Monday, April 12, 2021
Grünenthal acquires Mestex AG and its Phase-III-ready investigational medicine MTX-071 for the treatment of pain associated with osteoarthritis of the knee
With the acquisition of Mestex AG, Grünenthal secures global rights for an attractive late-stage asset that could offer an innovative therapy option for millions of patients affected by pain related to osteoarthritis of the knee.
MTX-071 (resiniferatoxin) is a highly potent Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) agonist. Its administration can reversibly defunctionalise TRPV1-expressing nociceptors. This can result in long lasting pain relief.
Aachen, Germany, 12 April 2021 – Today, Grünenthal has announced the acquisition of Mestex AG through the takeover of all of its shares and options. Mestex AG is a Swiss biotech company that has developed the innovative investigational medicine MTX-071 (resiniferatoxin) for the intra-articular treatment of pain associated with osteoarthritis of the knee. The investigational medicine is currently concluding Phase II of clinical development and is about to enter Phase III. Initial data showed a long-lasting and significant analgesic effect and functional improvements compared to placebo (saline injection), as well as a favourable safety profile.
“Osteoarthritis is a progressive condition that currently cannot be cured. The inflamed, swollen and painful joints lead to limitation on mobility of the affected patients and may impact their quality of life significantly. Millions of patients currently receive intra-articular corticosteroids or need to undergo knee replacement surgery as last remaining treatment option,” says Jan Adams, MD, Chief Scientific Officer Grünenthal. “With MTX-071, we aim to provide these patients with a well tolerable, non-opioid therapy option that provides long-lasting pain relief and functional improvement of the affected joints.”
Grünenthal is currently preparing two pivotal Phase III studies to investigate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of MTX-071 in patients with pain associated with osteoarthritis of the knee. The studies will start in 2021 and they are part of a global development programme aimed at meeting the requirements for approval in the EU, the US, Japan and China. The mechanism of action is well validated by clinical studies with other TRPV1 agonists.
“Through the acquisition of Mestex, Grünenthal is well positioned to tap into the global osteoarthritis market. Over 50 million people are affected by osteoarthritis of the knee across the US and the EU.” says Gabriel Baertschi, Chief Executive Officer Grünenthal. “We are confident in the mechanism of action of MTX-071 and will explore its potential for the treatment of osteoarthritis related pain in additional joints.”
This acquisition will further strengthen Grünenthal’s pain-focused late-stage pipeline. The company recently announced a Phase III trial that studies the efficacy, safety and tolerability of QUTENZA® (capsaicin) 8% topical system in post-surgical neuropathic pain (PSNP) with the goal of expanding the current US label.
About MTX-071MTX-071 is an intra-articular injection of resiniferatoxin for the treatment of pain in patients with advanced knee osteoarthritis. Resiniferatoxin is a highly potent Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) agonist. Its administration can reversibly defunctionalise TRPV1-expressing nociceptors. This can result in long lasting pain relief. The investigational medicine is currently concluding Phase II and about to enter Phase III. Data shows a long-lasting and significant analgesic effect and functional improvements compared to placebo (saline injection), as well as a favourable safety profile.
About OsteoarthritisOsteoarthritis (OA) can be defined as a group of distinct, but overlapping diseases. They may have different etiologies, but similar biological, morphological, and clinical outcomes that affect the articular cartilage, subchondral bone, ligaments, joint capsule, synovial membrane, and periarticular muscles. OA is the most common joint disease in people aged 65 and over. Its etiology is not fully understood, although there are several related factors including female gender, genetics, metabolism, and excessive mechanical stress. The diagnosis of OA is primarily based on clinical history and physical examination. The cardinal radiographic features of OA are focal/non-uniform narrowing of the joint space in the areas subjected to the most pressure, subchondral cysts, subchondral sclerosis, and osteophytes[1].
Osteoarthritis is a joint disease in which the tissues in the joint break down over time. Common symptoms of osteoarthritis include joint pain, stiffness and swelling, as well as changes in how the joint moves and feeling like the joint is loose or unstable. The most commonly affected joints include the hands, knees, hips, neck and lower back. Treatment of osteoarthritis usually includes exercises, maintaining a healthy weight, wearing braces to help with stability, and taking medication, if prescribed[2]. Many patients will require joint replacement surgery.
[1] ICD-11 https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http%3a%2f%2fid.who.int%2ficd%2fentity%2f558562409 [2] National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; What Causes Osteoarthritis, Symptoms & More | NIAMS (nih.gov)
About GrünenthalGrünenthal is a global leader in pain management and related diseases. As a science-based, privately-owned pharmaceutical company, we have a long track record of bringing innovative treatments and state-of-the-art technologies to patients worldwide. Our purpose is to change lives for the better – and innovation is our passion. We are focusing all of our activities and efforts on working towards our vision of a world free of pain.
Grünenthal is headquartered in Aachen, Germany, and has affiliates in 29 countries across Europe, Latin America and the US. Our products are available in more than 100 countries. In 2020, Grünenthal employed around 4,500 people and achieved sales of € 1.3 bn.
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HomeGrid Forum advances G.hn for industrial applications
Beaverton, US, 12 April 2021: HomeGrid Forum is accelerating the development of G.hn for use in industrial settings, which will prove critical for the future success of businesses worldwide. Facilitating fast communication, G.hn is bridging the gap between legacy systems and newer technology to transform operations with reliable, fast connectivity. It comes as pioneering telecommunication technology and industrial automation member, Teleconnect, launches its G.hn system on module (SOM) solution to enable Gigabit-class data transfer for intelligent networks within industrial environments.
