Month: November 2021

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  • November 1, 2021

Workplace Options Announces Investment from WindRose Health Investors to Expand Employee Wellbeing Resources Globally

Investment to accelerate Workplace Options’ strategy of rapid growth and innovation RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Workplace Options (WPO), a leading independent wellbeing provider headquartered in Raleigh, NC, announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement with WindRose Health Investors, LLC, (“WindRose”) a private equity firm specializing in healthcare. Workplace Options […]

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  • November 1, 2021

TopAlliance Appoints Virginia Ellen Maher, MD, as Vice President of Medical Sciences

SHANGHAI, China, Nov. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TopAlliance Biosciences, a wholly own subsidiary of Junshi Biosciences (HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180) today announced the appointment of Dr. Virginia Ellen Maher as VP of Medical Sciences, reporting to the company’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Patricia Keegan. In her new role, she will lead or support the […]

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  • November 1, 2021

Junshi Biosciences and Coherus Announce FDA Acceptance of BLA Filing for Toripalimab for Treatment of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

FDA has granted the toripalimab BLA Priority Review with a target action date of April 2022 SHANGHAI, China and REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd. (“Junshi Biosciences”, HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180) and Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (“Coherus”, Nasdaq: CHRS) announced today that the United States Food and Drug […]

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  • November 1, 2021

JDE Peet’s takes the next step in its innovation agenda with the launch of Maxwell House and Moccona Cold Brew Pure Instant Coffees in China

COMPANY NEWS Amsterdam, 1 November 2021 Read this news in Mandarin. JDE Peet’s (EURONEXT: JDEP), the world’s leading pure-play coffee and tea company by revenue, today provided more information on the recent successful entry of Maxwell House and Moccona into the growing Cold Brew Pure Instant segment in China as part of the company’s reignited […]

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  • November 1, 2021

Thailand set to welcome visitors after almost two years

With an economy almost entirely dependent on the tourist industry, Thailand is today lifting quarantine restrictions and allowing fully vaccinated foreign visitors from 63 countries and territories to enter in a bid to boost revenue from tourism during…

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  • November 1, 2021

“One minute to midnight” says Johnson as climate conference opens

GLASGOW, A U.N. conference critical to averting the most disastrous effects of climate change kicked off on Monday, its task made even more daunting by the failure of major industrial nations to agree ambitious new commitments.The COP26 conference in t…

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  • November 1, 2021

Amnesty, Rung Panusaya seek end to alleged Thai Government human rights violations

Today (Monday), anti-establishment protest leader Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul, along with activists from Amnesty International Thailand, submitted over 28,000 signatures, gathered through a change.org campaign, to a representative of Prime Mini…

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  • November 1, 2021

Global climate talks open to ever more daunting challenge

GLASGOW (Reuters) – World leaders began arriving on Monday at a U.N. conference critical to averting the most disastrous effects of climate change, their challenge made even more daunting by the failure of major industrial nations to agree ambitious ne…

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  • November 1, 2021

Thai anti-establishment protest leader gets 6 months for contempt of court

A Thammasat University engineering student and aspiring astronaut was sentenced to six months in prison today (Monday) for contempt of the court and for “causing disunity” in the country.The six-month imprisonment is the heaviest penalty for such offen…

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  • November 1, 2021

Senate refuses to let ethnic minority representative sit on human rights commission

Thailand’s Senate has overwhelmingly rejected the nomination of a representative of Thailand’s ethnic minorities as a member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).Wiwat Tamee, the director of a foundation for the development of ethnic minority…

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