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Accomplished technology executive Chris Veator is latest addition to Clarivate Analytics, leading its MarkMonitor business

PHILADELPHIA, July 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Clarivate Analytics, a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to accelerate the pace of innovation, today announced that Chris Veator joined the company as President of its MarkMonitor business. Veator will lead the global MarkMonitor team from its San Francisco office.


Chris Veator joins Clarivate Analytics to lead its MarkMonitor business

MarkMonitor is the global leader in online brand protection, and provides advanced technology and expertise that protects the revenues and reputations of the world’s foremost brands. It leads the industry in providing domain management, anti-piracy and anti-fraud solutions to more than half of the Fortune 100.

“With the company’s focus on innovation, I’m excited to join at a time when Clarivate is making a major investment in new technology and analytics that is already in production with 100 MarkMonitor customers,” said Veator.

Prior to this role, Veator was President of Metrostudy, a Hanley Wood company, where he oversaw the rapid growth of the real estate and construction information business. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President and Global Head of Intellectual Property Services at Thomson Reuters. Veator has also held senior executive roles at CPA Global, OpenText and was the founder and CEO of Artesia Technologies – a Digital Asset Management software company.

“Chris is a high-energy executive and an exciting addition to our team as we focus on building Clarivate Analytics and accelerating its growth,” said Jay Nadler, CEO of Clarivate Analytics. “He has had success both as an entrepreneur and as an “intrapreneur”, driving growth of new initiatives within a corporate setting. I look forward to what Chris will bring to the MarkMonitor business.”

Clarivate Analytics

Clarivate™ Analytics accelerates the pace of innovation by providing trusted insights and analytics to customers around the world, enabling them to discover, protect and commercialize new ideas faster. Formerly the Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters, we own and operate a collection of leading subscription-based businesses focused on scientific and academic research, patent analytics and regulatory standards, pharmaceutical and biotech intelligence, trademark protection, domain brand protection and intellectual property management. Clarivate™ Analytics is now an independent company with over 4,000 employees, operating in more than 100 countries and owns well‐known brands that include Web of Science™, Cortellis™, Derwent™, CompuMark™, MarkMonitor® and Techstreet™, among others. For more information, please visit clarivate.com.

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Merck Awards EUR1.25 Million to Research Projects Through its 2017 Grant for Fertility Innovation (GFI)

DARMSTADT, Germany, July 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ —

  • Two projects are awarded funds to advance the fertility field 
  • Professor Lunenfeld honored with Merck Lifetime Achievement Award 
  • The company is committed to driving innovation through evolving the product portfolio and investing in potential breakthrough research 

Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced its commitment to award EUR1.25 million to research projects in the field of fertility, supporting the advancement of medical science through the Grant for Fertility Innovation (GFI) in 2017. Launched as the first of the Merck Grants for Innovation in 2009, Merck’s GFI is providing encouragement for innovation and support for scientists to realize projects that could potentially lead to the next breakthrough in the fertility treatment area. This year, the GFI Award Ceremony included the announcement of the Merck Lifetime Achievement Award in Fertility Innovation.

To recognize Merck’s belief in progress through innovation, the GFI awardees were revealed in a ceremony at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), currently taking place in Geneva, Switzerland. The winning projects truly reflect the global nature of the program, ranging from research in Italy to Brazil.

Professor Bruno Lunenfeld, a speaker at the GFI 2017 ceremony, was honored with the Merck Lifetime Achievement Award for his revolutionary work within the fertility field since 1954. At the ceremony he provided an overview on the discovery of human gonadotropins from postmenopausal urine.

“Professor Lunenfeld’s pioneering achievements in the field of fertility are a huge inspiration to us at Merck. It is highly motivating to consider the breadth of his contributions. For more than 60 years now, his expertise and experience have greatly contributed to our efforts to improve the quality of patient care,” said Belen Garijo, member of the Executive Board of Merck and CEO Healthcare, when presenting Professor Lunenfeld with the Merck Lifetime Achievement Award.