As the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) arrives, the industrial communications market is predicted to grow to US$23.5 billion by 2025, as companies increasingly turn to technology to deliver significant business improvements. By leveraging data through Internet of Things (IoT) devices and incorporating machine-to-machine communication and automation, industries can achieve an uptake in productivity and efficiency. All of this requires scalable, interoperable, reliable communication and connectivity. A key focus for the HomeGrid Forum is industrial automation and G.hn technology is perfectly suited to meet the needs of 4IR.
Although machines, components, and devices have become increasingly wireless, communication on wired legacy systems still retains a large core of communications within industrial settings. With few alternatives to address the ongoing changes within the industrial sector, operators and system controllers must incorporate G.hn into their networks to provide next-generation applications with the reliable, high bandwidth connectivity required.
“Offering a strong backbone, with the ability for bidirectional data traffic, G.hn is the key to unlocking the potential of future industrial applications – most critically because it can be simply integrated into the legacy systems commonly in use in industrial environments,” said Livia Rosu, HomeGrid Forum Marketing Work Group Chair. “The technology’s highly interoperable nature and scalability enables communication between all applications within the network and gives operators the possibility of adding more devices in the future. HomeGrid Forum’s industrial IoT vision comes with end-to-end IP connectivity and agile control to empower the 4IR.”
Within the industrial sector, low latency and reliable communication are imperative in preventing chaos due to downtime or degradation of service. G.hn acts as essential infrastructure with its robust nature allowing for mission critical communication and network self-healing capability. Its interoperability and scalability are also vital for being able to handle the large number of devices found in an industrial network, which sees vast amounts of information being gathered and exchanged for machine-to-machine communication, IoT-powered robots, automation and various other purposes.
Until recently, IoT devices have been primarily consumer-focused, providing smarter connectivity inside homes and buildings. However, the industry is rapidly capitalizing on its deployments and expertise to address industrial IoT, such as the networking of factory machinery and industrial-grade sensors.
Able to work through four forms of media: powerline (PLC), coaxial cable (COAX), telephone cable (TP) and plastic optical fiber (POF), G.hn allows for fast installation and works seamlessly through existing wiring to provide low latency connectivity upon which industrial applications rely. G.hn is well-suited for environmental sensors, video surveillance and safety panels for employee welfare, thanks to its real-time two-way traffic handling and high bandwidth.
Teleconnect developed its GHN.SOM product with different mounting options and different data connectors options for PLC, COAX and TP, to offer a high degree of flexibility for customers by allowing for the easy incorporation of G.hn into any industrial environment. Since it is possible to enable the use of three different transmission media, this module is ideal for an extended range of applications. Utilizing a G.hn Wave2 Chipset from MaxLinear, customers can define the physical layer on the input slide of the GHN.SOM to provide a transparent bridge for data transmission through G.hn.
“By working with HomeGrid Forum we have managed to create a module that allows for rapid implementation of G.hn technology, which will revolutionise the future of industries worldwide,” said Alexandre Schäfer, Head of Sales and Marketing at Teleconnect. “With all the flexibility that G.hn provides, the future possibilities of this technology are endless when it comes to industrial automation, machine-to-machine communication or anywhere that robust fast communication is required.”
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About HomeGrid ForumHomeGrid Forum (HGF) is an industry alliance that brings together the world’s best in technology innovators, silicon vendors, system manufacturers, and service providers to promote G.hn, a globally recognized gigabit home networking technology based on ITU-T standards. G.hn is the most reliable and versatile wireless home network backbone available today. Our members promote the global adoption of G.hn, a single unified, multi-sourced networking technology – over coax, copper pairs, powerline, and plastic optical fiber. HomeGrid Forum provides G.hn silicon and system certification through a strict compliance and interoperability testing program. For more information on HomeGrid Forum, please visit our website at www.homegridforum.org.
About TeleconnectTeleconnect GmbH from Germany, Dresden is a design house and pioneer for hard- and software in the field of telecommunication technology and industrial automation. The company focuses on wired and broadband communication. With more than 30 years of experience in the market, Teleconnect accompanies its customers in the entire process from the idea to the transition to serial production. Teleconnect is a member of the Homegrid Forum and supports as early adopter.
For more information, please visit http://www.teleconnect.de/ghn-tcd.pdf
Media contact For more information, please contact Proactive PR on +44 (0) 1636 704 888 or at hgf@proactive-pr.com.Source: RealWire
As the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) arrives, the industrial communications market is predicted to grow to US$23.5 billion by 2025, as companies increasingly turn to technology to deliver significant business improvements. By leveraging data through Internet of Things (IoT) devices and incorporating machine-to-machine communication and automation, industries can achieve an uptake in productivity and efficiency. All of this requires scalable, interoperable, reliable communication and connectivity. A key focus for the HomeGrid Forum is industrial automation and G.hn technology is perfectly suited to meet the needs of 4IR.
Although machines, components, and devices have become increasingly wireless, communication on wired legacy systems still retains a large core of communications within industrial settings. With few alternatives to address the ongoing changes within the industrial sector, operators and system controllers must incorporate G.hn into their networks to provide next-generation applications with the reliable, high bandwidth connectivity required.
