SYDNEY, July 2 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — Blackmores Limited (ASX: BKL) Chairman Brent Wallace today announced the appointment of Mr Alastair Symington as Blackmores’ new Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, effective 1 October 2019. Alastair is a global business leader and brand builder who brings more than 23 years of consumer…

OSAKA, Japan, July 2 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) today announced the completion of its sale of its Xiidra® (lifitegrast ophthalmic solution) 5% product to Novartis for $3.4 billion upfront in cash and up to an additional $1.9 billion in potential milestone payments.“The completion of this transaction…

KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 (Bernama) — PETRONAS has awarded a group-wide, long-term Master Service Agreement (MSA) for Integrated Turnaround Main Mechanical and Maintenance Mechanical Static (TA4MS) to 17 local contractors to streamline its plant turnaround and daily maintenance vendor management.The game-changing move, a consolidation of turnaround and daily maintenance contracts would…

FOSTER CITY, Calif. & SHANGHAI, July 1 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a global biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing innovative therapies to treat non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and cancer, announced today the appointment of Ankang Li, Ph.D., J.D., CFA as Chief Financial Officer. http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=34883

PETALING JAYA, July 1 (Bernama) — It’s​ the World Pest Day awareness in June! Rentokil Initial Malaysia is driving their annual nationwide Adopt-a-School CSR programme across all its branches in the month of June, with each branch collaborating with one school in their local community to raise the awareness of pest management. This…

KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 (Bernama) — Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad announced a 4.6% increase in Profit Before Tax (PBT) for its financial year ended 31st March 2019. PBT grew to RM241.2 million from RM230.5 million recorded in the previous financial year.Dato’ Mohd Redza Shah Abdul Wahid, Chief Executive Officer of Bank…

CHONGQING, China, July 1 (Bernama-AsiaNet) —Chongqing TV broadcast a video clip entitled “Open Liangjiang, the City of the Future” on June 24 in a bid to introduce the culture and tourism resources in the Liangjiang New Area. Combined with cultural and historic stories and beautiful landscape pictures, the TV program…

SINGAPORE, July 1 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Digital Reasoning, a leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning that understands human communications and behaviors, today announced the opening of its APAC Business office in Singapore, driven by new customer deployments and growing demand for its market leading communications analytics capabilities in Asia.…

OSAKA, Japan, July 1 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — On June 28 and 29, Japan hosted the G20 Summit, which was attended by all 20 member parties and 17 invited guests. Held in Osaka, Japan’s second largest city, this was the country’s first time for Japan to host a G20 Summit, having previously hosted…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, July 1 (Bernama-PRNewswire) —Tongdun International was extended an invitation to participate in the festivities that took place at MyFinTech Week 2019 (MyFW 2019) hosted at Sasana Kijang from 17 to 21 June. Tongdun’s President, Jackal Ma was present at Bank Negara Malaysia’s first flagship event as esteemed speaker…