Day: January 21, 2021

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cerner Corporation (NASDAQ: CERN), a global health care technology company, announced today that Mark Erceg will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective February 22, 2021. Erceg will succeed Marc Naughton, who is departing from Cerner at the end of the first quarter. Naughton will serve as an Executive Advisor to ensure a smooth transition.Erceg comes to Cerner with more than 25 years of multi-dimensional financial experience, including serving as CFO at three different publicly-held companies. He began his career at Procter & Gamble and spent more than 18 years in a variety of finance, strategy and operational leadership roles. After leaving P&G, Erceg had three successive CFO roles at Masonite International Corporation,...

– New publication details the characterization of novel scaffold proteins that can enable engineered exosomes with defined therapeutic properties –– engEx Platform designed to harness exosomes as a new class of biologic medicines for a wide spectrum of diseases –CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Codiak BioSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDAK), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on pioneering the development of exosome-based therapeutics as a new class of medicines, today announced the advance online publication of a new manuscript. The paper, entitled “A versatile platform for generating engineered extracellular vesicles with defined therapeutic properties,” by Dooley et al, will appear in an upcoming print issue of Molecular Therapy, the journal of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy. The publication...

CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (“Gran Tierra” or the “Company”) (NYSE American:GTE)(TSX:GTE)(LSE:GTE) today announced that Gran Tierra Resources Limited (“GTRL”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Gran Tierra, has entered into arrangements with private purchasers providing for the sale by GTRL of an aggregate of 109,006,250 common shares (the “Purchased Shares”) of PetroTal Corp. (“PetroTal”) at a price of US$0.13623 per Purchased Share, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately US$14.8 million.As of market close on January 20, 2021, the remaining 137,093,750 shares of PetroTal owned by GTRL had a market value of approximately US$ 32 million.Contact InformationFor investor and media inquiries please contact:Gary GuidryPresident & Chief Executive OfficerRyan EllsonExecutive Vice...

ATLANTA, Jan. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sage (FTSE: SGE), the market leader in cloud business management technology, today announce that Banyan Treatment Center is saving $1 million annually through improved spend management as a result of deploying the Sage Intacct financial management system. After replacing its legacy accounting software with Sage Intacct, Banyan’s finance team shortened its monthly close process by 40 percent, increased efficiency by 35 percent, and reduced total cost of ownership by $300,000.Banyan is a national drug treatment and mental health rehabilitation organization. As the company made acquisitions and grew from a small business with five locations into a larger corporate structure spanning fourteen facilities across seven states, it needed robust multi-entity, accrual-based accounting. “We were looking...

Los Angeles, CA, Jan. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Draganfly Inc. (OTCQB: DFLYF) (CSE: DFLY) (FSE: 3U8) (“Draganfly” or the “Company”), an award-winning, industry-leading manufacturer and systems developer, today announced it has been selected to provide engineering and development services for a drone-based Air Support Defense System for Integrated Launcher Solutions Inc. (“ILS”)Integrated Launcher Solutions Inc. is a systems development and technical integration services company headquartered in Ontario with operations in Florida, with a vision to continually improve launch, range and space systems for its client base of US defense organizations and contractors.Draganfly will provide Integrated Launcher Solutions Inc. development and engineering expertise and services for the deployment of a non-lethal 40mm multi-launching system...

Nasdaq Copenhagen                                                                                                                                  Silkeborg, den 21. januar 2021Fondsbørsmeddelelse nr. 1 / 2021Vedr.:            Opjustering af forventninger til årets resultat 2020.Selskabet har konstateret dels en bedre forretningsmæssig udvikling i 4. kvartal 2020 end forventet for alle selskabets dattervirksomheder og dels afklaring af en række af statens hjælpepakker, hhv. ”lønkompensation”, ”kompensation for faste omkostninger” og ”kompensationsordning for arrangører”, knyttet til COVID-19.Med baggrund heri opjusteres selskabets resultat forventninger for regnskabsåret 2020 således til et resultat før evt. dagsværdiregulering af investeringsejendomme og før skat i intervallet +22 mio. kr. til +24 mio. kr., mod tidligere et resultat i...

Press ReleaseJanuary 21, 2021 – N° 02SCOR develops an innovative biometric risk calculatorto improve the underwriting process  Though the Life insurance underwriting process is simple and straightforward for healthy customers, it can be long and complicated for those with pre-existing conditions. Underwriters must examine such cases in depth, applying higher, sometimes excessive rates and even refusing cover.    SCOR’s latest digital innovation, Vitae, addresses these key underwriting complexities through the automation of the risk assessment process. Vitae is a cutting-edge biometric risk calculator based on advances in medical research and employing innovative Machine Learning techniques. The automation enables more accurate risk assessment based on a wider array of medical factors and simplifies the underwriting process, ultimately...

Communiqué de presse21 janvier 2021 – N° 02SCOR développe un outil d’évaluation des risques biométriques innovant qui améliore le processus de souscriptionLe processus de souscription en assurance vie – s’il est simple et rapide pour les clients en bonne santé – peut à l’inverse être long et compliqué pour les personnes présentant des risques médicaux aggravés. Pour ces personnes, les souscripteurs doivent examiner chaque cas de manière approfondie, avec à la clé une tarification majorée, dans certains cas excessive, voire un refus de couverture.La dernière innovation de SCOR, Vitae, répond à ces problèmes en automatisant le processus d’évaluation des risques. Vitae est un outil d’évaluation des risques biométriques de pointe qui intègre les progrès de la recherche médicale et utilise des techniques innovantes d’apprentissage...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — RideShare Rental, Inc., formerly YayYo, Inc. (“RSR” or the “Company”) (Other OTC:YAYO), a leading provider of vehicles to the rideshare and delivery gig economy industry, acting through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Rideshare Car Rentals, LLC, today announced that ACME Auto Leasing LLC has increased their line of credit to the Company by $2 million.The extension will be used to fund additional passenger vehicles for the rideshare industry, including the purchase of transit high top cargo vans for last -mile logistics. The bulk of the funds will be allocated towards the purchase of electric vehicles (EV) to launch RSR’s EV strategy for the rideshare space.Ramy El-Batrawi, Chief Executive Officer of RSR said, “The higher line of credit will help us...