“Offering a strong backbone, with the ability for bidirectional data traffic, G.hn is the key to unlocking the potential of future industrial applications – most critically because it can be simply integrated into the legacy systems commonly in use in industrial environments,” said Livia Rosu, HomeGrid Forum Marketing Work Group Chair. “The technology’s highly interoperable nature and scalability enables communication between all applications within the network and gives operators the possibility of adding more devices in the future. HomeGrid Forum’s industrial IoT vision comes with end-to-end IP connectivity and agile control to empower the 4IR.”
Within the industrial sector, low latency and reliable communication are imperative in preventing chaos due to downtime or degradation of service. G.hn acts as essential infrastructure with its robust nature allowing for mission critical communication and network self-healing capability. Its interoperability and scalability are also vital for being able to handle the large number of devices found in an industrial network, which sees vast amounts of information being gathered and exchanged for machine-to-machine communication, IoT-powered robots, automation and various other purposes.
Until recently, IoT devices have been primarily consumer-focused, providing smarter connectivity inside homes and buildings. However, the industry is rapidly capitalizing on its deployments and expertise to address industrial IoT, such as the networking of factory machinery and industrial-grade sensors.
Able to work through four forms of media: powerline (PLC), coaxial cable (COAX), telephone cable (TP) and plastic optical fiber (POF), G.hn allows for fast installation and works seamlessly through existing wiring to provide low latency connectivity upon which industrial applications rely. G.hn is well-suited for environmental sensors, video surveillance and safety panels for employee welfare, thanks to its real-time two-way traffic handling and high bandwidth.
Teleconnect developed its GHN.SOM product with different mounting options and different data connectors options for PLC, COAX and TP, to offer a high degree of flexibility for customers by allowing for the easy incorporation of G.hn into any industrial environment. Since it is possible to enable the use of three different transmission media, this module is ideal for an extended range of applications. Utilizing a G.hn Wave2 Chipset from MaxLinear, customers can define the physical layer on the input slide of the GHN.SOM to provide a transparent bridge for data transmission through G.hn.
“By working with HomeGrid Forum we have managed to create a module that allows for rapid implementation of G.hn technology, which will revolutionise the future of industries worldwide,” said Alexandre Schäfer, Head of Sales and Marketing at Teleconnect. “With all the flexibility that G.hn provides, the future possibilities of this technology are endless when it comes to industrial automation, machine-to-machine communication or anywhere that robust fast communication is required.”
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About HomeGrid ForumHomeGrid Forum (HGF) is an industry alliance that brings together the world’s best in technology innovators, silicon vendors, system manufacturers, and service providers to promote G.hn, a globally recognized gigabit home networking technology based on ITU-T standards. G.hn is the most reliable and versatile wireless home network backbone available today. Our members promote the global adoption of G.hn, a single unified, multi-sourced networking technology – over coax, copper pairs, powerline, and plastic optical fiber. HomeGrid Forum provides G.hn silicon and system certification through a strict compliance and interoperability testing program. For more information on HomeGrid Forum, please visit our website at www.homegridforum.org.
About TeleconnectTeleconnect GmbH from Germany, Dresden is a design house and pioneer for hard- and software in the field of telecommunication technology and industrial automation. The company focuses on wired and broadband communication. With more than 30 years of experience in the market, Teleconnect accompanies its customers in the entire process from the idea to the transition to serial production. Teleconnect is a member of the Homegrid Forum and supports as early adopter.
For more information, please visit http://www.teleconnect.de/ghn-tcd.pdf
Media contact For more information, please contact Proactive PR on +44 (0) 1636 704 888 or at hgf@proactive-pr.com.Source: RealWire
UK workforce sees 113% increase in stress-related leave over the past 2 years
In a poll of UK employees, 58% are feeling exhausted, not excited ahead of summer
Money or me time? When asked to choose between an additional day off every year, or £200 cash, majority saw more value in ‘me time’
Nottingham, UK, 12th April 2021: Data from absence management platform e-days, reveals that, when comparing pre-pandemic levels in March 2019 to March 2021, the number of stress sickness days recorded has increased by 113%.
Additionally, the average number of people taking stress-related leave has increased by 74% when comparing Q1 2021 to Q1 2019. The number of people taking stress-related leave in 2020 and 2021 has remained the same, but the increase in days taken demonstrates that stress is taking longer to recover from and must be taken more seriously by employers. This news comes at the start of National Stress Awareness Month when the country comes together to raise awareness of the modern stress epidemic.
In light of this concerning revelation, e-days polled UK employees and found that an additional 58% of the UK workforce is feeling exhausted rather than excited as the summer approaches. Additionally, when asked to choose between an additional day off every year, or £200 cash from their employer, almost two-thirds (62%) of the UK workforce opted for ‘me time’ over money. This response suggests an increasingly stressed workforce, and further reinforces the importance of suitable workplace wellbeing support. So, whilst usual financial incentives may not be a viable option at the moment, businesses should be tracking leave and absence among employees to encourage wellbeing and workplace satisfaction over the coming summer months.
Steve Arnold, founder of e-days, commented, “With the majority of the UK workforce feeling exhausted and needing time out as we approach what is hopefully the light at the end of the tunnel, it’s vital that employers recognise the importance of a well-supported workforce. No business can afford to ignore the doubling of stress-related leave in such a short period of time - this affects us all. However, financial incentive is not the be-all-and-end-all of workplace benefits: the key to a motivated workforce is an employer that understands just how much absence matters.”