The research investments through the GFI is core to the innovation strategy of the biopharma business of Merck, and in the quest for increased success rates within fertility treatment. In this year’s GFI, two winning projects were selected from 46 global proposals with the common goal of advancing the fertility field. The GFI was launched in 2009, and is dedicated to transforming innovative translational fertility research projects into actual solutions with the aim to improve fertility treatment outcomes. Merck proudly announced the 2017 GFI awardees during the ceremony:

  • Endometrial Notch pathway as a novel target for improving implantation efficiency; Luisa Campagnolo, PhD
  • Pharmacogenetic algorithm for individualized controlled ovarian stimulation (iCOS) in assisted reproductive technology cycles; Caio Parente Barbosa, MD, PhD, MS and Matheus Roque, MD

About the Grant for Fertility Innovation (GFI) 

Merck announced the initiation of the GFI program in 2009 to support the advancement of science and innovative technologies in the fertility field. This grant is awarded every year to translational research projects that can potentially improve baby birth rate for the benefit of the patients. Each project is blinded and evaluated by a jury of experts according to five criteria: support to increase baby birth rate; innovative research; scientific rationale; feasibility and practical utility.

For further information about the GFI and how to apply for next year’s grants, please visit: http://www.grantforfertilityinnovation.com

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About Merck 

Merck is a leading science and technology company in healthcare, life science and performance materials. Around 50,000 employees work to further develop technologies that improve and enhance life – from biopharmaceutical therapies to treat cancer or multiple sclerosis, cutting-edge systems for scientific research and production, to liquid crystals for smartphones and LCD televisions. In 2016, Merck generated sales of EUR15.0 billion in 66 countries.

Founded in 1668, Merck is the world’s oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company. The founding family remains the majority owner of the publicly listed corporate group. The company holds the global rights to the Merck name and brand. The only exceptions are the United States and Canada, where the company operates as EMD Serono, MilliporeSigma and EMD Performance Materials.

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PAVIGYM: New Fitness Model Unveiled in the UK – PRAMA to be Introduced at Harbour Club Kensington

LONDON, July 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — The international fitness training concept PRAMA has announced its arrival in London this month, with its debut studio at the Harbour Club Kensington.

PAVIGYM is the company behind the new concept. CEO of PAVIGYM and creator of PRAMA, Marcos Requena describes the concept:

“No treadmills. No rower. No exercise bike. PRAMA combines great instructors, light and music with workouts designed for training strength, speed, agility and more,” he said. “Interactive screens, pressure sensitive floors and walls and lighting combinations, it tracks heart rate, times your sprints and interacts with you.”

But Mr Requena affirms that it is not all fun and games. For Harbour Club Kensington, Sinead Johnson says: “Harbour Club Kensington is the first club in London to offer a new concept in fitness: PRAMA. PRAMA allows us to recreate different experiences and signature programmes for everyone to enjoy in a single space.”

Jennifer Coccia is Fitness Director at Asphalt Green in New York City and their PRAMA studio, branded AG6. Jennifer describes the merit of the PRAMA method: “We chose PRAMA because depending on how you program the system, it can be for beginners to fitness or our elite athletes. For the athlete side, the reaction-time training is hugely valuable to us, because that is a very difficult component to train outside of a competition. It was important for us to be all-inclusive in this space right through to kids too and we use this concept when training our competitive youth teams; we have seen great results in their performance both on and off the field.”

ABOUT PAVIGYM

PAVIGYM is dedicated to the innovative design of flooring and interactive solutions for the global fitness industry.

Established in the 1960s producing high performance athletic soling, by 1996, PAVIGYM was the world’s first premium flooring company, combining traditional manufacturing with cutting-edge technology.

The evolution of PAVIGYM’s flooring technology continued and in 2008, PAVIGYM was the first company to introduce floor markings into the fitness arena. In-house advances in software capabilities led to the creation of a second industry-first in 2012: PAVIGYM interactive flooring solutions. With applications beyond the floor, PAVIGYM went 360 with this know-how in 2014 introducing PRAMA: a combination of LED enriched stations, pressure sensitive floors and walls, different lighting options controlled at the touch of a button, custom-built to any space.

With a 90-strong team based out of PAVIGYM’s headquarters in Alicante, Spain, six running satellite offices across the globe and 65 distributors representing 93 countries, more than 100 members of the team join in pursuit of a common mission: To provide the best combination of performance flooring, interactive technology, inspiring designs, and ready-to-use programming, so that whomever the end user may be [body-type, age and level], the experience is wholly engaging and feels as intuitive as child’s play.

Contact: Emma Thornton, TPN, emma@theprojectnetworkand.co +447585415754

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