86.9m/$97.6m) in the first two months of activity in Sweden’s newly regulated online gaming market.

Olympic Casino Group Baltija, a subsidiary of the Olympic Entertainment Group (OEG), has been fined €495,500 (£425,830/$556,330) by the Lithuania Gaming Control Authority for failing to verify the identity several customers who exchanged large sums of money at its casino tables.

Kindred Group has joined forces with Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) as part of an effort to strengthen its affiliate compliance processes. The Unibet owner will deploy the GiG Comply marketing compliance technology to track affiliate activity and content for its brands.

Other News Sources - Open access entrepreneur Ian Yeowart is planning a new London-Cardiff service that would provide the first competition to Great Western Railway since privatisation 25 years ago.

Other News Sources - Companies across the West Midlands are benefiting from the HS2 infrastructure project, ahead of its arrival in 2026, by accessing tailored funding streams to grow their businesses, delivering new jobs across the region.

Other News Sources - More than one bus driver a week in Glasgow was caught by police last year running red lights across the city.