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About e-days:Founded by Steve Arnold and Chris Moseley, e-days is an award-winning, cloud-based absence management and intelligence platform that makes holiday and absence management easy and accurate for organisations of all sizes, anywhere in the world. e-days delivers for more than 1,500 customers across 120 countries, including brands such as Canon, ASOS, AXA, Monster Energy, Barclays and Sony.
The e-days mission is to provide organisations with key intelligence regarding staff absence - enabling them to build better staff management and wellbeing strategies. Absence intelligence allows businesses to achieve better resourcing insights, save time and money associated with employee absence, and promote excellent employee wellbeing and better health for organisational success.
Website: https://www.e-days.com Twitter: @edayssoftware
Press enquiriesFor all media requests, please contact Rachel Johnstone, rjohnstone@thecommsco.com // 0203 697 6680Source: RealWire
Saturday, April 10, 2021
Simply Conveyancing is Live on LexisNexis® Visualfiles™ as its Future Proof Business Growth and Innovation Platform
Property law firm fast-tracked platform implementation with Visualfiles ‘out-of-the-box’ Conveyancing Accelerator, AI and RPA technology adoption on the cards
LONDON, U.K., 07 April 2021 – LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions today announced that Simply Conveyancing, ranked among the UK’s top property law and conveyancing firms, is live on legal workflow and case management solution, Lexis® Visualfiles™. Simply Conveyancing has invested in this future proof platform to help the firm meets its ambitious business growth targets and achieve its vision of becoming the safest, most trusted, and easiest conveyancing firm to deal with by estate agents, mortgage brokers and clients alike. Simply Conveyancing is already ranked by Land Registry statistics in the top 1% of conveyancing companies in the UK by volume, from 5000 law firms.
Visualfiles is the foundation for Simply Conveyancing’s future technology and business strategy. With plans afoot to create a technology centre of excellence to support continuous innovation, the Visualfiles platform will provide a structured and highly interrogatable dataset to enable the adoption of new technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotic process automation.
In this first phase, nearly 120 lawyers are now using Visualfiles to offer the full range of legal services including buying and selling, remortgages, declarations of trust, lease extensions, equity release and transfer of equity. The solution is driving business efficiency and increased profitability across all transactions, enabling Simply Conveyancing’s property lawyers to focus their time on delivering high quality advice to clients.
Simply Conveyancing leveraged Visualfiles’ out-of-the-box Conveyancing Accelerator, a comprehensive suite of modules that gives rapid access to best practice workflows, to fast-track implementation and project go-live. Explaining the business rationale for this approach, Paul Tennant, CIO at Simply Conveyancing, says, “We were working to a considerably compressed timescale and the Accelerator presented us with the most practical path forward to ensure a significantly quicker project ‘time to value’. Rather than reinventing the wheel, we decided to use the out-of-the-box workflows as the foundation, which of course, we will now enhance and refine to our unique proposition. This approach is already paying dividends. Our lawyers have benefitted from process efficiencies from day one.”
Following an extensive competitive tender process, Simply Conveyancing chose Visualfiles, for the platform’s reliability, flexibility and scalability – in addition to capabilities that will make innovation ‘business as usual’ in the firm. Tennant elaborates, “We conducted a thorough market review of potential technology solutions and it quickly became clear that Visualfiles was the ideal case management solution for our lawyers. What clinched the deal, however, was that Visualfiles would adapt to our shifting business needs, enabling continuous process improvements to make innovation routine in the business. We weren’t under pressure to unrealistically “foresee” future business requirements at the time of purchase, which in any event is impossible to do.”
Simply Conveyancing is creating a single, seamless integration between Visualfiles and eConvey, the firm’s client portal. When complete, clients, estate agents and mortgage brokers will be able to view their case progress in near-real-time.
Simon Farthing, Commercial and Marketing Director of LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions, comments, “The current leadership’s commitment to ‘continual improvement’ and making innovation part of the business’ DNA is exceptional and impressive. In all our conversations, their ‘never resting’ attitude comes through and this is what will differentiate the firm and give it the competitive edge for ongoing success.”
Today, Visualfiles is the case management solution of choice in the conveyancing sector. Seven of the top 10 conveyancing firms (based on transaction volume) in the UK today are Visualfiles users. About LexisNexis Legal & ProfessionalLexisNexis Legal & Professional® is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that helps customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 160 countries with 10,400 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.
LexisNexis® Enterprise Solutions (www.lexisnexis-es.co.uk) offers Lexis® Omni, a technology platform for legal service delivery, and LexisNexis® Visualfiles™. Lexis® Omni delivers workflow, document production, automation, and legal process management via Microsoft Azure in a flexible legal technology platform. Lexis® Visualfiles is a legal workflow and case management system and can optimise almost any process in any business to help save time and money, use resources more effectively, and provide client service excellence. More than 30,000 individuals in over 200 organisations use Visualfiles today.
About Simply ConveyancingSimply Conveyancing’s vision is to make the home moving process simple for agents, buyers and sellers. With over 20 years’ experience, Simply Conveyancing is a team of property law experts providing a best-in-class conveyancing service for all residential property transactions. They have combined the latest technology to underpin their commitment to provide a fast and secure conveyancing service and have an exceptional reputation for serving a network of estate agents and their clients.Simply Conveyancing has long-standing relationships with hundreds of estate agents who go back to them again and again for support with the conveyancing process. Simply Conveyancing provides a traditional conveyancing service with one lawyer to one case, with industry leading tech to guarantee a fast turnaround time which is so vital in today’s property market.
Media Contacts: Vidushi Patel PR Consultant TagusPR T: +44 (0)7958 474 632 E: vidushi@taguspr.co.uk
Simon FarthingCommercial and Marketing Director LexisNexis| Enterprise SolutionsT: +44(0)7919698654E: simon.farthing@lexisnexis.co.ukSource: RealWire
LONDON, U.K., 07 April 2021 – LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions today announced that Simply Conveyancing, ranked among the UK’s top property law and conveyancing firms, is live on legal workflow and case management solution, Lexis® Visualfiles™. Simply Conveyancing has invested in this future proof platform to help the firm meets its ambitious business growth targets and achieve its vision of becoming the safest, most trusted, and easiest conveyancing firm to deal with by estate agents, mortgage brokers and clients alike. Simply Conveyancing is already ranked by Land Registry statistics in the top 1% of conveyancing companies in the UK by volume, from 5000 law firms.
Visualfiles is the foundation for Simply Conveyancing’s future technology and business strategy. With plans afoot to create a technology centre of excellence to support continuous innovation, the Visualfiles platform will provide a structured and highly interrogatable dataset to enable the adoption of new technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotic process automation.
In this first phase, nearly 120 lawyers are now using Visualfiles to offer the full range of legal services including buying and selling, remortgages, declarations of trust, lease extensions, equity release and transfer of equity. The solution is driving business efficiency and increased profitability across all transactions, enabling Simply Conveyancing’s property lawyers to focus their time on delivering high quality advice to clients.
Simply Conveyancing leveraged Visualfiles’ out-of-the-box Conveyancing Accelerator, a comprehensive suite of modules that gives rapid access to best practice workflows, to fast-track implementation and project go-live. Explaining the business rationale for this approach, Paul Tennant, CIO at Simply Conveyancing, says, “We were working to a considerably compressed timescale and the Accelerator presented us with the most practical path forward to ensure a significantly quicker project ‘time to value’. Rather than reinventing the wheel, we decided to use the out-of-the-box workflows as the foundation, which of course, we will now enhance and refine to our unique proposition. This approach is already paying dividends. Our lawyers have benefitted from process efficiencies from day one.”
Following an extensive competitive tender process, Simply Conveyancing chose Visualfiles, for the platform’s reliability, flexibility and scalability – in addition to capabilities that will make innovation ‘business as usual’ in the firm. Tennant elaborates, “We conducted a thorough market review of potential technology solutions and it quickly became clear that Visualfiles was the ideal case management solution for our lawyers. What clinched the deal, however, was that Visualfiles would adapt to our shifting business needs, enabling continuous process improvements to make innovation routine in the business. We weren’t under pressure to unrealistically “foresee” future business requirements at the time of purchase, which in any event is impossible to do.”
Simply Conveyancing is creating a single, seamless integration between Visualfiles and eConvey, the firm’s client portal. When complete, clients, estate agents and mortgage brokers will be able to view their case progress in near-real-time.
Simon Farthing, Commercial and Marketing Director of LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions, comments, “The current leadership’s commitment to ‘continual improvement’ and making innovation part of the business’ DNA is exceptional and impressive. In all our conversations, their ‘never resting’ attitude comes through and this is what will differentiate the firm and give it the competitive edge for ongoing success.”
Today, Visualfiles is the case management solution of choice in the conveyancing sector. Seven of the top 10 conveyancing firms (based on transaction volume) in the UK today are Visualfiles users. About LexisNexis Legal & ProfessionalLexisNexis Legal & Professional® is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that helps customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 160 countries with 10,400 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.
LexisNexis® Enterprise Solutions (www.lexisnexis-es.co.uk) offers Lexis® Omni, a technology platform for legal service delivery, and LexisNexis® Visualfiles™. Lexis® Omni delivers workflow, document production, automation, and legal process management via Microsoft Azure in a flexible legal technology platform. Lexis® Visualfiles is a legal workflow and case management system and can optimise almost any process in any business to help save time and money, use resources more effectively, and provide client service excellence. More than 30,000 individuals in over 200 organisations use Visualfiles today.
About Simply ConveyancingSimply Conveyancing’s vision is to make the home moving process simple for agents, buyers and sellers. With over 20 years’ experience, Simply Conveyancing is a team of property law experts providing a best-in-class conveyancing service for all residential property transactions. They have combined the latest technology to underpin their commitment to provide a fast and secure conveyancing service and have an exceptional reputation for serving a network of estate agents and their clients.Simply Conveyancing has long-standing relationships with hundreds of estate agents who go back to them again and again for support with the conveyancing process. Simply Conveyancing provides a traditional conveyancing service with one lawyer to one case, with industry leading tech to guarantee a fast turnaround time which is so vital in today’s property market.
Media Contacts: Vidushi Patel PR Consultant TagusPR T: +44 (0)7958 474 632 E: vidushi@taguspr.co.uk
Simon FarthingCommercial and Marketing Director LexisNexis| Enterprise SolutionsT: +44(0)7919698654E: simon.farthing@lexisnexis.co.ukSource: RealWire
Artesian Becomes the First Business Intelligence Solution Provider to Offer CPD Accredited Training
7th April 2021: Artesian Solutions, a leading provider of client relationship intelligence and risk solutions, is proud to announce that its training courses have been CPD (Continuing Professional Development) Accredited by the CPD Certification Service. In doing so, Artesian has set a new benchmark for training excellence in the business intelligence market, with no other competitive technology provider currently achieving CPD accredited status.
Artesian has always prided itself on being more than a technology provider, offering a vast suite of face-to-face and digital training options, as well as fully bespoke solutions for customers with unique training requirements. But with an ever-increasing proportion of its customer base operating within regulated industries, ensuring Artesian training aligns to their critical capabilities and competency frameworks is vital.
CPD Accreditation demonstrates a commitment to ensuring Artesian courses provide essential professional skills, equipping course attendees with the tools they need to add greater value to their wider organisations. Trained Artesian users typically:
Generate 38% more prospects and opportunities
See a 24% uplift in accelerated results
Achieve 40% improvement in sales productivity
Realise a 34% improvement in credibility and relevancy
Speaking about the accreditation, Merridee Arthur, VP Advocacy & Enablement at Artesian, said:
“COVID-19 has scarred business and as the landscape changes and adapts, companies need to ensure their frontline teams are equipped to adapt with it, whilst supporting their customers like never before. It is important to constantly provide them with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed. This also emphasises the need for CPD within the profession. As a leading business and risk intelligence technology provider, we pride ourselves in contributing to the ongoing vocational progression of our users.”
“Demand for our training courses is at an all-time high. As the world recovers from the pandemic, it’s vital that companies invest in boosting skills and nurturing talent. According to the Mercer 2020 Global Talent Trends study, executives believe only 45% of their current workforce can adapt. Artesian is on a mission to change this. CPD Accreditation is just one way we are reinforcing a commitment to our customers and investing in their success.”
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NOTES TO THE EDITORSFor more information about Artesian Training and Support please contact:Kelly Prior, PR ConsultantTel: 07730 572878Email: Kelly@kellyprior.co.uk
About ArtesianArtesian is a leading provider of client relationship intelligence and risk solutions aimed at helping you find your next customer, identify risks, engage effectively and solve complex, high value challenges in B2B frontline teams.
Artesian combines innovative data-science with the world’s best premium business information, a powerful Insight Engine and bespoke processing rules, connectors and APIs, to deliver a uniquely configurable platform.
Used by the leading banks, financial services companies, insurers, tech and telco enterprises, Artesian solves numerous challenges from business development, sales engagement and customer management, to more specialist tasks like client risk pre-screening, customer onboarding and commercial underwriting automation.
artesian.coSource: RealWire
Artesian has always prided itself on being more than a technology provider, offering a vast suite of face-to-face and digital training options, as well as fully bespoke solutions for customers with unique training requirements. But with an ever-increasing proportion of its customer base operating within regulated industries, ensuring Artesian training aligns to their critical capabilities and competency frameworks is vital.
CPD Accreditation demonstrates a commitment to ensuring Artesian courses provide essential professional skills, equipping course attendees with the tools they need to add greater value to their wider organisations. Trained Artesian users typically:
Generate 38% more prospects and opportunities
See a 24% uplift in accelerated results
Achieve 40% improvement in sales productivity
Realise a 34% improvement in credibility and relevancy
Speaking about the accreditation, Merridee Arthur, VP Advocacy & Enablement at Artesian, said:
“COVID-19 has scarred business and as the landscape changes and adapts, companies need to ensure their frontline teams are equipped to adapt with it, whilst supporting their customers like never before. It is important to constantly provide them with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed. This also emphasises the need for CPD within the profession. As a leading business and risk intelligence technology provider, we pride ourselves in contributing to the ongoing vocational progression of our users.”
“Demand for our training courses is at an all-time high. As the world recovers from the pandemic, it’s vital that companies invest in boosting skills and nurturing talent. According to the Mercer 2020 Global Talent Trends study, executives believe only 45% of their current workforce can adapt. Artesian is on a mission to change this. CPD Accreditation is just one way we are reinforcing a commitment to our customers and investing in their success.”
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NOTES TO THE EDITORSFor more information about Artesian Training and Support please contact:Kelly Prior, PR ConsultantTel: 07730 572878Email: Kelly@kellyprior.co.uk
About ArtesianArtesian is a leading provider of client relationship intelligence and risk solutions aimed at helping you find your next customer, identify risks, engage effectively and solve complex, high value challenges in B2B frontline teams.
Artesian combines innovative data-science with the world’s best premium business information, a powerful Insight Engine and bespoke processing rules, connectors and APIs, to deliver a uniquely configurable platform.
Used by the leading banks, financial services companies, insurers, tech and telco enterprises, Artesian solves numerous challenges from business development, sales engagement and customer management, to more specialist tasks like client risk pre-screening, customer onboarding and commercial underwriting automation.
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Executive Leadership Team Finalised at Confirmit and FocusVision
London, UK, Oslo, Norway and New York, NY – 7 April 2021 – The newly merged businesses of Confirmit and FocusVision, two of the world’s leading research technology companies, have finalised the Executive Leadership Team with the appointments of Henry Harbury, Torbjörn Andersson, and Peter Myklebust.
Henry Harbury, appointed as Chief Product Officer, comments: “We are creating something new from two great businesses. Together we will breathe life into data and help our customers take meaningful action as a result of the insights generated through our comprehensive platform, making the complex elegantly simple.”
Torbjörn Andersson, the newly appointed Managing Director of the Quantitative Business, said: “I have spent my entire professional career in the Market Research Industry. This is the first time I have seen the potential for the reinvention we will lead. We will stand out in the market because we have a very seasoned, skilled and experienced team that has a solid heritage in the insights industry. Our team will support our clients to find the right solutions for their needs – we will be unique in terms of understanding and supporting our client’s business and their needs.”
Peter Myklebust, appointed as Chief Technology Officer, added: “Our clients already have access to the best Insights and VoC/VoE SaaS platforms on the market. We will combine our deep knowledge and excellent engineering skills to produce the next generation, open, scalable solutions for an industry that is never standing still.”
“We are well on our way to creating a world class business that will reinvent the global insights industry. With today’s announcement our Executive Leadership team is now complete and already in action,” concludes Kyle Ferguson, CEO of the newly merged business.
The Executive Leadership Team comprises Kyle Ferguson, CEO, Chris Nagy, Global President and CFO, Noel Hamill, CMO, Giles Whiting, COO and MD of VOC/VOE, Zhana Baleva, MD of the Qualitative Business, Sara Cohen, CPO, Rebecca Wright, CLO, Henry Harbury, CPO, Torbjörn Andersson, MD of the Quantitative Business and Peter Myklebust, CTO.
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About ConfirmitConfirmit’s solutions are built by insights professionals, for insights professionals. Market Research, customer experience and employee engagement consultants around the world rely on our solutions to turn insight into stories that fuel action. The heart of our business is the people behind our technology, and we work as a partner to deliver the flexibility and power you need to understand and manage experiences, emotions, and behaviours so you’re always one step ahead.
About FocusVisionEstablished in 1990, FocusVision offers a comprehensive suite of experience insights software solutions - including advanced survey, online interview and focus groups, and online qualitative research community solutions to get brands close enough to their customers to have a full understanding of Customer Truth™ -- how they think, feel, and act. Trusted by 18 of the Top-20 Fortune 100 companies, and all of the Top-10 Healthcare and CPG companies, FocusVision was honoured for its Outstanding Innovation in Customer Experience Management with MarTech Breakthrough Awards in 2018 and 2019.
Media Contact:Melanie OxfordIndigo RiverM: 07515 632065E: mel@indigo-river.co.ukSource: RealWire
Henry Harbury, appointed as Chief Product Officer, comments: “We are creating something new from two great businesses. Together we will breathe life into data and help our customers take meaningful action as a result of the insights generated through our comprehensive platform, making the complex elegantly simple.”
Torbjörn Andersson, the newly appointed Managing Director of the Quantitative Business, said: “I have spent my entire professional career in the Market Research Industry. This is the first time I have seen the potential for the reinvention we will lead. We will stand out in the market because we have a very seasoned, skilled and experienced team that has a solid heritage in the insights industry. Our team will support our clients to find the right solutions for their needs – we will be unique in terms of understanding and supporting our client’s business and their needs.”
Peter Myklebust, appointed as Chief Technology Officer, added: “Our clients already have access to the best Insights and VoC/VoE SaaS platforms on the market. We will combine our deep knowledge and excellent engineering skills to produce the next generation, open, scalable solutions for an industry that is never standing still.”
“We are well on our way to creating a world class business that will reinvent the global insights industry. With today’s announcement our Executive Leadership team is now complete and already in action,” concludes Kyle Ferguson, CEO of the newly merged business.
The Executive Leadership Team comprises Kyle Ferguson, CEO, Chris Nagy, Global President and CFO, Noel Hamill, CMO, Giles Whiting, COO and MD of VOC/VOE, Zhana Baleva, MD of the Qualitative Business, Sara Cohen, CPO, Rebecca Wright, CLO, Henry Harbury, CPO, Torbjörn Andersson, MD of the Quantitative Business and Peter Myklebust, CTO.
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About ConfirmitConfirmit’s solutions are built by insights professionals, for insights professionals. Market Research, customer experience and employee engagement consultants around the world rely on our solutions to turn insight into stories that fuel action. The heart of our business is the people behind our technology, and we work as a partner to deliver the flexibility and power you need to understand and manage experiences, emotions, and behaviours so you’re always one step ahead.
About FocusVisionEstablished in 1990, FocusVision offers a comprehensive suite of experience insights software solutions - including advanced survey, online interview and focus groups, and online qualitative research community solutions to get brands close enough to their customers to have a full understanding of Customer Truth™ -- how they think, feel, and act. Trusted by 18 of the Top-20 Fortune 100 companies, and all of the Top-10 Healthcare and CPG companies, FocusVision was honoured for its Outstanding Innovation in Customer Experience Management with MarTech Breakthrough Awards in 2018 and 2019.
Media Contact:Melanie OxfordIndigo RiverM: 07515 632065E: mel@indigo-river.co.ukSource: RealWire
Grünenthal is Recognized for its Strong Management of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Risks
Leading global ESG ratings agency Sustainalytics notes Grünenthal is in the top five percent among its peers in the pharmaceutical subindustry
Grünenthal is categorized as “medium risk”, placing it ahead of its key subindustry peers and in the same league as multinational companies like Pfizer and Roche
Aachen, Germany, 7 April 2021 – Grünenthal, a global science-based pharmaceutical company, today announced that Sustainalytics, a Morningstar company and a globally-recognized provider of ESG research, ratings and data, has assessed it as having overall medium ESG risk. In addition, Sustainalytics acknowledged that Grünenthal has a strong management of its ESG risks. This places Grünenthal in the top five percent of the global pharmaceuticals subsector.
“The long-term success of companies can no longer be measured by financial success alone. As a science-based company, Grünenthal strives to make a net-positive impact on the society,” said Gabriel Baertschi, CEO Grünenthal. “While we are proud to see our efforts recognized in this ESG rating, we know that a big part of the journey is still ahead of us. Building on our foundation as a responsible business, we will now integrate sustainability even more closely in our core strategy.”
Grünenthal was evaluated by Sustainalytics based on its ESG Risk Ratings framework, which focuses on exposure and management of a company’s material ESG issues. “Exposure” reflects the degree to which a company’s enterprise value is exposed to material ESG issues including ethical marketing, clinical trial transparency, whistleblowing, corruption and bribery. “Management” measures a company’s preparedness and track record in managing its exposure to material ESG issues through its policies, programmes, trainings and management systems.
The company’s ESG Risk Rating is available on Sustainalytics’ website. All data mentioned is as of 6 April 2021 and refer to the Grünenthal Pharma GmbH & Co. KG.
About Grünenthal’s ESG effortsGrünenthal has been focusing its Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) efforts on four pillars: educate about pain treatment and responsible use of opioids; ensure access to medicines, innovate pain management, and raise awareness for “pain as a disease”:
Educate about pain treatment and responsible use of opioidsGrünenthal has so far reached around 65,000 health care professionals in its efforts to educate the healthcare sector about pain management and improve the patient outcomes from pain treatment. As a leader in pain innovation and as an opioid manufacturer, Grünenthal is highly committed to ensuring that its employees, customers, patients and also its partners have a thorough understanding of the company’s stance on the responsible medical use of opioids in pain. The company has fostered a mindset shift along the full value chain by ensuring that all opioid-related materials contain Grünenthal’s statement on responsible use of opioids – clearly highlighting the risks and benefits of this class of medicines. In addition, Grünenthal had established a dedicated standing governance body to provide and promote clear guidance, coherent behavior, continuous improvement, training and control mechanisms.
Ensure access to medicineGrünenthal is committed to ensuring the availability of key medicines to address unmet medical needs in the markets we serve. In the US, for instance, 5 million patients are in need of neuropathic pain treatment associated with diabetes. With the US FDA label extension of one of our non-opioid pain medicines for the treatment of neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the feet, Grünenthal has ensured patients get access to this much needed treatment. At the same time, the company is focused on addressing unmet therapeutic needs in underserved markets by offering specialized non-opioid pain medicines.
Innovate pain managementGrünenthal’s research and development strategy focuses on tackling in pain and collaborating with partners to address the huge unmet needs in pain. Through biennial grants of €200,000 provided by Grünenthal and the EFIC, the company supports young scientists early in their career in carrying out innovative clinical pain research. Since foundation of the EFIC-Grünenthal Grant in 2004, approximately €1.6 million was awarded to fund 65 projects. In addition, to drive patient-centric innovation in chronic pain and neurological disorders and award patient-centric and scientifically robust innovation, the company supports the Brain, Mind, and Pain Patient-Centered Innovation Grant, which awards €90,000 biennially to research proposals to encourage patient-centered innovation that leads to improvements in the life conditions of pain patients.
Raise awareness for “pain as a disease”Chronic pain is an enormous global health problem affecting around 10% of the world’s population. Grünenthal raises awareness about the impact of pain by supporting a multi-stakeholder platform, called the Societal Impact of Pain platform, which fosters the development of pain policies on national level. With Grünenthal’s Pain Toolkit, the company has established a practical tool that provides patients with handy tips and skills in the form of explanations, infographics and videos, on how to self-manage pain. Moreover, Grünenthal has a long-standing passion for preserving the dignity and quality of life at the end stage of people’s lives. The Grünenthal Foundation for Palliative Care promotes science and research in palliative care and the care for seriously or terminally ill people in Europe as well as in Latin America.
Besides these four focus pillars, Grünenthal is covering the entire range of the Environmental, Social and Governance spectrum with various initiatives and measures:
EnvironmentalOur efforts to promote sustainable development include defining concrete goals for the operations of our five production sites, across our supply chain and all of our affiliates across the globe by following leading international standards for environment, health and safety. We collect and analyze data from our production sites and use it to continuously improve efficiency, while also reducing energy consumption and minimizing waste based on strategic approach of zero waste to landfill programme.
SocialCaring for its employees and for the communities where we operate is key to Grünenthal’s business conduct. Grünenthal offer its employees an exciting working environment and wide-ranging individual development opportunities. It is the company’s goal to maintain high levels of engagement and to strengthen the company as a Great Place to Work®. Grünenthal promotes a vibrant, high-performance culture and brings it to live through a shared set of values. These are supported by specific behaviours that guide the decision-making. Grünenthal ensures outstanding results are recognised and rewarded. For example, the company celebrates exceptional contributions each year with its Grünenthal Global Excellence Award.
GovernanceSound governance is key to safeguard the company’s license to operate and continue providing medicines to patients in need. Grünenthal has a comprehensive compliance Source: RealWire
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